---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing financial support for health care for indigent persons. (BDR 38-1204)"
description: "AN ACT relating to health care; authorizing the use of money in the Fund for Hospital Care to Indigent Persons to offset certain decreases in other state funds; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 494"
citation: "Nevada AB 494 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEDICAID (See also PUBLIC ASSISTANCE)", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "HOSPITALS (See also MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8bd85b6-6496-4bd4-84a2-bdec716746fe"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6963/Overview"
source_hash: "8b4feec6b8bda00f7ff75785d040a651933d67f812f58ac2fd1ddd59eef3b2dc"
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 494 (80) — Revises provisions governing financial support for health care for indigent persons. (BDR 38-1204)

AN ACT relating to health care; authorizing the use of money in the Fund for Hospital Care to Indigent Persons to offset certain decreases in other state funds; 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/AB494.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB494_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 384. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8bd85b6-6496-4bd4-84a2-bdec716746fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).