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SB194 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021
SB194 Alabama 2019 Session
Senate Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2019
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Nurse Anesthetists, certified registered (CRNA's), insurance and health benefit plans, direct payments for services, definition of CRNA for purposes of law updated, Sec. 27-46-3 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, when a contract or plan of health insurance or health care services provides reimbursement or payment for services of a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), the CRNA is entitled to direct reimbursement from the insurer under certain conditions. For the purpose of this bill, a certified registered nurse anesthetist is defined to be a licensed registered nurse certified by the Council on Certification/Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists.

This bill would update the definition of a certified registered nurse anesthetist for purposes of the above law to mean a licensed registered nurse certified by the National Board on Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists or other certifying body approved by the Board of Nursing.

Subjects
Nurses and Nursing

Bill Actions

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Insurance

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 865

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

May 16, 2019 Senate Passed
Yes 25
Absent 10

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature