Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB448: Revises provisions relating to insurance for vision care. (BDR 57-983)
Status: Chaptered, June 6, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to health care; establishing various requirements relating to providers of vision insurance and providers of vision care; revising provisions relating to certain contracts between a provider of vision insurance and a provider of vision care; prohibiting certain conduct of a provider of vision insurance or provider of vision care which would constitute an unfair or deceptive trade practice in the business of insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
From the enrolled text, May 27, 2025:
AN ACT relating to health care; establishing various requirements relating to providers of vision insurance and providers of vision care; revising provisions relating to certain contracts between a provider of vision insurance and a provider of vision care; prohibiting certain conduct of a provider of vision insurance or provider of vision care which would constitute an unfair or deceptive trade practice in the business of insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law prohibits certain unfair trade practices in the business of insurance. (NRS 686A.010-686A.310) Existing law prohibits an insurer from entering into a contract with a provider of vision care that conditions any rate of reimbursement for vision care on the provider of vision care prescribing certain ophthalmic devices or materials or increases the rate of reimbursement if the provider of vision care prescribes such ophthalmic devices or materials. Existing law also prohibits an insurer from entering into a contract with a provider of vision care that: (1) authorizes the insurer to set or limit the amount that the provider of vision care may charge for vision care that is not reimbursed under the contract; or (2) requires the provider of vision care to use a specific laboratory as the manufacturer of ophthalmic devices or materials provided to a covered person. Finally, existing law …
Sponsors
- Gregory Koenig (R, 38) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 316.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
- : Senate Amendment No. 680 concurred in. To enrollment.
- : In Assembly.
- : From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 680.) To printer.
- : Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
- : From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. In Senate.
- : Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To printer.
Votes
- Senate (2nd Reprint) (May 23, 2025): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly (1st Reprint) (April 22, 2025): 42 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB448?
- AB448 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Revises provisions relating to insurance for vision care. (BDR 57-983).
- What does AB448 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to health care; establishing various requirements relating to providers of vision insurance and providers of vision care; revising provisions relating to certain contracts between a provider of vision insurance and a provider of vision care; prohibiting certain conduct of a provider of vision insurance or provider of vision care which would constitute an unfair or deceptive trade practice in the business of insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
- What is the status of AB448?
- Chaptered as of June 6, 2025. Latest action: Chapter 316. (June 6, 2025).
- Who sponsored AB448?
- Gregory Koenig (R, 38).
- Where is the official record for AB448?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12656/Overview
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