SB 306 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to mental health services for children. (BDR 39-796)

SB 306 updates Nevada law to improve access to inpatient mental health care for children with emotional disturbances. It requires Medicaid-reimbursable treatment facilities to admit eligible children (removing prior needs for court orders or parental application) unless they lack resources, in which case they must help find another facility. The bill also mandates that facilities create discharge plans requiring parental/guardian agreement before releasing a child. These changes directly affect children needing mental health treatment, their families, and public/private psychiatric facilities receiving Medicaid payments. The law revises existing statutes to streamline admission and ensure coordinated care transitions.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Governor
Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action Jun 3, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 3 Reprint 4 · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill update changes the reprint date from May 23, 2025 to June 1, 2025 and expands the scope of a task force that will develop recommendations for housing and services for children. The task force now covers children discharged from additional facilities and those released on parole, specifically when parents cannot accept them back due to health or safety risks.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include children discharged from state detention facilities and children released on parole, in addition to those discharged from treatment or division facilities.
ELIGIBILITY

The task force now considers children who are released on parole or discharged from state detention facilities, not just those discharged from treatment facilities.

Eligibility criteria now explicitly include situations where parents or guardians cannot accept children back home due to health or safety risks.

TIMELINE

The reprint date was updated from May 23, 2025 to June 1, 2025, reflecting amendments adopted on that later date.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and line number adjustments were made throughout the document to reflect the updated version.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2025 · Assembly May 23, 2025

How they voted

200
Passed
Total votes 20
Apr 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

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
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Committee
5
Jun 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 975.) To printer.
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May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Third reprint. To committee.
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May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 732.) Dispensed with reprinting. Notice of eligibility for exemption. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 38, Nays: 4.) Action of passage reconsidered. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.
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May 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
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Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer.
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Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 356.) Reprinting dispensed with.
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Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
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District
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Photo of Erica Mosca
Erica Mosca
DDemocratic
NV
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