Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB169: Revises provisions relating to health insurance. (BDR 57-735)
Status: Chaptered, June 11, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to insurance; establishing the applicability of provisions requiring policies of health insurance to include certain coverage; requiring that certain health insurance policies and health plans include coverage for certain forms of speech-language pathology as treatment for stuttering for persons who are less than 26 years of age; prohibiting certain limitations on such coverage; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:
AN ACT relating to insurance; establishing the applicability of provisions requiring policies of health insurance to include certain coverage; requiring that certain health insurance policies and health plans include coverage for certain forms of speech-language pathology as treatment for stuttering for persons who are less than 26 years of age; prohibiting certain limitations on such coverage; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires public and private policies of health insurance and health plans regulated under Nevada law to include certain coverage. (NRS 287.010, 287.04335, 422.27172-422.272428, 689A.04033-689A.0465, 689B.0303689B.0379, 689C.1652-689C.169, 689C.194, 689C.1945, 689C.195, 689C.425, 695A.184-695A.1875, 695A.265, 695B.1901-695B.1948, 695C.050, 695C.1691695C.176, 695G.162-695G.177) Existing law also requires employers to provide certain benefits for health care to employees, including the coverage required of health insurers, if the employer provides health benefits for its employees. (NRS 608.1555) Sections 2.3 and 4.3 of this bill provide that certain provisions requiring a policy of individual or group health insurance to include certain coverage are inapplicable to a policy that only provides coverage for a specified disease or illness or that only provides a limited benefit. Sections 2.7, 4.7-10, 12, 12.5, and 16 of this bill require that certain public and private policies of health insurance and health plans, including Medicaid but excluding the Public Employees' Benefits Program, include coverage for habilitative and rehabilitative …
Sponsors
- Steve Yeager (D, 9) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 462.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
- : In Assembly. To enrollment.
- : Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.
- : From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
- : In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.
- : From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 897.) To printer.
- : From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
Votes
- Senate (2nd Reprint) (June 2, 2025): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly (2nd Reprint) (May 30, 2025): 42 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB169?
- AB169 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Revises provisions relating to health insurance. (BDR 57-735).
- What does AB169 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to insurance; establishing the applicability of provisions requiring policies of health insurance to include certain coverage; requiring that certain health insurance policies and health plans include coverage for certain forms of speech-language pathology as treatment for stuttering for persons who are less than 26 years of age; prohibiting certain limitations on such coverage; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
- What is the status of AB169?
- Chaptered as of June 11, 2025. Latest action: Chapter 462. (June 11, 2025).
- Who sponsored AB169?
- Steve Yeager (D, 9).
- Where is the official record for AB169?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12122/Overview
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