{"id":140494,"date":"2026-02-20T22:11:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/140494\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T22:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:11:20","slug":"physician-assistants-look-for-more-autonomy-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/140494\/","title":{"rendered":"Physician assistants look for more autonomy in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-20-10_02_40-PAs-in-ALB.jpeg-e1771599817101.png\" width=\"942\" height=\"565\" class=\"wp-image-0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Physician assistants look for more autonomy in New York<\/p>\n<p>Physician assistants look for more autonomy in New York<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/author\/david-lombardo\/\" title=\"Posts by David Lombardo\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Lombardo<\/a>Published On: February 20th, 2026Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/category\/pressroom\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Capitol Pressroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feb. 20, 2026- Kevin Bolan, a <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/?s=physician+assistant&amp;post_type%5B%5D=any&amp;search_limit_to_post_titles=0&amp;fs=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">physician assistant<\/a> practicing in the Adirondacks and legislative chair for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysspa.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York State Society of PAs<\/a>, makes the case for the governor\u2019s plan to let physician assistants work with less oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Listen On<\/p>\n<p> .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 30 !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body 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