SB 556-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
04/05/2024 1264s
2024 SESSION
24-3088
09/05
SENATE BILL 556-FN
AN ACT relative to coverage of services provided by advanced practice registered nurses.
SPONSORS: Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides certain requirements for coverage of services provided by advanced practice registered nurses.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04/05/2024 1264s 24-3088
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to coverage of services provided by advanced practice registered nurses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Nurse Practice Act; Coverage of Services Provided by Advanced Practice Registered Nurses. Amend RSA 326-B by inserting after section 11 the following new section:
326-B:11-a Coverage of Services Provided by Advanced Practice Registered Nurses.
I. Health insurers and, to the extent permitted under federal law, Medicaid and Medicare, shall reimburse a participating provider who is an advanced practice registered nurse for covered primary care services including behavioral health at the same rate as a physician. In-network advanced practice registered nurses are authorized to bill for and receive direct payment for the medically necessary covered services they deliver.
II. To provide accountability and transparency for patients, payers, and health care systems, the advanced practice registered nurse, when appropriate, shall be identified as the treating provider in the billing and claims processes when the advanced practice registered nurse delivered the medical services to the patient.
III. A health insurer shall not impose any practice, education, or collaboration requirement for an advanced practice registered nurse that is inconsistent with or more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter.
IV. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude a health carrier from exercising its rights and responsibilities set forth in RSA 420-J:4.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.
24-3088
Revised 12/19/23
SB 556-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to insurance reimbursement for advanced practice registered nurses.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ X ] None
METHODOLOGY:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill, as introduced, has no fiscal impact on state, county and local expenditures or revenue.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Insurance Department