Bill Text: NY A07722 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-25 - print number 7722a [A07722 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07722-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7722--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 26, 2015
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CAHILL, FAHY, STECK, WOERNER -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Insurance -- recommitted to the Committee
          on Insurance in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        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:
     1    Section 1.  Paragraphs 27 and 28 of subsection (i) of section 3216  of
     2  the  insurance  law, paragraph 27 as added by chapter 536 of the laws of
     3  2010 and paragraph 28 as added by chapter 589 of the laws of  2011,  are
     4  renumbered  paragraphs  32 and 33 respectively and a new paragraph 34 is
     5  added to read as follows:
     6    (34) At the discretion of the insurer, anesthesia services provided by
     7  a certified registered nurse anesthetist may be eligible for  reimburse-
     8  ment  under  any  policy  which  provides  for  coverage  for anesthesia
     9  services.   Provided however, that nothing  contained  herein  shall  be
    10  construed  to  require  an  insurer  to reimburse both a physician and a
    11  certified registered nurse anesthetist for providing the  same  anesthe-
    12  siology  services.  The term "certified registered nurse anesthetist" as
    13  used in this paragraph  shall  mean  a  person  who  has  satisfactorily
    14  completed  educational  preparation for provision of these services in a
    15  program registered by the  department  of  education  or  in  a  program
    16  accredited  by a national body recognized by the department of education
    17  or determined by the department of education to be the  equivalent;  and
    18  submit  evidence  of  current  certification  or  recertification  by  a
    19  national certifying body, recognized by the department of education.
    20    § 2. Subsection (1) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
    21  adding a new paragraph 19 to read as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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