---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes various changes to provisions governing hospitals. (BDR 40-158)"
description: "AN ACT relating to hospitals; requiring certain hospitals to participate as a provider in the Medicare program; eliminating the designation of general hospitals; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 232"
citation: "Nevada AB 232 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEDICARE", "FINES", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "HOSPITALS (See also MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assemblyman Jason Frierson", "Assemblyman Steve Yeager", "Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno", "Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton", "Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen", "Assemblywoman Teresa Benitez-Thompson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-01T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b74f598c-5e83-42c4-bcea-74dbf9f8cd29"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6408/Overview"
source_hash: "089109d7df1d49df3124d68ac252cb213c2722c3a4b5e00a49293ab246ad0c0e"
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 232 (80) — Makes various changes to provisions governing hospitals. (BDR 40-158)

AN ACT relating to hospitals; requiring certain hospitals to participate as a provider in the Medicare program; eliminating the designation of general hospitals; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB232.pdf)
2. **Amendment 742** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB232_742.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB232_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB232_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assemblyman Jason Frierson — primary (person)
- Assemblyman Steve Yeager — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Teresa Benitez-Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 34, Nays: 6, Excused: 2.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 742.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 742 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 424. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b74f598c-5e83-42c4-bcea-74dbf9f8cd29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).