Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB138: Makes revisions governing health care for pregnant women and newborn children. (BDR 40-580)
Status: Chaptered, May 30, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to Medicaid; requiring certain hospitals to enroll as a qualified provider for determining whether a pregnant woman is presumptively eligible for Medicaid or contract with certain entities to make such determinations; requiring such hospitals and contractors to provide notices relating to Medicaid to certain persons; prescribing certain rights for parents and legal guardians of newborn children who are patients in a neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
From the enrolled text, May 23, 2025:
AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring certain hospitals to enroll as a qualified provider for determining whether a pregnant woman is presumptively eligible for Medicaid or contract with certain entities to make such determinations; requiring such hospitals and contractors to provide notices relating to Medicaid to certain persons; prescribing certain rights for parents and legal guardians of newborn children who are patients in a neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires certain hospitals to enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to accept payment through Medicare. (NRS 449.1821) Existing law also requires the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to authorize a pregnant woman who is determined to be presumptively eligible for Medicaid to enroll in Medicaid for a specified period of time without submitting an application for enrollment in Medicaid which includes additional proof of eligibility. (NRS 422.27171) Section 2.4 of this bill requires a hospital that provides birthing services to enroll as a qualified provider to determine whether a pregnant woman is presumptively eligible for Medicaid or contract with an entity that is qualified to make such determinations under federal law. Section 2.4 requires the hospital or qualified entity to: (1) determine whether each pregnant woman …