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NY S04490
Bill
Status
4/24/2009
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Duane
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AI Summary
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Requires health insurance policies covering physician office services or major medical/comprehensive coverage to provide equal reimbursement for services performed by certified nurse practitioners within their lawful scope of practice and consistent with written practice agreements.
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Applies to individual accident and health insurance policies, group accident and health insurance policies, health maintenance organization policies, and health service corporation contracts.
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Permits coverage to remain subject to annual deductibles and coinsurance consistent with other covered benefits under the policy.
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Takes effect 180 days after becoming law and applies to all policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended on or after that date.
Legislative Description
Provides that subscribers of certain policies of health insurance (i.e., individual accident and health insurance policies, group accident and health insurance policies, etc.) shall be entitled to reimbursement for any service which is within the lawful scope of practice of a certified nurse practitioner when said service is performed by a certified nurse practitioner.
Last Action
PRINT NUMBER 4490A
6/17/2010