2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 422 - Health Care Financing and Policy
NRS 422.272405 - State Plan for Medicaid: Reimbursement for services provided by advanced practice registered nurse to certain recipients. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
1. To the extent that money is available, the Director shall include in the State Plan for Medicaid a requirement that, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the State must provide reimbursement for the services of an advanced practice registered nurse, including, without limitation, a certified nurse-midwife, to the same extent as if the services were provided by a physician.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to services provided to a recipient of Medicaid who receives health care services through a Medicaid managed care program.
3. As used in this section, "certified nurse-midwife" means a person who is:
(a) Certified as a nurse-midwife by the American Midwifery Certification Board, or its successor organization; and
(b) Licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse pursuant to NRS 632.237.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3637, effective January 1, 2022)
