All Roll Calls
Yes: 60 • No: 0
Sponsored By: Selena Torres-Fossett (Democratic), James Ohrenschall (Democratic), Lisa Krasner (Republican), Marilyn Dondero Loop (Democratic), Michelee "Shelly" Cruz-Crawford (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Health plans must offer an option that covers autism screening, diagnosis, and treatment for people under 18, or up to age 22 if in high school. A diagnosis using the statewide standard is final for eligibility. The option must include at least the actuarial equivalent of $72,000 per year for applied behavior analysis and must apply the same copays, deductibles, and coinsurance as other care. Plans cannot deny or cancel coverage only because a person uses autism services. A licensed health care provider acting within scope must assess and create the treatment plan, and the insurer may review it.
Beginning January 1, 2026, group health plans and self-insured local government plans must cover autism screening, diagnosis, and treatment for people under 18, or up to age 22 if still in high school. Plans must accept a diagnosis made using the statewide standard. Plans must apply the same copays, deductibles, and coinsurance as for other care, may not impose longer waiting periods for outpatient autism care, and may not limit the number of autism treatment visits. Coverage includes applied behavior analysis with a maximum benefit equal to the actuarial equivalent of $72,000 per year. Any policy terms that conflict on or after January 1, 2026 are void.
The state sets one standard to assess autism through age 21, following best practices. Providers must directly observe the person and act only within their license. State and local staff and contractors use this standard at intake or when autism is suspected, and give results to parents. Children get autism screenings at the ages and times the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends. Providers assess thinking, language, social, emotional, behavior, and daily living skills to set a baseline and track progress, and “provider of health care” follows the state definition.
A licensed health care provider acting within their scope must assess the person and create the autism treatment plan. The same types of providers can prescribe and provide the care within their license. Insurers can ask for and review the treatment plan. This supports coverage decisions and may affect how care is approved.
Selena Torres-Fossett
Democratic • House
James Ohrenschall
Democratic • Senate
Lisa Krasner
Republican • Senate
Marilyn Dondero Loop
Democratic • Senate
Michelee "Shelly" Cruz-Crawford
Democratic • Senate
Edgar Flores
Democratic • Senate
Julie Pazina
Democratic • Senate
Lori Rogich
Republican • Senate
Nicole J. Cannizzaro
Democratic • Senate
Rochelle T. Nguyen
Democratic • Senate
All Roll Calls
Yes: 60 • No: 0
House vote • 5/31/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (As Introduced)
Yes: 39 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
As Enrolled
As Introduced
SB217, AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substantially burdening certain activity relating to assisted reproduction under certain circumstances; authorizing a person whose engagement in such activity has been so burdened to assert the violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding; authorizing a court to award damages against a governmental entity that substantially burdens such activity in certain circumstances; providing certain immunity from civil and criminal liability and administrative sanctions for certain persons and entities involved in the provision of assisted reproduction; providing that a fertilized egg or human embryo that exists before implantation in a human uterus is not a person for legal purposes; requiring certain health insurers to authorize a pregnant person to enroll in a health plan during a specified period; requiring certain public and private health insurers to provide certain coverage for the treatment of infertility and fertility preservation; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
AB499, AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered voter show photo identification to vote in person; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles, under certain circumstances, to issue identification cards at no charge; requiring the Secretary of State to issue digital identification cards; requiring a county clerk in certain counties to establish a certain number of locations for a voter to return his or her mail ballot to a mail ballot drop box during the period between the last day for early voting and the day before the date of the general election; authorizing a county clerk in certain counties to establish such locations; authorizing a person, under certain circumstances, to return a mail ballot to a mail ballot drop box established at such a location on behalf of a voter; requiring the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a voter services portal on the Internet website of the Office of the Secretary of State; requiring the county clerk to include certain information relating to the voter services portal on any communication to a registered voter; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to submit electronically to the Secretary of State certain information relating to each person who has a driver's license or identification card issued by the Department; requiring the Secretary of State to include certain information received from the Department in the centralized, top-down database that is established by the Secretary of State for purposes of creating the statewide voter registration list; requiring certain information to be included on the return envelope for a mail ballot; revising provisions relating to curing mail ballots; requiring mail ballot drop boxes to be monitored and secured; providing that certain information on the statewide voter registration list relating to a voter is confidential and not a public record; making various other changes relating to elections; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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; revising the criteria of eligibility for a waiver of fees by the Board of Regents for certain persons who are or were unaccompanied for a certain period of time; revising the criteria of eligibility for a waiver of fees by the Board of Regents for certain Native American students; providing for the continuity of waivers previously provided for certain Native American students; repealing certain provisions requiring the Chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education to cause to be analyzed certain natural materials upon the request of a resident of this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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 such prohibitions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
AB188, AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board of the Public Employees' Benefits Program to report certain information relating to the costs of health insurance for certain retirees; revising provisions relating to the subsidy paid for certain health and welfare benefits for certain state employees who have retired with state service; revising requirements for certain retired public officers and employees to reinstate insurance under the Program; revising provisions relating to certain subsidies paid to the Program for the 2025-2027 biennium; requiring the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Government Affairs to conduct an interim study on the Program; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
SB207, AN ACT relating to health care; transferring the authority to establish and administer a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly from the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department; requiring the Department to establish such a program; requiring the Community Advocate within the Division to provide certain services relating to the program; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.