AB 269 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 18-618)

AB 269 expands Nevada's student loan repayment program to include new healthcare professionals and public health workers in underserved communities. It adds licensed speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, marriage and family therapists, clinical alcohol and drug counselors, and certified problem gambling counselors to the list of eligible "providers of health care." The bill also creates a new category of "public health professionals," covering health officers and staff in hard-to-fill roles at state/local health agencies. The program now repays student loans for these expanded groups who commit to working in underserved areas, with 15% of funds reserved for counties under 100,000 population. The program's name was updated to reflect this expansion, and the State Treasurer administers the loan repayments.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Assembly Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Signed Jun 3, 2025

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Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 4 edits · Jun 3, 2025

MODERATE

This bill expands the Student Loan Repayment Program to include public health professionals and adds several new healthcare roles, such as speech-language pathologists and behavior analysts, to the list of eligible providers. It also officially renames the program to reflect these broader inclusions.

Scope change

The bill significantly broadens the program's scope by adding public health professionals and various mental health and behavioral health specialists to the list of eligible participants.

ELIGIBILITY

Added 'public health professional' as a new eligible category for loan repayment, defined to include specific appointed health officers and employees of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health.

Expanded the definition of 'provider of health care' to include speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, marriage and family therapists, clinical and alcohol/drug counselors, behavior analysts, and problem gambling counselors.

DEFINITION

Renamed the program from 'Student Loan Repayment for Providers of Health Care in Underserved Communities' to 'Student Loan Repayment for Providers of Health Care and Public Health Professionals in Underserved Communities'.

Updated the definition of 'provider of health care' in the statute to include the newly added professions alongside existing categories like physicians and nurses.

Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2025 · Assembly Apr 22, 2025

How they voted

20–0

Passed

Total votes 20

May 22, 2025

D Democratic12

12 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican8

8 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Jun 3, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 243.

executive

May 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate Amendment No. 695 concurred in. To enrollment.

lower

May 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer.

upper

May 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 695.) Reprinting dispensed with.

upper

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 2.) To printer.

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 13.) Dispensed with reprinting.

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. To committee.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors