---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the State Plan for Medicaid to include coverage for the services of a community health worker under certain circumstances. (BDR 38-449)"
description: "Requires the State Plan for Medicaid to include coverage for the services of a community health worker under certain circumstances. (BDR 38-449)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 191"
citation: "Nevada AB 191 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS", "MEDICAID (See also PUBLIC ASSISTANCE)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27193966-15bc-4b76-b213-39502b43630d"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7582/Overview"
source_hash: "41ca3c8a09b2c7c412337386e16bb39ce90d54da5fd632e36f80dcdda7887525"
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 191 (81) — Requires the State Plan for Medicaid to include coverage for the services of a community health worker under certain circumstances. (BDR 38-449)

## 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/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB191.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB191_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2021-03-09T08:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2021-03-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-13T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment. `passage`
- **2021-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 399. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27193966-15bc-4b76-b213-39502b43630d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).