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A02239 Summary:

BILL NO	A02239
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Crouch (MS)
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd SS3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Every policy which provides for coverage for anesthesia services shall include coverage for anesthesia services provided by an independently employed certified registered nurse anesthetist; defines certified registered nurse anesthetist.

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A02239 Actions:

BILL NO	A02239
01/09/2013	referred to insurance
01/08/2014	referred to insurance
05/13/2014	held for consideration in insurance

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A02239 Floor Votes:

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A02239 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2239
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. CROUCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. STEVEN-
          SON -- 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:
 
     1    Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216  of  the  insurance  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph 30 to read as follows:
     3    (30)  Every policy which provides for coverage for anesthesia services
     4  shall include coverage for anesthesia services provided by an  independ-
     5  ently  employed certified registered nurse anesthetist. The term "certi-
     6  fied registered nurse anesthetist" as used in this paragraph shall  mean
     7  a  person  who  has satisfactorily completed educational preparation for
     8  the practice of nurse anesthesia in a program accredited by  a  national
     9  accrediting body recognized by the department of health or determined by

    10  the  department  of  health  to  be  the equivalent and who is currently
    11  certified by a national certifying body recognized by the department  of
    12  health.
    13    § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
    14  adding a new paragraph 19 to read as follows:
    15    (19)  Every policy which provides for coverage for anesthesia services
    16  shall include coverage for anesthesia services provided by an  independ-
    17  ently  employed certified registered nurse anesthetist. The term "certi-
    18  fied registered nurse anesthetist" as used in this paragraph shall  mean
    19  a  person  who  has satisfactorily completed educational preparation for
    20  the practice of nurse anesthesia in a program accredited by  a  national

    21  accrediting body recognized by the department of health or determined by
    22  the  department  of  health  to  be  the equivalent and who is currently
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06284-01-3
        A. 2239                             2
 
     1  certified by a national certifying body recognized by the department  of
     2  health.
     3    §  3.  Section  4303  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
     4  subsection (jj) to read as follows:
     5    (jj) Every policy which provides for coverage for anesthesia  services
     6  shall  include coverage for anesthesia services provided by an independ-

     7  ently employed certified registered nurse anesthetist. The term  "certi-
     8  fied registered nurse anesthetist" as used in this subsection shall mean
     9  a  person  who  has satisfactorily completed educational preparation for
    10  the practice of nurse anesthesia in a program accredited by  a  national
    11  accrediting body recognized by the department of health or determined by
    12  the  department  of  health  to  be  the equivalent and who is currently
    13  certified by a national certifying body recognized by the department  of
    14  health.
    15    §  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    16  have become a law and shall apply  to  policies  and  contracts  issued,
    17  renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such effective date.

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