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:
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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.
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