---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing the Nevada Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association. (BDR 57-219)"
description: "AN ACT relating to insurance; deeming benefits established by a long-term care rider to a life insurance policy or annuity contract to be the same type of benefits as provided in a basic policy or contract for certain purposes; clarifying the policies and contracts for which the Nevada Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association is required to provide coverage; requiring a health maintenance organization to be a member of the Association; revising the composition of the Board of Directors of the Association; prescribing the manner in which the Association must calculate and allocate certain assessments; authorizing certain member insurers to recoup assessments; revising certain terminology; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "Nevada SB 87 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOSPITAL", "MEDICAL OR DENTAL SERVICE", "NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS FOR", "HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS", "INSURANCE COMPANIES", "BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY", "DEPARTMENT OF", "HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS", "LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION", "NEVADA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-21T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75d5d1aa-c085-4f37-8a76-d722ba4d3120"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6034/Overview"
source_hash: "066f28bb3dc19d9b2f655d4a5397853eb0c92ddc97b126f25b61a069e21d1b7f"
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 SB 87 (80) — Revises provisions governing the Nevada Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association. (BDR 57-219)

AN ACT relating to insurance; deeming benefits established by a long-term care rider to a life insurance policy or annuity contract to be the same type of benefits as provided in a basic policy or contract for certain purposes; clarifying the policies and contracts for which the Nevada Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association is required to provide coverage; requiring a health maintenance organization to be a member of the Association; revising the composition of the Board of Directors of the Association; prescribing the manner in which the Association must calculate and allocate certain assessments; authorizing certain member insurers to recoup assessments; revising certain terminology; 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/SB/SB87.pdf)
2. **Amendment 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB87_5.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB87_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB87_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-21T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-11-26T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 5.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 201.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75d5d1aa-c085-4f37-8a76-d722ba4d3120`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).