Survey of Legislation on Third Party Reimbursement for Nurses

U.S. General Accounting Office, Availability of Nurse-Midwife Services under Federal Health Care Programs (U.S. Gov't Printing Office, Washington, D.C.) (June 4, 1982). See also U.S. General Accounting Office, Better Management and More Resources Needed to Strengthen Federal Efforts to Improve Pregnancy Outcome (U.S. Gov't Printing Office, Washington, D.C.) (January 21, 1980).

47 Fed. Reg. 21049 (May 17, 1982).

W. Va. Code art. 15 §33-15-4(b) (Cum. Supp. 1983).

Haire D. , Health Insurance Coverage for Nurse-Midwifery Services: Results of a National Survey, Journal of Nurse-Midwifery 27: 35 (November/December 1982).

44 Fed. Reg. 58709 (October 11, 1979).

32 C.F.R. §199.12(c)(3)(iii)(d)(1) (1982).

32 C.F.R. §199.12(c)(3)(iii)(d)(2) (1982).

42 C.F.R. Parts 405, 435, 436, 440, 441 (1982). See also 47 Fed. Reg. 21046 (May 17, 1982).

42 C.F.R. §441.21 (1982).

See Cohn S. , Legislative Survey of Nurse-Midwifery Practice, Journal of Nurse-Midwifery (forthcoming, March/April 1984).

Alaska Stat. §21.42.355 (Cum. Supp. 1983).

Id. §21.42.355(b).

Cal. Health & Safety Code §1373 (1983); Cal. Ins. Code §§10176, 10177, 11512.8 (1983).

Cal. Ins. Code §10176(b) (1983).

Md. Ann. Code art. 48A, §490A-1 (1983) (despite its title, Reimbursement for Services Performed by Dentists, this provision refers to all licensed health care providers).

Md. Ann. Code art. 48A, §§354S, 470-O (1983).

Md. Ann. Code art. 48A, §§354N, 470M, 477R (1983).

Id. §490A-2.

1983 Minn. Sess. Law Serv. ch. 221, amending Minn. Stat. §62A. 15, subd. 3a (1982).

Miss. Code Ann. §83-41-213 (Cum. Supp. 1983).

1983 Mont. Laws Senate Bill No. 70 (approved April 1983).

N.J. Stat. Ann. §17:48A-34 (Cum. Supp. 1983–84).

N.M. Stat. Ann. §59-18-19 (Cum. Supp. 1983).

N.Y. Ins. Law §162a (Cum. Supp. 1983) (reimbursement for hospitalization for normal maternity may be limited to four days regardless of the fact that payment for other illness is not so limited).

Id.

Or. Rev. Stat. §743.128(1981).

Pa. Stat. Ann. tit. 40, §§3001–3003 (Cum. Supp. 1983–84).

S.D. Codified Laws Ann. §58-17-54 (Supp. 1983).

Utah Code Ann. §31-27-24(I) (Cum. Supp. 1982).

In re Boehme, Insurance Commissioner Op. No. 78-36 (April 1979).

Wash. Rev. Code Ann. §§48.20.411, 48.21.141,48.44.290 (Cum. Supp. 1983).

W. Va. Code art. 15§33-15-4(b) (Cum. Supp. 1983).

See American Nurses’ Association, Third-Party Reimbursement Legislation for Services of Nurses: A Report of Changes in State Health Insurance Law, pp. 12–14 (June 20, 1983).

Midwife Deliveries Up Slightly in 1980, NCHS Data Show, Quickening, p. 13 (May/June 1983) (published by the American College of Nurse-Midwives) (the data do not distinguish between deliveries attended by certified nurse-midwives and those done by lay midwives).

See, e.g., La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §12:1071, et seq. (Cum. Supp. 1983).