---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes various changes relating to the transportation and admission of certain persons alleged to be a danger to themselves or others to certain facilities or hospitals. (BDR 34-711)"
description: "AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring the model plan for the management of a crisis, emergency or suicide involving a school to include a plan for responding to a pupil with a mental illness; clarifying that consent from any parent or legal guardian of a person is not necessary for the emergency admission of that person; requiring a person who applies for the emergency admission of a child to attempt to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian of the child and maintain documentation of such an attempt; requiring the notification of a parent or guardian of a child of the emergency admission of the child; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 378"
citation: "Nevada AB 378 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GUARDIANSHIPS", "LEGISLATURE", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "PARENT AND CHILD", "MENTAL ILLNESS", "PERSONS WITH", "CONSENT", "SCHOOL PUPILS", "SCHOOL PERSONNEL", "EDUCATION", "DEPARTMENT OF", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES", "SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "AGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assemblywoman Alexis Hansen", "Senator Keith Pickard", "Senator Scott Hammond"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-21T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a54d3970-c65e-4f35-aee2-305de1f0ae17"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6714/Overview"
source_hash: "c1963c60560361ff6f015907f632a1acacfa979c8fa96e594942a03a6fb08f68"
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 378 (80) — Makes various changes relating to the transportation and admission of certain persons alleged to be a danger to themselves or others to certain facilities or hospitals. (BDR 34-711)

AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring the model plan for the management of a crisis, emergency or suicide involving a school to include a plan for responding to a pupil with a mental illness; clarifying that consent from any parent or legal guardian of a person is not necessary for the emergency admission of that person; requiring a person who applies for the emergency admission of a child to attempt to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian of the child and maintain documentation of such an attempt; requiring the notification of a parent or guardian of a child of the emergency admission of the child; 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/AB378.pdf)
2. **Amendment 247** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB378_247.pdf)
3. **Amendment 585** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB378_R1_585.pdf)
4. **Amendment 852** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB378_R2_852.pdf)
5. **Amendment 889** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB378_R3_889.pdf)
6. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB378_R1.pdf)
7. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB378_R2.pdf)
8. **Reprint 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB378_R3.pdf)
9. **Reprint 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB378_R4.pdf)
10. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB378_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assemblywoman Alexis Hansen — primary (person)
- Senator Keith Pickard — primary (person)
- Senator Scott Hammond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 247.) Placed on Chief Clerk's desk. To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Chief Clerk's desk.
- **2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 585.) To printer.
- **2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 35, Nays: 6, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
- **2019-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. 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. 852.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 889.) To printer. `reading-3`
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Fourth reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Absent: 1.) To Assembly.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment Nos. 852 and 889 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 419. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a54d3970-c65e-4f35-aee2-305de1f0ae17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).