All Roll Calls
Yes: 60 • No: 0
NevadaSB17083rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET
AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; requiring a firefighter who is not employed by the Executive Department of the State Government or volunteer firefighter to submit to an annual cancer screening for certain industrial insurance coverage for cancer; revising provisions governing the administration of physical examinations required of certain firefighters, arson investigators and police officers who are not employed by the Executive Department of the State Government for certain industrial insurance coverage for lung disease and heart disease; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: John C. Steinbeck (Republican), MelanieChief Majority Whip Scheible (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
BDR 53-632
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Bill Overview
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5 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
Yearly firefighter cancer checks, employer-paid
Beginning July 1, 2026, covered firefighters and covered volunteer firefighters get a cancer screening at hire or when coverage starts, and every year after. Employers must pay for these screenings. The screening includes a skin exam; a mammogram for women 40+; a pap smear for women; a PSA and testicular exam for men; thyroid check; urine dipstick; fecal occult blood test; and a colonoscopy at 45+ if none in the last 10 years. A woman can skip the mammogram or pap with written proof from her doctor or clinic that it was done or not needed within the last 12 months. The on-hire screening rule does not apply to Executive Department employees.
Easier heart and lung claims for responders
Beginning July 1, 2026, if you worked two or more continuous years full‑time as a firefighter, arson investigator, or police officer, heart and lung diseases are conclusively treated as work‑related when diagnosed during employment and within certain post‑employment windows. For volunteers with five or more continuous active years, heart disease from extreme overexertion in danger is covered. Separated workers can lose the lung presumption if they used tobacco frequently in the prior year or did not follow a doctor’s plan in the previous three months.
Penalties and bills paid during appeals
Beginning July 1, 2026, if you win an appeal on a denied lung or heart claim, the Administrator may order up to $200 per day paid to you from the day you filed the appeal to the final decision. If you request a hearing, the employer or insurer must pay medical bills from the hearing request date until the final decision. If the employer or insurer wins in the end, they can recover amounts paid. The Administrator also reviews any such appeal that lasts more than six months to find the cause of delays.
Stronger job physicals for fire and police
Beginning July 1, 2026, non‑Executive employees’ required physicals add a full test list: hearing, TB screening, full systems exam, broad blood labs, spirometry, chest X‑ray, heart tests (ECG, stress test if 40+ or abnormal, and coronary calcium at 40+), and vision. When possible, exams are done by a Nevada‑licensed physician or advanced practice nurse who knows fire and police work. Workers covered for lung disease get a physical at hire or coverage start, then every two years until age 40, and yearly after; Executive employees must include lung function testing and an X‑ray. Employers must pay for these required tests. Volunteer departments must mail exam notices at least 10 days ahead; missing a scheduled exam can end benefits, and applicants 50+ may pay up front but are reimbursed if declared fit and appointed.
Local governments exempt these added costs
Beginning July 1, 2026, extra costs that local governments face from this law are exempt from NRS 354.599. This changes local budget rules but does not set new charges on households.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
John C. Steinbeck
Republican • Senate
MelanieChief Majority Whip Scheible
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/31/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 39 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 381.
6/6/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/6/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/4/2025legislatureTo enrollment.
6/2/2025SenateIn Senate.
6/1/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 3.) To Senate.
5/31/2025HouseRead second time.
5/30/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/30/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass.
5/30/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
5/26/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/26/2025HouseFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.
5/23/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer.
5/22/2025SenateReprinting dispensed with.
5/22/2025SenateRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 716.)
5/22/2025SenatePlaced on General File.
5/22/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/22/2025SenateTo committee.
4/22/2025SenateFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/22/2025SenateTaken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
4/18/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 302.)
4/18/2025SenateNotice of eligibility for exemption.
4/18/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/18/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/18/2025SenateRead first time. To committee.
2/5/2025Senate
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