Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB555: Establishes provisions relating to the coverage of prescription insulin drugs under certain policies of health insurance. (BDR 5
Status: Chaptered, June 6, 2025
Establishes provisions relating to the coverage of prescription insulin drugs under certain policies of health insurance. (BDR 57-1167)
What the bill says
An act relating to insurance; establishing a maximum costsharing amount that certain health insurers may impose for a 30-day supply of prescription insulin drugs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires certain policies of health insurance to include coverage for the management and treatment of diabetes. Existing law requires that such coverage be subject to the same deductible, copayment, coinsurance and other conditions as are required under the policy for other types of health care…
From the enrolled text, May 30, 2025:
AN ACT relating to insurance; establishing a maximum costsharing amount that certain health insurers may impose for a 30-day supply of prescription insulin drugs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires certain policies of health insurance to include coverage for the management and treatment of diabetes. Existing law requires that such coverage be subject to the same deductible, copayment, coinsurance and other conditions as are required under the policy for other types of health care. (NRS 689A.0427, 689B.0357, 695B.1927, 695C.1727) Sections 1, 4, 6-9, 11, and 16 of this bill prohibit certain private health insurers from imposing a deductible, copayment, coinsurance or other cost-sharing obligation greater than $35 for a 30day supply of a prescription insulin drug. Sections 2, 5, and 13 clarify that an insurer may be required by sections 1, 4, or 11 to impose a different deductible, copayment or coinsurance for a 30-day supply of a prescription insulin drug than would otherwise be required by the relevant policy of health insurance for other types of health care. Section 3 of this bill authorizes the Commissioner of Insurance to require certain policies of insurance issued by a domestic insurer to a person who resides in another state to meet the requirements of section 1 in certain circumstances. Sections 12 and 17 of …