CT HB06835

Connecticut would join the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact, effective July 1, 2025, allowing PAs licensed in participating states to practice across state lines through a "compact privilege" without obtaining separate licenses in each state

PAs must meet eligibility requirements to use the compact privilege, including graduation from an accredited PA program, current NCCPA certification, no felony or misdemeanor convictions, no controlled substance license revocations, and no license revocations or restrictions due to adverse action

The compact creates the PA Licensure Compact Commission, a joint government agency with one delegate per participating state, to administer the compact, establish rules and fees, maintain a data system tracking licensure and adverse actions, and enforce compliance

Participating states retain authority to take adverse action against a PA's compact privilege within their borders, and adverse action against a qualifying license automatically deactivates compact privileges in all remote states for two years after restrictions are lifted

The Commissioner of Public Health would be required to implement fingerprint-based state and national criminal background checks for all PA license applicants