House Sub for SB 126 - Establishing an advance universal newborn screening program, providing for the reimbursement of certain treatment services and extending the transfer of moneys to the Kansas newborn screening fund, increasing state financial assistance for local health departments under certain circumstances and increasing the annual assessment rate on hospital providers.

The bill text provided (SB 126) is actually about creating a **physician assistant licensure compact**, not a newborn screening program as incorrectly stated in the title. This bill establishes a legal framework allowing physician assistants (PAs) licensed in one participating state to practice in other participating states through mutual recognition of their license ("compact privilege"). It clarifies that PAs must follow the laws of the state where the patient is located during care, while retaining state licensing boards' authority to take disciplinary action. The compact also specifically benefits military families by enabling active-duty personnel and spouses to obtain practice privileges based on an unrestricted license from a participating state. This is a substantive policy change affecting PAs, healthcare providers, and patients across participating states.