Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB387: Revises provisions relating to the prevention and early detection of lung cancer. (BDR 57-68)
Status: Chaptered, May 31, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to health care; requiring certain health insurance to include coverage for certain screening for lung cancer; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on access to screening for lung cancer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires certain private policies of insurance regulated under Nevada law to include coverage for screening for colorectal cancer if the policy of insurance covers the treatment of colorectal cancer…
From the enrolled text, May 23, 2025:
AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain health insurance to include coverage for certain screening for lung cancer; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on access to screening for lung cancer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires certain private policies of insurance regulated under Nevada law to include coverage for screening for colorectal cancer if the policy of insurance covers the treatment of colorectal cancer. (NRS 689A.04042, 689B.0367, 695B.1907, 695C.1731, 695G.168) Existing law also requires employers to provide certain benefits for health care to employees, including the coverage required of health insurers, if the employer provides health benefits for its employee. (NRS 608.1555) Sections 1, 3-8 and 11 of this bill require certain private policies of health insurance and health plans that cover treatment for lung cancer to also cover screening for lung cancer in accordance with: (1) the guidelines published by the American Cancer Society; or (2) certain other guidelines or reports concerning screening for lung cancer which are published by nationally recognized professional organizations. Sections 9 and 11.5 of this bill provide that those requirements do not apply to Medicaid managed care organizations. Section 2 of this bill authorizes the Commissioner of Insurance to require certain policies of health insurance issued by a domestic …