All Roll Calls
Yes: 60 • No: 1
NevadaSB37683rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET
AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; authorizing an injured employee with a claim for an occupational lung disease or occupational heart disease to seek treatment or services from a physician or chiropractic physician which is not on the panel of physicians and chiropractic physicians maintained by the Administrator of the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry under certain circumstances; setting forth certain requirements for the reimbursement of the costs for such treatment or services; providing for a penalty for failure to comply with those requirements; authorizing certain notices and other documents required in certain hearings or appeals relating to industrial insurance to be provided by means of an electronic filing system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: John C. Steinbeck (Republican), SkipDeputy Majority Whip Daly (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
BDR 53-629
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Fast payback for out-of-panel care
You or your health or casualty insurer can pay first for approved out‑of‑panel care and request payback. The insurer or employer must fully reimburse within 30 days of a proper request that lists who was treated, what care, who paid, and the cost. If they miss the deadline, the Administrator orders payment equal to twice the unpaid amount. Usual fee‑schedule or contract payment and recovery rules apply if payment is denied. Providers generally cannot bill you for work‑injury care; breaking the billing rules can mean fines up to $250 per violation. These changes apply to claims filed on or after October 1, 2025.
Choose a doctor outside the panel
If you file a claim for an occupational lung or heart disease, you can pick a doctor outside the state panel. This applies when the panel has fewer than 12 doctors in your specialty who take new patients and none can see you within 30 days. You may choose any doctor in that field who is contracted with a managed‑care group, is in‑network under a health plan, or contracts with your employer’s insurer. When you request the claimant statement in writing, the insurer includes a form that explains this right. These changes apply to claims filed on or after October 1, 2025.
Electronic filing for workers’ comp cases
Hearings and appeals in workers’ compensation may use an approved electronic filing system for notices and documents. The system must follow Nevada Supreme Court e‑filing rules. Mail or personal service still works. These changes apply to claims filed on or after October 1, 2025.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
John C. Steinbeck
Republican • Senate
SkipDeputy Majority Whip Daly
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/31/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)
Yes: 20 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Chapter 456.
6/11/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/10/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/4/2025legislatureTo enrollment.
6/2/2025SenateIn Senate.
6/1/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) 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.
5/23/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/23/2025HouseRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: 1.) To Assembly.
5/22/2025SenatePlaced on General File.
5/22/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
5/22/2025SenateFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
4/24/2025SenateTaken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
4/21/2025SenateNotice of eligibility for exemption.
4/21/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 115.)
4/21/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/21/2025SenateFrom printer. To committee.
3/18/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.
3/17/2025Senate
Bill Text
As Enrolled
As Introduced
Reprint 1
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