Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB137: Requires the establishment of a program relating to medical emergencies. (BDR 40-702)
Status: Chaptered, May 30, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to public health; requiring the establishment of a program to improve access to certain resources in a medical emergency; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish various programs relating to public health in this State; and (2) regulate emergency medical services in counties whose population is less than 700,000 (currently all counties other than Clark County)…
From the enrolled text, May 23, 2025:
AN ACT relating to public health; requiring the establishment of a program to improve access to certain resources in a medical emergency; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish various programs relating to public health in this State; and (2) regulate emergency medical services in counties whose population is less than 700,000 (currently all counties other than Clark County). (NRS 439.495, 439.496, 439.501, 439.505, 439.507, 439.514439.525, 439.5291-439.5297, chapter 450B of NRS) This bill requires the Division to establish and operate a program to improve: (1) the ability of persons in this State to respond to medical emergencies; and (2) access of persons in this State to resources for responding to a medical emergency. This bill requires that program to include certain measures to: (1) increase the number of volunteers who are trained to assist in a medical emergency; and (2) notify persons who are experiencing a medical emergency or assisting persons who are experiencing a medical emergency of the location of such volunteers and certain other resources. EXPLANATION - Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND …