SB3114 Summary - Physician Assistant Practice

• Removes requirement for written collaborative agreements for physician assistants, making collaboration optional for certain practitioners who meet enhanced qualifications.

• Physician assistants may prescribe, dispense, order, administer, and procure drugs and medical devices without delegation of authority by a physician, including Schedule II through V controlled substances.

• Creates "optimal practice" option allowing physician assistants with at least 250 hours continuing education and 2,000 hours clinical experience post-certification to practice independently without written collaborative agreements.

• Expands qualified practice settings to include federally qualified health centers, and modifies the "physician assistant practice" definition to cover broad scope of medical services rather than specialty-limited scope.

• Amends Illinois Controlled Substances Act to remove prescriptive authority delegation requirement for physician assistants while maintaining registration and educational requirements for controlled substance prescribing.