1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health occupations; removing additional collaboration requirements for 
1.3 	physician assistants to provide ongoing psychiatric treatment for children with 
1.4 	emotional disturbance and adults with serious mental illness;repealing Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes 2022, section 147A.09, subdivision 5.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. REPEALER.
 1.8 	Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 147A.09, subdivision 5, is repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 24-06038 

147A.09 SCOPE OF PRACTICE.Subd. 5.Scope of practice limitations; psychiatric care for children with emotional disturbance or adults with serious mental illness. 
Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a physician assistant may only provide ongoing psychiatric treatment for children with emotional disturbance, as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 15, or adults with serious mental illness in collaboration with a physician licensed under chapter 147. For purposes of providing ongoing psychiatric treatment for children with emotional disturbance or adults with serious mental illness, the practice agreement between the physician assistant and one or more physicians licensed under chapter 147 must define the collaboration between the physician assistant and the collaborating physician, including appropriate consultation or referral to psychiatry.