Rhode Island Bill Increases Physician Assistant Continuing Education and Removes Practice Restrictions

Original title: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (Increases continuing education requirements for physician assistants, removes restrictions of PAs to render charitable care and aid for school and youth programs or cardiac arrest and removes restrictive covenants as to ownership by a PA.)

Last action · April 14, 2026: Committee recommended measure be held for further studySponsors: David Bennett and 9 others

Companion · S 2868same policy, Senate version

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What This Bill Proposed

Rhode Island House Bill 7935 increases requirements for s, eliminates restrictions on providing charitable care and school or youth program aid, and removes concerning physician assistant ownership.

Why it matters

Practicing s face altered obligations, expanded legal frameworks for volunteering in schools or youth programs, and newfound flexibility regarding practice ownership without .

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Physician Assistants

Physician assistants face increased continuing education mandates while gaining expanded freedoms to provide charitable care and own practices without restrictive covenants.

Directly affected

School and Youth Programs

Programs benefit from the removal of statutory barriers that previously restricted physician assistants from rendering specialized aid and care.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What changes does House Bill 7935 make for physician assistants regarding education?

The bill increases requirements for s.

Does the bill alter restrictions on charitable and youth program care?

Yes, it removes restrictions preventing s from rendering charitable care and aid for school and youth programs or cardiac arrest.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.

Procedural history

3 actions

Apr 14, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 10, 2026
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2026)
Feb 27, 2026Introduced
Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services

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