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Utah law currently lists "physician's assistants" as one of the providers whose services count as "primary health care" for state health programs, and this bill would correct that title to "physician assistants" to match how the profession is actually licensed. The bill would also change the rules for when health insurance plans that require enrollees to pick a primary care provider must allow a physician assistant to serve in that role: instead of simply requiring that the physician assistant "work with a physician providing primary care," the law would require that the physician assistant have trained in a primary care physician's office and completed the state's collaboration requirement under Section 58-70a-307. This change could affect which physician assistants qualify to be selected as a primary care provider under insurance plans that require enrollees to designate one.