SB 300 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Makes revisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR 38-110)

SB 300 requires Nevada Medicaid to cover mental health services provided by mental health counselors - including substance use and gambling counselors - at federally-qualified health centers, expanding existing coverage that already includes psychiatrists, psychologists, and other specialists. This directly affects Nevada Medicaid beneficiaries who access care at these centers and mental health counselors who can now bill Medicaid for their services. The bill mandates the state to seek federal funding for this expanded coverage and aligns Nevada law with recent federal changes allowing Medicaid reimbursement for these services. It does not change eligibility for beneficiaries but adds specific provider types to covered services under Medicaid.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Signed Jun 10, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 As Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 10, 2025
MINOR
The bill was converted from a draft reprint to its final enrolled version, making it ready for signing into law. The substantive policy content regarding Medicaid coverage for opioid treatment and mental health services remains identical to the draft, with no changes to the actual rules or funding.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability are unchanged; the text represents the same legislative intent as the previous version.
TECHNICAL

Removed draft headers, committee referral information, and explanatory notes that were only present in the working version.

Added the official 'Chapter' title and the formal 'Enactment' language required for a bill to become law.

Reformatted the Legislative Counsel's Digest and section text to match the standard layout of an enrolled Nevada statute.

Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2025 · Assembly Jun 2, 2025

How they voted

200
Passed
Total votes 20
May 27, 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
16
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Jun 10, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
To enrollment.
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
upper
May 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee.
upper
May 27, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (20-0)
senate
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 760.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
upper
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 462.) Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
upper
2 primary · 5 co-sponsors

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