Senate File 410 SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO SF 166) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act designating advanced registered nurse practitioners as 2 providers of health care services pursuant to managed care or 3 prepaid services contracts under the medical assistance 4 program. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 1803SV 80 7 rn/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 249A.4, subsection 7, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph: 1 3 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. Advanced registered nurse 1 4 practitioners licensed pursuant to chapter 152 shall be 1 5 regarded as approved providers of health care services, 1 6 including primary care, for purposes of managed care or 1 7 prepaid services contracts under the medical assistance 1 8 program. This paragraph shall not be construed to expand the 1 9 scope of practice of an advanced registered nurse practitioner 1 10 pursuant to chapter 152. 1 11 EXPLANATION 1 12 This bill provides that advanced registered nurse 1 13 practitioners licensed pursuant to Code chapter 152 shall be 1 14 regarded as approved providers of health care services, 1 15 including primary care, for purposes of managed care or 1 16 prepaid services contracts under the medical assistance 1 17 program. The bill provides that those provisions shall not be 1 18 construed to expand the scope of practice of an advanced 1 19 registered nurse practitioner pursuant to Code chapter 152. 1 20 LSB 1803SV 80 1 21 rn/sh/8 1 22 1 23 1 24 1 25 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35