NevadaSB49783rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; eliminating the requirement that the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services biennially establish rates of reimbursement for certain applied behavioral analysis services that are comparable to rates of reimbursement paid for those services by Medicaid programs in other states; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Senate Committee on Finance

Signed by Governor

BDR 38-1238

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

State covers behavior therapy for Medicaid youth

Beginning July 1, 2025, the State pays the nonfederal share of behavior therapy for Medicaid enrollees under age 27. This includes services from behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts, and registered behavior technicians. It lowers the family cost of these treatments and helps keep coverage steady.

Daily Medicaid behavior therapy billing limits

Starting July 1, 2025, Medicaid sets a maximum number of behavior-therapy hours that can be billed per recipient in any 24 hours. The State also trains behavior analysts, assistant analysts, and registered behavior technicians on these billing limits. This curbs excessive billing and adds clear rules, but some people may face a daily cap on hours.

Medicaid behavior therapy rates set without comparisons

Beginning July 1, 2025, Nevada no longer has to match other states when setting Medicaid rates for behavior therapy. Rates are set like other Medicaid services, without a separate comparability review. Provider pay may change, which can affect access, but the law does not set new dollar amounts.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Senate Committee on Finance

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 62 • No: 0

House vote 5/31/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (As Introduced)

Yes: 41 • No: 0

Senate vote 5/22/2025

Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced)

Yes: 21 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 362.

    6/6/2025legislature
  2. Approved by the Governor.

    6/5/2025legislature
  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    6/4/2025legislature
  4. To enrollment.

    6/2/2025Senate
  5. In Senate.

    6/1/2025Senate
  6. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.

    5/31/2025House
  7. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/30/2025House
  8. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/29/2025House
  9. Read second time.

    5/28/2025House
  10. Placed on Second Reading File.

    5/28/2025House
  11. From committee: Do pass.

    5/28/2025House
  12. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.

    5/23/2025House
  13. In Assembly.

    5/23/2025House
  14. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

    5/22/2025Senate
  15. Read second time.

    5/21/2025Senate
  16. Placed on Second Reading File.

    5/21/2025Senate
  17. From committee: Do pass.

    5/21/2025Senate
  18. From printer. To committee.

    5/20/2025Senate
  19. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.

    5/19/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • As Enrolled

  • As Introduced

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