Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB326: Revises provisions relating to the designation of hospitals as centers for the treatment of trauma. (BDR 40-153)
Status: Chaptered, June 9, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to health care; prohibiting a center for the treatment of trauma from representing it provides a specific level of care unless the center provides that level of care; authorizing the State Board of Health to adopt regulations establishing specific designations for the level of care provided by a center for the treatment of trauma; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
From the enrolled text, June 2, 2025:
AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a center for the treatment of trauma from representing it provides a specific level of care unless the center provides that level of care; authorizing the State Board of Health to adopt regulations establishing specific designations for the level of care provided by a center for the treatment of trauma; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires that before operating a center for the treatment of trauma, a hospital must obtain the approval of the Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services and, if the hospital is located in a county whose population is 700,000 or more (currently only Clark County), the district board of health. (NRS 450B.236, 450B.237) Existing law also requires the Administrator to verify that a hospital meets certain standards and complete a comprehensive assessment of needs before approving a proposal to designate a hospital as a center for the treatment of trauma. (NRS 450B.237) Existing law requires the State Board of Health to adopt regulations establishing the standards for the designation of hospitals as centers for the treatment of trauma. (NRS 450B.237) Existing regulations authorize the Administrator to designate a center for the treatment of trauma as level I, II or III. (NAC …
Sponsors
- Gregory Koenig (R, 38) · primary sponsor
- Lisa Cole (R, 4)
- Selena Torres-Fossett (D, 3)
Latest actions
- : Approved by the Governor. Chapter 418.
- : Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
- : Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. To enrollment.
- : Read second time.
- : In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. From committee: Do pass.
- : 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. 856.) To printer.
- : From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- : Notice of eligibility for exemption. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 432.) Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.
- : From printer. To committee.
Votes
- Senate (2nd Reprint) (June 2, 2025): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly (2nd Reprint) (May 30, 2025): 42 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB326?
- AB326 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Revises provisions relating to the designation of hospitals as centers for the treatment of trauma. (BDR 40-153).
- What does AB326 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to health care; prohibiting a center for the treatment of trauma from representing it provides a specific level of care unless the center provides that level of care; authorizing the State Board of Health to adopt regulations establishing specific designations for the level of care provided by a center for the treatment of trauma; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
- What is the status of AB326?
- Chaptered as of June 9, 2025. Latest action: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 418. (June 9, 2025).
- Who sponsored AB326?
- Gregory Koenig (R, 38), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for AB326?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12418/Overview
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