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2017 -- H 6347 Enacted 06/20/2017

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RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS PROFESSION

Introduced By: Representatives Bennett, McNamara, Canario, Corvese, and Serpa

Date Introduced: June 20, 2017

WHEREAS, Quality, affordable and accessible patient-centered health care, provided by

Physician Assistants contributes to the well-being and quality of life of all patients in Rhode

Island; and

WHEREAS, Physician Assistants practice medicine in collaboration with physicians in

all settings and specialties, including the diagnosis and treatment of disease, assisting in surgery

and prescribing medications; and

WHEREAS, A valuable asset to the medical team, Physician Assistants practice

medicine in collaboration with physicians to enhance the delivery of high-quality health care for

patients, often in medically underserved and rural areas; and

WHEREAS, Physician Assistants have been improving patient outcomes and moving

health care forward since the creation of the profession in 1967; and

WHEREAS, For 50 years, Physician Assistants have earned the trust of general public

for their dedication and contributions to patients' lives; and

WHEREAS, For the next 50 years and beyond, Physician Assistants will continue to

work within the health care team to make our health care system more effective, more efficient

and more accessible while providing increased quality to patients; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Physician Assistants'

profession, and encourages all of our residents to recognize Physician Assistants for the

significant impact they have made and the high-quality health care they have provided over the

past five decades; and be it further

RESOLVED, That The Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Rhode Island Academy of Physician

Assistants.

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