# Nevada SB266: AN ACT relating to health care; authorizing certain providers of behavioral health services to participate in the Student Loan Repayment for Providers of Health Care in Underserved Communities Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Nevada SB266, AN ACT relating to health care; authorizing certain providers of behavioral health services to participate in the Student Loan Repayment for Providers of Health Care in Underserved Communities Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-31 (Approved by the Governor. Chapter 187.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Nevada SB266
- State: Nevada
- Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025)
- Title: AN ACT relating to health care; authorizing certain providers of behavioral health services to participate in the Student Loan Repayment for Providers of Health Care in Underserved Communities Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-04
- Last action: 2025-05-31, Approved by the Governor. Chapter 187.
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: BDR 18-1064
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (63 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Loan help expands for therapists, cuts others: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Nevada’s student loan repayment program for health providers changes who can qualify. Marriage and family therapists and clinical alcohol and drug counselors (licensed or certified) are now eligible. Perfusionists are also included. Some groups lose eligibility: pharmacists…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-22 | House | Final Passage - Assembly (As Introduced) | pass | 42 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-16 | Senate | Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced) | pass | 21 | 0 |   |

## Actions (19)

- 2025-05-31: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 187. (legislature)
- 2025-05-27: Enrolled and delivered to Governor. (legislature)
- 2025-05-23: To enrollment. (Senate)
- 2025-05-22: In Senate. (Senate)
- 2025-05-22: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. (House)
- 2025-05-21: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (House)
- 2025-05-20: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (House)
- 2025-05-19: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (House)
- 2025-05-16: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (House)
- 2025-05-15: Read second time. (House)
- 2025-05-14: From committee: Do pass. (House)
- 2025-04-17: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee. (House)
- 2025-04-17: In Assembly. (House)
- 2025-04-16: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Read second time. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Placed on Second Reading File. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: From committee: Do pass. (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: From printer. To committee. (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB266_EN.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB266.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB266_EN.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB266.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB266-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).
