Nevada SB344: Requires certain health insurance to cover certain screenings for certain genetic disorders. (BDR 57-1104)

What the bill says

An act relating to insurance; requiring certain health insurance to cover certain screenings for genetic disorders in a fetus or the parents of a fetus; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…

From the enrolled text, June 2, 2025:

AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring certain health insurance to cover certain screenings for genetic disorders in a fetus or the parents of a fetus; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires certain public and private insurers, including Medicaid and health plans for public and private employees, to provide coverage for medically necessary biomarker testing for the diagnosis, treatment, appropriate management and ongoing monitoring of cancer when such biomarker testing is supported by medical and scientific evidence. (NRS 287.010, 287.04335, 422.272364, 608.1555, 689A.0446, 689B.0361, 689C.1688, 689C.425, 695A.1859, 695B.19087, 695C.050, 695C.16932, 695G.1703) Existing law also requires such health insurance to cover the examination of a pregnant woman for the discovery of certain sexually transmitted diseases. (NRS 287.010, 287.04335, 422.27173, 608.1555, 689A.0412, 689B.0315, 689C.1675, 689C.925, 695A.1856, 695B.1913, 695C.050, 695C.1737, 695G.1714) Sections 4-10, and 14-16 of this bill require such insurers that issue group health care plans, as well as fraternal benefit societies and Medicaid, to cover certain screenings of the blood of a person who is pregnant to detect chromosomal abnormalities in the fetus. Sections 1, 4-10, and 14-16 prohibit such insurers from requiring prior authorization for such screenings. Section 11 of this bill authorizes the Commissioner to suspend or revoke the certificate of a health maintenance organization that fails to comply with …

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Sponsors

• Nicole Cannizzaro (D, 6) · primary sponsor
• Rochelle Nguyen (D, 3) · primary sponsor
• Julie Pazina (D, 12) · primary sponsor
• Melanie Scheible (D, 9) · primary sponsor
• Marilyn Loop (D, 8) · primary sponsor
• Michelee Cruz-Crawford (D, 1)
• Richard Daly (D, 13)
• Fabian Doñate (D, 10)
• Edgar Flores (D, 2)
• Roberta Lange (D, 7)
• Angela Taylor (D, 15)

Latest actions

1. June 9, 2025: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 448.
2. June 4, 2025: Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
3. June 2, 2025: To enrollment.
4. June 1, 2025: In Senate.
5. May 31, 2025: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To Senate.
6. May 30, 2025: From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
7. May 26, 2025: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 756.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
8. April 10, 2025: Notice of eligibility for exemption. Read second time. Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To committee.
9. April 7, 2025: From committee: Do pass.
10. March 13, 2025: From printer. To committee.

Votes

• Assembly (1st Reprint) (May 31, 2025): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Senate (1st Reprint) (May 26, 2025): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SB344?

SB344 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Requires certain health insurance to cover certain screenings for certain genetic disorders. (BDR 57-1104).

What does SB344 do?

In its own words: An act relating to insurance; requiring certain health insurance to cover certain screenings for genetic disorders in a fetus or the parents of a fetus; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…

What is the status of SB344?

Chaptered as of June 9, 2025. Latest action: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 448. (June 9, 2025).

Who sponsored SB344?

Nicole Cannizzaro (D, 6), with 10 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SB344?

On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12603/Overview