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Introduced
05/15/2025
05/15/2025
In Committee
05/30/2025
05/30/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
06/03/2025
06/03/2025
Introduced Session
Potential new amendment
83rd Legislature (2025)
Bill Summary
AN ACT relating to health care; revising requirements governing the electronic maintenance, transmittal and exchange of health information; making revisions relating to emergency medical care; prescribing certain requirements to expedite the credentialing and privileging of providers of health care; authorizing paramedics to serve as employees or volunteers in hospitals under certain circumstances; imposing certain requirements governing prior authorization for medical care and payment of health insurance claims; making various revisions relating to Medicaid; creating and prescribing the duties of the Office of Mental Health in the Department of Health and Human Services or the Nevada Health Authority, if it is created; prohibiting noncompetition covenants governing certain providers of health care; requiring the prioritization of certain applications for licensure as a physician or osteopathic physician; requiring certain providers of health care to provide certain data to the Department; requiring certain reports of the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic - Medicine to include certain information; authorizing the establishment of an alternative pathway to licensure as a dental hygienist; establishing provisions to incentivize the provision of psychological services to rural patients; requiring the Patient Protection Commission to study academic medical centers; making appropriations; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
AI Summary
This bill revises numerous provisions relating to health care in Nevada, with a comprehensive set of changes affecting multiple aspects of the health care system. The key provisions include establishing a biennial health care workforce assessment to identify professional and geographic health care shortages; creating an Office of Mental Health within the Department of Health and Human Services to improve mental health services; implementing new requirements for prior authorization processes for health insurance carriers; establishing a Gold Card Exemption Program to reduce administrative burdens for consistently approved health care providers; creating new credentialing standards for health care providers; prohibiting non-competition covenants for patient-facing health care providers; authorizing an alternative training pathway for dental hygienists in areas with workforce shortages; and allowing paramedics to serve as employees or volunteers in hospitals under specific regulations. The bill also includes provisions to improve transparency in health care services, such as requiring public reporting of prior authorization and credentialing data, and establishing requirements for independent centers for emergency medical care. Additionally, the bill makes various technical changes and appropriations to support these initiatives, with staggered implementation dates ranging from immediate effect to January 1, 2028, depending on the specific provision.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (0)
No sponsors listed
Other Sponsors (1)
Health and Human Services (Senate)
Last Action
(No further action taken.) (on 06/03/2025)
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| Document Type | Source Location | Created |
|---|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12939/Overview | 05/15/2025 |
| BillText | https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB495_R1.pdf | 06/03/2025 |
| Senate Amendment 942 | https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/Amendments/A_SB495_942.pdf | 06/03/2025 |
| BillText | https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB495.pdf | 05/16/2025 |
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