# Nevada AB518: AN ACT relating to child welfare; adopting a revised version of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Nevada AB518, AN ACT relating to child welfare; adopting a revised version of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services; status signed, last action 2025-05-30 (Chapter 157.) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB518-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada AB518 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: AN ACT relating to child welfare; adopting a revised version of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-24 - Last action: 2025-05-30, Chapter 157. - Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: BDR 11-807 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (62 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Who pays for interstate placements: benefit, high. When a public agency or court makes an interstate placement, the sending state’s public agency pays for the child’s daily support and any extra services. The receiving state only covers its assessment and needed supervision. For private‑agency pre‑adoption placements, the private agency is legally… - Courts keep control and coordinate cases: benefit, medium. The sending state keeps legal control over custody and can order the child’s return. A receiving‑state court must confer with the sending‑state court to pick the right forum. The sending court can end its jurisdiction after adoption, reunification (with agency agreement), guardianship, tribal juris… - Nevada adopts new interstate placement compact: benefit, medium. Nevada adopts the revised Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. A multi‑state commission sets binding rules, collects data, and enforces the compact. Nevada must run a central compact office as the state’s point of contact. The office head serves at the Governor’s pleasure. Any deal that… - Which interstate placements the compact covers: benefit, medium. The compact covers children under court cases for abuse, neglect, or deprivation. It also covers some adjudicated delinquent or unmanageable youths in residential care, and any agency placement that is a step toward adoption. The law lists clear exemptions, like many direct relative placements, som… - Compact placements not treated as trafficking: benefit, low. The criminal ban on selling or transferring a child does not apply to placements made under the Interstate Compact. Other lawful exceptions, like placements with relatives or court‑approved placements, still apply. - Local governments may face added costs: cost, low. Local governments may incur extra costs to carry out this law. Those costs are exempt from the limits in NRS 354.599. - Stricter approval and oversight for out-of-state placements: mixed, medium. No child may be placed in another state until the receiving state approves it. If disapproved, the receiving agency must give written reasons, and you can seek administrative review in that state. The receiving agency must assess safety, may ask for more information, can allow provisional placement… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-22 | Senate | Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced) | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2025-04-16 | House | Final Passage - Assembly (As Introduced) | pass | 41 | 1 | | ## Actions (18) - 2025-05-30: Chapter 157. (legislature) - 2025-05-30: Approved by the Governor. (legislature) - 2025-05-27: Enrolled and delivered to Governor. (legislature) - 2025-05-23: In Assembly. To enrollment. (House) - 2025-05-22: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. (Senate) - 2025-05-21: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (Senate) - 2025-05-20: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (Senate) - 2025-05-19: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (Senate) - 2025-05-16: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Read second time. (Senate) - 2025-05-12: From committee: Do pass. (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. (Senate) - 2025-04-17: In Senate. (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: 1.) To Senate. (House) - 2025-04-15: Read second time. (House) - 2025-04-14: From committee: Do pass. (House) - 2025-03-26: From printer. To committee. (House) - 2025-03-24: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. (House) ## Bill text - As Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB518_EN.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB518.pdf) ## Related bills - AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered voter show photo identification to vote in person; requiring the Department of M… (vetoed) - AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waivers of fees provided by the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; revisi… (vetoed) - AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing and reimbursement for certain drugs; creating a cause of action for violating su… (vetoed) - AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board of the Public Employees' Benefits Program to report certain information relating… (vetoed) - SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substantially burdening certain activity relating to assisted reproduction under certain… (vetoed) - AB514: AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring Medicaid to provide coverage for rehabilitative residential mental health care; requiring the State Long-Term Care… (signed) ## Sources - [As Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB518_EN.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB518.pdf) ## Related - [AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB499-83rd2025) - [AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waiv…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB397-83rd2025) - [AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB259-83rd2025) - [AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB188-83rd2025) - [SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substant…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB217-83rd2025) - [AB514: AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring Medicaid to provide coverage for re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB514-83rd2025) - [Nevada bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada/bills) - [Nevada state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB518-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).