To join on your computer or mobile app (Zoom):
https://lni-wa-gov.zoom.us/j/81272605343?pwd=0W82SbeoVuLedcdaEixacjqlJYvm91.1
Meeting ID: 812 7260 5343
Passcode: 22Hearing%

To join by phone (audio only):
253-215-8782 US (Tacoma)
253-205-0468 US

The hearing will begin at 3:00 p.m. (Pacific Time US and Canada) and will continue until all oral comments are received.

L&I encourages the submittal of written comments, due by 5:00 p.m. on December 4, 2024.

The purpose of this rulemaking is to repeal WAC 296-20-12501 under Chapter 296-20 WAC. WAC 296-20-12501 requires physician assistants to be paid at 90% of the value listed in the fee schedule for services they perform. This change will allow L&I to pay physician assistants at parity with other providers. The pay differential in rule was put in place when physician assistants were exclusively supervised by other providers. Due to the passage of Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2041 (ESHB 2041), Chapter 62, Laws of 2024, physician assistants may now practice autonomously in collaborative agreements. Therefore, it no longer makes sense to pay them less than other providers who practice independently.