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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 514C.8 SERVICES PROVIDED BY 1 2 ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONERS. 1 3 A policy or contract providing for third-party payment or 1 4 prepayment of health or medical expenses shall include a 1 5 provision for the payment of necessary medical or surgical 1 6 care and treatment provided by an advanced registered nurse 1 7 practitioner licensed pursuant to chapters 147 and 152, if 1 8 performed within the scope of the advanced registered nurse 1 9 practitioner's license and the policy or contract would pay 1 10 for the care and treatment if the care and treatment were 1 11 provided by a person engaged in the practice of medicine or 1 12 surgery as licensed under chapter 148 or 150A. The policy or 1 13 contract shall provide that insureds or enrollees under the 1 14 policy or contract may reject the coverage for services which 1 15 may be provided by an advanced registered nurse practitioner 1 16 if the coverage is rejected for all providers of similar 1 17 services. This section applies to services provided under a 1 18 policy or contract issued on or after July 1, 1995, and to an 1 19 existing group policy or contract on the policy's or 1 20 contract's anniversary or renewal date, or upon the expiration 1 21 of the applicable collective bargaining contract, if any, 1 22 whichever is later. Notwithstanding section 514C.6, this 1 23 section does not apply to enrollees eligible for coverage 1 24 under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act or any other 1 25 similar coverage under a state or federal government plan. 1 26 EXPLANATION 1 27 This bill requires insurance companies and other third- 1 28 party payors to provide reimbursement for services provided by 1 29 an advanced registered nurse practitioner if reimbursement for 1 30 such services would be provided by a person engaged in the 1 31 practice of medicine or surgery as licensed under chapter 148 1 32 or 150A. 1 33 LSB 2139SC 76 1 34 mj/cf/24
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