Revises provisions relating to facilities for skilled nursing. (BDR 40-584)
SB 330 clarifies Nevada's definition of a "facility for skilled nursing" to explicitly state these facilities provide **inpatient care**. The bill amends Nevada Revised Statute 449.0039 to specify that such facilities offer continuous skilled nursing and related care to patients not in acute illness, whose primary need is ongoing care. This change ensures these facilities are distinguished from hospitals (which meet general hospital requirements) and prevents potential misclassification under existing licensing rules. The clarification affects skilled nursing facilities, regulators, and the state's licensing framework but does not create new requirements or costs.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 11, 2025
Signed May 31, 2025
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This bill clarifies the legal definition of a 'facility for skilled nursing' to explicitly require inpatient care and mandates that cities and counties adopt specific standardized terms in their local ordinances to describe various types of care facilities. It also includes a transition rule to ensure facilities currently operating under old names are not penalized when new ordinances take effect.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of local government requirements by mandating the use of specific state-defined terms for facilities in both county and city ordinances, whereas previously these terms were not uniformly required.
DEFINITION
The definition of 'facility for skilled nursing' was updated to explicitly state that it provides 'inpatient' continuous care, clarifying the nature of the services offered.
REQUIREMENT
New requirements were added for county and city boards to adopt ordinances using specific, standardized terms (e.g., 'facility for transitional living') to describe various care facilities, ensuring consistency with state law.
TIMELINE
A transition provision was added to deem any facility operating on June 30, 2025, that was previously regulated under a different name to be compliant with the new standardized terms once the new ordinances take effect on July 1, 2025.
Floor votes · Assembly May 22, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
3
May 31, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 200.
executive
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
To enrollment.
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 37, Nays: 5.) To Senate.
In Senate.
upper
May 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 14, Nays: 7.) To printer.
upper
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 357.)
Reprinting dispensed with.
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Dina Neal
DDemocratic
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