S 7981 — Relates to the performance of medical services by physician assistants
Congress · introduced 2025-05-15
Relates to the performance of medical services by physician assistants; provides that a physician assistant may practice without the supervision of a physician when such physician assistant is employed by a health system or hospital and is credentialed and given privileges by such health system or hospital, or when such physician assistant is licensed, has practiced for more than six thousand hours, is practicing in primary care, and is performing certain functions.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Gustavo Rivera (—, NY-33) — sponsor · 2025-05-15
- Michelle Hinchey (—, NY-41) — cosponsor · 2025-05-15
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — cosponsor · 2025-05-15
Action timeline
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Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-15 | Michelle Hinchey | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-15 | Rachel May | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-15 | Gustavo Rivera | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gustavo Rivera (—, state_upper NY-33) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-05-15 · cosponsored by Michelle Hinchey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-15 · sponsored by Gustavo Rivera (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-15 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship