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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia Bill Authorizes Physician Assistants to Own Businesses and Form Medical Corporations
Last action · February 6, 2026: To Health and Human ResourcesSponsors: Tom Takubo and 6 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 807 allows physician assistants to own businesses, form medical corporations, and qualify as a professional service under the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. The legislation also authorizes the medical board to deny licenses or discipline physician assistants who make patient referrals to entities where they hold a without written disclosure.
The measure changes ownership rights for physician assistants across the state by allowing them to establish professional service companies and hold equity in medical corporations, while subjecting them to existing conflict-of-interest referral rules.
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.
Physician Assistants
Physician assistants gain the legal authority to own businesses, form medical corporations, and organize professional limited liability companies, while becoming subject to specific disciplinary rules regarding patient referrals.
Medical Corporations
Medical corporations are permitted to include licensed physician assistants as shareholders and corporate participants.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can physician assistants now own a business in West Virginia?
Are physician assistants allowed to refer patients to businesses they own?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 6, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Feb 6, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources then Finance
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled for introduction
Version history
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Expansion of Corporate Practice Rights
The legislation integrates physician assistants into traditional corporate medical structures and limited liability company frameworks previously reserved for physicians and other designated professionals.
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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