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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.
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