Text: HF02143 Text: HF02145 Text: HF02100 - HF02199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 514C.11 SERVICES PROVIDED BY 1 2 LICENSED PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND LICENSED ADVANCED REGISTERED 1 3 NURSE PRACTITIONERS. 1 4 Notwithstanding section 514C.6, a policy or contract 1 5 providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or 1 6 medical expenses shall include a provision for the payment of 1 7 necessary medical or surgical care and treatment provided by a 1 8 physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 148C, or 1 9 provided by an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed 1 10 pursuant to chapter 152 and performed within the scope of the 1 11 license of the licensed physician assistant or the licensed 1 12 advanced registered nurse practitioner if the policy or 1 13 contract would pay for the care and treatment if the care and 1 14 treatment were provided by a person engaged in the practice of 1 15 medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery under 1 16 chapter 148 or 150A. The policy or contract shall provide 1 17 that policyholders and subscribers under the policy or 1 18 contract may reject the coverage for services which may be 1 19 provided by a licensed physician assistant or licensed 1 20 advanced registered nurse practitioner if the coverage is 1 21 rejected for all providers of similar services. A policy or 1 22 contract subject to this section shall not impose a practice 1 23 or supervision restriction which is inconsistent with or more 1 24 restrictive than the restriction already imposed by law. This 1 25 section applies to services provided under a policy or 1 26 contract delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed 1 27 in this state on or after July 1, 1996, and to an existing 1 28 policy or contract, on the policy's or contract's anniversary 1 29 or renewal date, or upon the expiration of the applicable 1 30 collective bargaining contract, if any, whichever is later. 1 31 This section does not apply to policyholders or subscribers 1 32 eligible for coverage under Title XVIII of the federal Social 1 33 Security Act or any similar coverage under a state or federal 1 34 government plan. For the purposes of this section, third- 1 35 party payment or prepayment includes an individual or group 2 1 policy of accident or health insurance or individual or group 2 2 hospital or health care service contract issued pursuant to 2 3 chapter 509, 514, or 514A, an individual or group health 2 4 maintenance organization contract issued and regulated under 2 5 chapter 514B, an organized delivery system contract regulated 2 6 under rules adopted by the director of public health, or a 2 7 preferred provider organization contract regulated pursuant to 2 8 chapter 514F. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to 2 9 require an individual or group health maintenance 2 10 organization, an organized delivery system, or a preferred 2 11 provider organization or arrangement to provide payment or 2 12 prepayment for services provided by a licensed physician 2 13 assistant or licensed advanced registered nurse practitioner 2 14 unless the physician assistant's supervising physician, the 2 15 physician-physician assistant team, the advanced registered 2 16 nurse practitioner, or the advanced registered nurse 2 17 practitioner's collaborating physician has entered into a 2 18 contract or other agreement to provide services with the 2 19 individual or group health maintenance organization, the 2 20 organized delivery system, or the preferred provider 2 21 organization or arrangement. 2 22 HF 2144 2 23 pf/pk/25
Text: HF02143 Text: HF02145 Text: HF02100 - HF02199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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