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SB 494 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Makes revisions relating to health and human services. (BDR 18-1116)

SB 494 creates the Nevada Health Authority to replace the Department of Health and Human Services for managing key health programs and services. The new Authority will include three divisions (Medicaid, Health Care Purchasing and Compliance, and Consumer Health) and assume responsibility for programs like Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and the Public Employees’ Benefits Program. It transfers administration of the Graduate Medical Education Grant Program from the Office of Science, Innovation and Technology to the Consumer Health Division and updates the department name to "Department of Human Services." The bill also establishes the Nevada Health Authority Gift Fund to accept donations and updates related naming conventions.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareCreates Nevada Health Authority to manage Medicaid, CHIP, and public health programs more effectively, restructuring administration to strengthen program oversight and continuity.85% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced May 15, 2025 Signed Jun 10, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 2 edits · Jun 10, 2025
MINOR
This version of the bill transitions from a reprinted draft to the final enrolled version, removing draft headers and page markers while adding the official chapter number and session details. The substantive policy content, including the creation of the Nevada Health Authority and the transfer of health programs, remains unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability are unchanged; only the document formatting and metadata were updated to reflect its final status as an enrolled act.
TECHNICAL

Removed draft-specific headers, reprint dates, and page numbers that were present in the previous version.

Added the official chapter placeholder and session information to the final text.

Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2025 · Assembly Jun 1, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 30, 2025
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
8 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Jun 10, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
To enrollment.
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Assembly Amendment Nos. 948 and 954 concurred in.
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. Nos. 948 and 954.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To printer.
upper
May 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Taken from General File. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.
upper
May 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 920.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
upper
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
upper
May 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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