A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit payment for services of physician assistants outside institutional settings.

Introduced

19 May 1987

Last action

27 May 1987 · Referred

Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

Sponsors

Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Rep. Hochbrueckner, George J. [D-NY-1], Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large], Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3], Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2], Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2], Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2], Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7], Rep. Bevill, Tom [D-AL-4], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1], Rep. Tauke, Thomas Joseph [R-IA-2], Steny Hoyer, Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7], Rep. Erdreich, Ben [D-AL-6], Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3], Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10], Rep. Bilbray, James H. [D-NV-1], Rep. Wolpe, Howard E. [D-MI-3], Rep. Thomas, Lindsay [D-GA-1], Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7], Marcy Kaptur, PETER DEFAZIO, SANDER LEVIN, Rep. Carr, Bob [D-MI-6], Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-30], Rep. Hatcher, Charles [D-GA-2], Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-25], Rep. Pursell, Carl D. [R-MI-2], Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-6], Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3], Rep. Synar, Mike [D-OK-2], Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2], Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12], Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6], Rep. Mrazek, Robert J. [D-NY-3], Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19], Rep. Buechner, Jack [R-MO-2], Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26], Rep. Lightfoot, Jim [R-IA-5], Rep. Gregg, Judd [R-NH-2], Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2], Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-12], DON YOUNG, Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9], Rep. Stallings, Richard H. [D-ID-2]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

3 June 2026