---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts provisions to improve access to Medicaid for persons released from incarceration. (BDR 38-919)"
description: "Enacts provisions to improve access to Medicaid for persons released from incarceration. (BDR 38-919)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 358"
citation: "Nevada AB 358 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "CORRECTIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF", "JAILS AND DETENTION FACILITIES", "MEDICAID (See also PUBLIC ASSISTANCE)", "PRISONS", "STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Frierson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-22T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ba4d992-5616-441f-85af-9f428e40e252"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7917/Overview"
source_hash: "124be2335b53d76350c68d57a99502204ec2b7dbd91afc4d4d63425e7064a238"
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 358 (81) — Enacts provisions to improve access to Medicaid for persons released from incarceration. (BDR 38-919)

## 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/AB358.pdf)
2. **Amendment 674** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB358_674.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB358_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB358_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jason Frierson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2021-04-05T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2021-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 674.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 39, Nays: 2, Not voting: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. To enrollment. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 366. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ba4d992-5616-441f-85af-9f428e40e252`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).