Bill Text: NY S01465 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-23 - PRINT NUMBER 1465A [S01465 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01465-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1465--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance  --  recommitted
          to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
          --  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 34 and 35 respectively and a new paragraph  36  is
     5  added to read as follows:
     6    (36) 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 20 to read as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01665-02-8
        S. 1465--A                          2
     1    (20) At the discretion of the insurer, anesthesia services provided by
     2  a  certified registered nurse anesthetist may be eligible for reimburse-
     3  ment under  any  policy  which  provides  for  coverage  for  anesthesia
     4  services.    Provided  however,  that  nothing contained herein shall be
     5  construed  to  require  an  insurer  to reimburse both a physician and a
     6  certified registered nurse anesthetist for providing the  same  anesthe-
     7  siology  services.  The term "certified registered nurse anesthetist" as
     8  used in this paragraph  shall  mean  a  person  who  has  satisfactorily
     9  completed  educational  preparation for provision of these services in a
    10  program registered by the  department  of  education  or  in  a  program
    11  accredited  by a national body recognized by the department of education
    12  or determined by the department of education to be the  equivalent;  and
    13  submit  evidence  of  current  certification  or  recertification  by  a
    14  national certifying body, recognized by the department of education.
    15    § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    16  subsection (oo) to read as follows:
    17    (oo) At the discretion of the insurer, anesthesia services provided by
    18  a  certified registered nurse anesthetist may be eligible for reimburse-
    19  ment under  any  policy  which  provides  for  coverage  for  anesthesia
    20  services.    Provided  however,  that  nothing contained herein shall be
    21  construed to require an insurer to reimburse  both  a  physician  and  a
    22  certified  registered  nurse anesthetist for providing the same anesthe-
    23  siology services.  The term "certified registered nurse anesthetist"  as
    24  used  in  this  subsection  shall  mean  a person who has satisfactorily
    25  completed educational preparation for provision of these services  in  a
    26  program  registered  by  the  department  of  education  or in a program
    27  accredited by a national body recognized by the department of  education
    28  or  determined  by the department of education to be the equivalent; and
    29  submit  evidence  of  current  certification  or  recertification  by  a
    30  national certifying body, recognized by the department of education.
    31    §  4.  This  act  shall take effect January 1, 2020 and shall apply to
    32  policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended  on
    33  or after such effective date.