# Nevada AB521: AN ACT relating to the protection of children; requiring an investigation of the history of abuse or neglect of certain persons associated with certain medical facilities and organizations; requiring such a facility to terminate the employment of such persons based on the results of such an investigation under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Nevada AB521, AN ACT relating to the protection of children; requiring an investigation of the history of abuse or neglect of certain persons associated with certain medical facilities and organizations; requiring such a facility to terminate the employment of such persons based on the results of such an investigation under certain circumstances; 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 2025-05-27 (Chapter 30.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB521-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada AB521 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: AN ACT relating to the protection of children; requiring an investigation of the history of abuse or neglect of certain persons associated with certain medical facilities and organizations; requiring such a facility to terminate the employment of such persons based on the results of such an investigation under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-24 - Last action: 2025-05-27, Chapter 30. - Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: BDR 40-1099 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (62 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Stricter checks for child-serving staff: cost, low. The law requires more background and registry checks for people who work with children. License applicants must let the state check child-abuse registries in Nevada and any state they lived in during the last 5 years. Employers must get written permission from new employees, temps, and contractors… - Remove staff with abuse findings or crimes: mixed, medium. Intermediary service organizations must end a job or contract, or bar a temp worker, if state records show a listed serious crime or a substantiated child-abuse or neglect report, and the person would serve a child or a person with a disability. Before removal, if the worker says the records are wr… - Care service agencies: stricter rules, shield: mixed, medium. The Division can deny, suspend, or revoke a certificate to run an intermediary service organization if the applicant or holder has certain serious convictions, kept someone on staff with those convictions or a substantiated child-abuse report, or has a substantiated report themselves. Some crimes o… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-19 | Senate | Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint) | pass | 20 | 0 | | | 2025-04-17 | House | Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint) | pass | 42 | 0 | | ## Actions (17) - 2025-05-27: Chapter 30. (legislature) - 2025-05-26: Approved by the Governor. (legislature) - 2025-05-23: Enrolled and delivered to Governor. (legislature) - 2025-05-20: In Assembly. To enrollment. (House) - 2025-05-19: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. (Senate) - 2025-05-16: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (Senate) - 2025-05-12: Read second time. (Senate) - 2025-05-08: From committee: Do pass. (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. (Senate) - 2025-04-18: In Senate. (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. (House) - 2025-04-17: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. (House) - 2025-04-16: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 457.) To printer. (House) - 2025-04-15: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (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/AB521_EN.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB521.pdf) - Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB521_R1.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/AB521_EN.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB521.pdf) - [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB521_R1.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-AB521-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).