HR1891: HR1891 House Study Committee on Physicians' Delegation Authority and Supervision of Georgia's Advanced Practice Providers; create

Georgia currently has more than 25,000 nurse protocol agreements and over 1,000 different physician assistant job descriptions, and the resolution's preamble says the Georgia Composite Medical Board and the Georgia Board of Nursing face challenges implementing laws about these arrangements. This resolution creates the House Study Committee on Physicians' Delegation Authority and Supervision of Georgia's Advanced Practice Providers to look into these issues. The committee would have nine members, including three House members, a nurse practitioner, a supervising physician, a physician assistant, representatives from the nursing and medical boards, and the commissioner of community health or a designee. The committee can hold meetings, study scope-of-practice and policy issues, and recommend legislation. Members get standard legislative or state expense allowances, capped at five days unless extended. The committee must file a report before it is abolished on December 1, 2026.

• Creates the House Study Committee on Physicians' Delegation Authority and Supervision of Georgia's Advanced Practice Providers.
• Sets the committee's membership at nine people, including legislators, a nurse practitioner, a supervising physician, a physician assistant, and board and agency representatives.
• Directs the committee to study nurse protocol agreements, physician assistant job descriptions, and related scope-of-practice issues and recommend legislation.
• Authorizes standard state expense and mileage allowances for committee members, capped at five days unless extended.
• Sets December 1, 2026 as the date the committee must be abolished, requiring a report or meeting minutes to be filed before then.

Advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians who supervise them in Georgia; the Georgia Board of Nursing; the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Department of Community Health; and members of the House of Representatives appointed to the study committee.

If created, the committee could shape future legislation on how physicians delegate authority to nurse practitioners and physician assistants, potentially affecting how quickly these providers can practice and how protocol agreements and job descriptions are approved statewide.

• Paragraph (1) formally creates the House Study Committee on Physicians' Delegation Authority and Supervision of Georgia's Advanced Practice Providers.
• Paragraph (2) sets nine committee seats, naming who appoints or designates each member, including three House members chosen by the Speaker.
• Paragraph (3) charges the committee with studying delegation and supervision issues and recommending any needed action or legislation.
• Paragraph (5) sets expense allowances under O.C.G.A. §§ 28-1-8 and 45-7-21, capping paid days at five unless additional days are approved.
• Paragraph (6) requires a report, if adopted by majority vote, to be filed with the Clerk of the House before the committee is abolished.
• Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2026.

1. 2026-03-31House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
2. 2026-03-31House Second Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-27House First Readers (House)
4. 2026-03-25House Hopper (House)

• Alan Powell (R, HD-033)Primary sponsor
• Lee Hawkins (R, HD-027)
• Rick Jasperse (R, HD-011)

• nurse practitioners
• physician assistants
• medical licensing
• scope of practice
• legislative study committees