# Nevada SB118: AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring Medicaid to include coverage for certain services provided by a pharmacist; imposing requirements relating to the rate of reimbursement that a pharmacist must receive for services covered under Medicaid; prohibiting Medicaid or a managed care organization that provides health care services to recipients of Medicaid from requiring prior authorization for the services of a pharmacist under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Nevada SB118, AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring Medicaid to include coverage for certain services provided by a pharmacist; imposing requirements relating to the rate of reimbursement that a pharmacist must receive for services covered under Medicaid; prohibiting Medicaid or a managed care organization that provides health care services to recipients of Medicaid from requiring prior authorization for the services of a pharmacist under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Jeff Stone (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-06-03 ((No further action taken.)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB118-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada SB118 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring Medicaid to include coverage for certain services provided by a pharmacist; imposing requirements relating to the rate of reimbursement that a pharmacist must receive for services covered under Medicaid; prohibiting Medicaid or a managed care organization that provides health care services to recipients of Medicaid from requiring prior authorization for the services of a pharmacist under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. - Status: failed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-27 - Last action: 2025-06-03, (No further action taken.) - Sponsor: Jeff Stone (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: BDR 38-218 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More Medicaid coverage for pharmacist services: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2026, Nevada Medicaid covers services pharmacists are licensed to provide when federal matching funds are available. Medicaid must already cover the same service from another provider, and cannot cover it fewer times when a pharmacist provides it. Medicaid and its managed care… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jeff Stone (Republican), Senate ## Actions (10) - 2025-06-03: (No further action taken.) (Senate) - 2025-04-15: To committee. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Read second time. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Placed on Second Reading File. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: From committee: Do pass. (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Read first time. To committee. (Senate) - 2025-01-28: From printer. (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB118.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) - SB81: AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to create and conduct certain surveys of public school employees; revising provisions gover… (signed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB118.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) - [SB81: AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to create a…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB81-83rd2025) - [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-SB118-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).