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AB 556 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR 38-1117)

AB 556 creates a new Beneficiary Advisory Council within Nevada's Medicaid system to advise on the experiences of Medicaid recipients. The bill requires the Council to include at least four current or former Medicaid recipients or advocates, and mandates quarterly meetings. It also renames the existing Medical Care Advisory Committee to the Medicaid Advisory Committee, adds requirements for 25% of its members to also serve on the Council, and increases its meeting frequency to quarterly. These changes align Nevada's advisory structures with federal regulations (42 C.F.R. § 431.12) without altering Medicaid eligibility or benefits.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareCreates Medicaid beneficiary advisory council requiring recipient input and increases committee oversight, strengthening patient-centered care governance within Medicaid system.90% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced May 14, 2025 Signed Jun 5, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced → As Enrolled · 7 edits · Jun 5, 2025
MODERATE
This bill was revised to clarify its purpose and align with federal Medicaid requirements. The changes include adding a new Beneficiary Advisory Council to give Medicaid recipients a formal voice in policy decisions, renaming the existing Medical Care Advisory Committee to Medicaid Advisory Committee, and adjusting membership requirements to ensure better representation of Medicaid recipients and their supporters.
Scope change
The bill now explicitly defines the scope of both advisory bodies and clarifies their relationship to each other under state law.
REQUIREMENT

Created a new Beneficiary Advisory Council to advise on Medicaid policy and administration, ensuring recipient perspectives are included in decision-making.

Added a requirement that at least 25% of the Medicaid Advisory Committee members must also serve on the Beneficiary Advisory Council.

Added provisions prohibiting members from serving two consecutive terms on either advisory body.

DEFINITION

Renamed the Medical Care Advisory Committee to Medicaid Advisory Committee to better reflect its focus on Medicaid services.

ELIGIBILITY

Adjusted membership requirements for both advisory bodies to require at least two current Medicaid recipients and two former recipients or supporters on the new Council.

TIMELINE

Changed the meeting frequency for the Medicaid Advisory Committee from once to quarterly each calendar year.

FISCAL

Authorized Medicaid recipient members to receive compensation for their service on the advisory bodies.

Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2025 · Assembly May 23, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 30, 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

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Jun 5, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
May 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
lower
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.