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Assembly Bill A2815

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to mandatory health insurance coverage for certified registered nurse anesthetists providing anesthesia services

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2019-A2815 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3981
2011-2012: A4527
2013-2014: A2239
2015-2016: A2363
2017-2018: A1550

2019-A2815 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that every policy which provides coverage for anesthesia services shall include coverage for anesthesia services provided by an independently employed certified registered nurse anesthetist; defines certified registered nurse anesthetist.

2019-A2815 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2815
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CROUCH, MORINELLO -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance  law,  in  relation  to  mandatory  health
   insurance coverage for certified registered nurse anesthetists provid-
   ing anesthesia services

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216  of  the  insurance  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph 35 to read as follows:
   (35)  EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES FOR COVERAGE FOR ANESTHESIA SERVICES
 SHALL INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR ANESTHESIA SERVICES PROVIDED BY AN  INDEPEND-
 ENTLY  EMPLOYED CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST. THE TERM "CERTI-
 FIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST" AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL  MEAN
 A  PERSON  WHO  HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION FOR
 THE PRACTICE OF NURSE ANESTHESIA IN A PROGRAM ACCREDITED BY  A  NATIONAL
 ACCREDITING BODY RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR DETERMINED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  TO  BE  THE EQUIVALENT AND WHO IS CURRENTLY
 CERTIFIED BY A NATIONAL CERTIFYING BODY RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH.
   § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 21 to read as follows:
   (21)  EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES FOR COVERAGE FOR ANESTHESIA SERVICES
 SHALL INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR ANESTHESIA SERVICES PROVIDED BY AN  INDEPEND-
 ENTLY  EMPLOYED CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST. THE TERM "CERTI-
 FIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST" AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL  MEAN
 A  PERSON  WHO  HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION FOR
 THE PRACTICE OF NURSE ANESTHESIA IN A PROGRAM ACCREDITED BY  A  NATIONAL
 ACCREDITING BODY RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR DETERMINED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  TO  BE  THE EQUIVALENT AND WHO IS CURRENTLY
 CERTIFIED BY A NATIONAL CERTIFYING BODY RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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