Assembly Bill A1550

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to mandatory health insurance coverage 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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2017-A1550 (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
2019-2020: A2815

2017-A1550 (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.

2017-A1550 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1550
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- 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 34 to read as follows:
   (34) 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 20 to read as follows:
   (20) 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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