Bill would broaden the “scope of practice” for physician assistants, authorize them to prescribe 14-day supplies of psychiatric controlled substances for minors and bill insurers for services. Under the bill, doctors would be authorized to supervise up to 10 physician assistants at a time. Current law limits the number of physician assistants a doctor can supervise to four. The bill also would delete a requirement in law that physician assistants be required to advise patients that they have the right to see physicians before being prescribed drugs by physician assistants. The bill also makes clear that physician assistants could procure medical devices and drugs and prescribe what are known as Schedule II psychiatric controlled substances for minors so long as they are limited to two-week supplies.