NevadaSB24683rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET

AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring certain health plans to authorize a woman covered by such a plan to obtain covered gynecological or obstetrical services without first receiving authorization or a referral from her primary care physician; requiring such health plans to authorize a woman covered by such a plan to designate an obstetrician or gynecologist as her primary care physician under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Angela D. Taylor (Democratic), Julie Pazina (Democratic), Michelee "Shelly" Cruz-Crawford (Democratic), Roberta Lange (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

BDR 57-205

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Easier Medicaid access to women's health care

Beginning January 1, 2026, women on Nevada Medicaid can get covered gynecology or pregnancy care without a primary doctor's referral or prior approval. They can also choose a gynecologist or obstetrician as their primary doctor. The doctor must meet the Department of Health and Human Services' primary doctor criteria and accept the terms applied to other primary doctors. The law does not change which services Medicaid covers.

Women get easier access to covered care

The law covers Nevada health policies and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. Covered women can get covered gynecology or pregnancy care without a primary doctor's referral or prior approval. This applies across private insurance, public employee plans, and state self-insured plans. Women can also choose a gynecologist or obstetrician as their primary doctor. That doctor must be in the plan's network, meet its primary doctor criteria, and accept the same terms as other primary doctors. The law does not change which services are covered.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Angela D. Taylor

    Democratic • Senate

  • Julie Pazina

    Democratic • Senate

  • Michelee "Shelly" Cruz-Crawford

    Democratic • Senate

  • Roberta Lange

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Edgar Flores

    Democratic • Senate

  • Melanie Scheible

    Democratic • Senate

  • Rochelle T. Nguyen

    Democratic • Senate

  • Skip Daly

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 47 • No: 15

House vote • 5/22/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)

Yes: 27 • No: 15

Senate vote • 4/1/2025

Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced)

Yes: 20 • No: 0

Bill Text

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