---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to medical care for indigent persons. (BDR 38-438)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to medical care for indigent persons. (BDR 38-438)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 65"
citation: "Nevada AB 65 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLARK COUNTY (See also COUNTIES)", "WASHOE COUNTY (See also COUNTIES)", "HOSPITALS (See also MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES)", "MEDICAID"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Health and Human Services"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-11-17T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-27T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6d64498-bfe4-492d-8f15-d4503e341b7b"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=157"
source_hash: "6b5591bc9c5dcdea7c859c8595d3b61bd1b8d340afd4bfa0ac1f32a2fcf29506"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nv"]
---

# Nevada AB 65 (79) — Revises provisions relating to medical care for indigent persons. (BDR 38-438)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB65.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB65_R1.pdf)
3. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB65_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-11-17T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-11-21T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2017-02-06T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 72.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-13T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-14T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 184. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6d64498-bfe4-492d-8f15-d4503e341b7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).