Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB360: Revises provisions relating to testing for sexually transmitted diseases. (BDR 40-745)
Status: Chaptered, May 30, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to health care; requiring certain physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to examine pregnant women for the discovery of syphilis; requiring the use of a rapid or point-of-care test when testing certain pregnant women for syphilis in certain circumstances; requiring certain medical facilities to develop a policy to ensure compliance with such requirements; exempting certain medical facilities from requirements relating to testing for syphilis; authorizing the discipline of certain health care facilities that violate such requirements…
From the enrolled text, May 22, 2025:
AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to examine pregnant women for the discovery of syphilis; requiring the use of a rapid or point-of-care test when testing certain pregnant women for syphilis in certain circumstances; requiring certain medical facilities to develop a policy to ensure compliance with such requirements; exempting certain medical facilities from requirements relating to testing for syphilis; authorizing the discipline of certain health care facilities that violate such requirements; requiring Medicaid to reimburse for rapid or point-of-care testing for syphilis performed under certain circumstances separately from reimbursement for other prenatal care; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires every physician attending a pregnant woman during gestation to make an examination for the discovery of syphilis. Existing law also requires any medical facility, other than a hospital, and an emergency department or labor and delivery unit in a hospital that is evaluating or treating a pregnant woman to test the pregnant woman for syphilis using a standard serological test, unless the pregnant woman refuses the test or indicates that she has already had the prenatal screenings and tests recommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Existing law requires such a physician or facility to treat a patient who tests positive for syphilis …