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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2815
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 25, 2019
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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:
1 Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph 35 to read as follows:
3 (35) 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 21 to read as follows:
15 (21) 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
23 certified by a national certifying body recognized by the department of
24 health.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
2 subsection (ss) to read as follows:
3 (ss) 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 subsection 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 § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
14 have become a law and shall apply to policies and contracts issued,
15 renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such effective date.
