All Roll Calls
Yes: 62 • No: 1
Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services
Signed by Governor
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7 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
The Division may issue a certificate by endorsement to applicants with a matching, valid, and unrestricted credential from another U.S. state or territory. You must show no discipline or malpractice, file an affidavit, pay the fee, and send any other required information. The Division must ask for missing items within 15 business days and, unless denied for good cause, issue the certificate within 45 days of a complete application. Active service members, veterans, and their spouses or widows/widowers can also get endorsement and may receive a provisional certificate while a final decision is made.
When you renew a certificate, you must say if you have a state business license and give the business ID number if you do. The Division cannot renew a certificate if the State Controller says you owe a debt assigned for collection, unless the debt is paid, you set a payment plan, or you show the debt is invalid.
Beginning July 1, 2026, you must be at least 18 and hold a valid certificate to be paid to provide or supervise peer recovery support services or to call yourself a certified prevention specialist. The Board and Division set training, supervision, renewal, and discipline rules, and define what the certificate allows. An intern path lets age‑18 trainees work as a “peer recovery support specialist intern” under rules the Board or Division adopts. Fees may be charged to issue or renew certificates, but they cannot be more than the Division’s actual costs. The Division may fine violators and can ask a court to stop unlicensed practice; the Board may create limited exemptions. NRS 433.623 is repealed on July 1, 2026.
Beginning July 1, 2026, employers must, within 3 days of hire or retention, get written permission and check the State Central Registry for staff or contractors in jobs with regular and substantial contact with minors. The check must be repeated every 5 years, and employers must keep screening records and share them with the Division on request. If the person has a substantiated report in the prior 5 years, the employer must end the job or contract after a 30‑day window to correct the record. While correcting or under Division review, the person may work but cannot have regular, unsupervised contact with minors. The Division will set civil fines for noncompliance and may review cases to decide if a person can keep working under conditions.
Beginning July 1, 2026, if you serve as a certified prevention specialist or provide covered peer recovery services, you are exempt from chapters 641, 641B, and 641C for those activities. You still cannot do acts barred by NRS 641.440 or call yourself a psychologist. This reduces overlap with other licenses for these specific roles.
Beginning July 1, 2026, certified prevention specialists and peer recovery staff must report suspected abuse or neglect of children and older or vulnerable adults within 24 hours. They must also report in writing to the Board if they know a licensee or certificate holder broke the law. These duties add protections for children, seniors, and vulnerable people.
Beginning July 1, 2026, substance use disorder prevention coalitions must employ or contract with certified prevention specialists. Specialists advise, coordinate, run programs, and help submit reports. This ensures coalitions use trained staff for prevention work.
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All Roll Calls
Yes: 62 • No: 1
Senate vote • 5/23/2025
Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
House vote • 4/22/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)
Yes: 41 • No: 1
Chapter 223.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Senate Amendment No. 588 concurred in. To enrollment.
In Assembly.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 588.) To printer.
Placed on Second Reading File.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
In Senate.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: 1.) To Senate.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 19.) To printer.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Notice of eligibility for exemption.
Read first time. To committee.
As Enrolled
As Introduced
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