Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB182: Revises provisions relating to the staffing of health care facilities. (BDR 40-33)
Status: Signed into law, June 12, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to health care; requiring certain hospitals to establish staffing committees for technical and service staff; establishing requirements governing the staffing of certain health care facilities; requiring certain hospitals to keep certain records relating to staffing; requiring certain hospitals to report certain information relating to staffing; prohibiting certain health care facilities from taking certain retaliatory actions; providing for certain actions to investigate and correct certain violations relating to staffing; providing administrative penalties…
From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:
AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain hospitals to establish staffing committees for technical and service staff; establishing requirements governing the staffing of certain health care facilities; requiring certain hospitals to keep certain records relating to staffing; requiring certain hospitals to report certain information relating to staffing; prohibiting certain health care facilities from taking certain retaliatory actions; providing for certain actions to investigate and correct certain violations relating to staffing; providing administrative penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires certain hospitals in a county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties) to establish a staffing committee, which must consist, in part, of certain nurses who are on the staff of the hospital. (NRS 449.242) Existing law requires a hospital and certain other health care facilities in such counties to develop a documented staffing plan which must include certain items, such as the number of nurses required in each unit of the hospital and protocols for adequately staffing the hospital upon the occurrence of certain events. (NRS 449.2421) If the health care facility is a hospital, existing law requires the staffing committee established for the hospital to develop the staffing plan. (NRS 442.242) Sections 5 and 6 of this bill require each hospital that is required to establish a …