All PAs are urged to ask Members of Congress to support HR 6718, the Professional Student Degree Act, introduced by Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY) in December 2025. This legislation ensures physician associates/assistants (PAs) and several other professions are included in...

Dear Massachusetts PAs, We have a major opportunity to modernize PA practice and increase access to care across the Commonwealth!This week, the Massachusetts Senate will vote on S.3178, an omnibus economic development bill. Senator Friedman has filed Amendment #513,...

All PAs are urged to ask Members of Congress to support and advance S. 3296/H.R. 3170, the Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. This bipartisan legislation was unanimously approved by the House Education and the Workforce Committee by a...

The Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act, S.1805/H.R. 1616, has been re-introduced in Congress by Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and by Reps. Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Nanette Barragan (D-CA).   The legislation will authorize PAs to certify...

All PAs, especially those in rural communities, are encouraged to ask their legislators to support the Modernizing Rural Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Utilization Act, H.R. 5199.  This bipartisan legislation removes outdated federal regulations that...

Massachusetts' legislative session is in full swing, and the Massachusetts Association of PAs (MAPA) is supporting three key pieces of legislation! We need your help - please email your state senator and representative asking them to support these bills. What...