Assembly Bill A6619

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes health insurance reimbursement for certified registered nurse anesthetists providing anesthesia services

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A6619 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A7999

2013-A6619 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes health insurance reimbursement for certified registered nurse anesthetists providing anesthesia services.

2013-A6619 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6619

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. JACOBS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Insurance

AN  ACT  to  amend  the insurance law, in relation to authorizing health
  insurance reimbursement for certified  registered  nurse  anesthetists
  providing anesthesia services

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Paragraphs 27 and 28 of subsection (i) of section 3216  of
the  insurance  law, paragraph 27 as added by chapter 536 of the laws of
2010 and paragraph 28 as added by chapter 589 of the laws of  2011,  are
renumbered  paragraphs  30 and 31 respectively and a new paragraph 32 is
added to read as follows:
  (32) AT THE DISCRETION OF THE INSURER, ANESTHESIA SERVICES PROVIDED BY
A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR  REIMBURSE-
MENT  UNDER  ANY  POLICY  WHICH  PROVIDES  FOR  COVERAGE  FOR ANESTHESIA
SERVICES.   PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING  CONTAINED  HEREIN  SHALL  BE
CONSTRUED  TO  REQUIRE  AN  INSURER  TO REIMBURSE BOTH A PHYSICIAN AND A
CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST FOR PROVIDING THE  SAME  ANESTHE-
SIOLOGY  SERVICES.  THE TERM "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST" AS
USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH  SHALL  MEAN  A  PERSON  WHO  HAS  SATISFACTORILY
COMPLETED  EDUCATIONAL  PREPARATION FOR PROVISION OF THESE SERVICES IN A
PROGRAM REGISTERED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION  OR  IN  A  PROGRAM
ACCREDITED  BY A NATIONAL BODY RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OR DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO BE THE  EQUIVALENT;  AND
SUBMIT  EVIDENCE  OF  CURRENT  CERTIFICATION  OR  RECERTIFICATION  BY  A
NATIONAL CERTIFYING BODY, RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
  S 2. Subsection (1) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 19 to read as follows:
  (19) AT THE DISCRETION OF THE INSURER, ANESTHESIA SERVICES PROVIDED BY
A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR  REIMBURSE-
MENT  UNDER  ANY  POLICY  WHICH  PROVIDES  FOR  COVERAGE  FOR ANESTHESIA

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04745-01-3

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