---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to the purchasing of prescription drugs. (BDR 38-443)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to the purchasing of prescription drugs. (BDR 38-443)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "Nevada SB 396 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM", "CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS", "INSURANCE", "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS", "PRESCRIPTIONS", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS (See also specific agency or department)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Health and Human Services"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-26T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-02T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/892f708b-3e7b-4569-87ca-9f4deaa22169"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/8101/Overview"
source_hash: "53086c52aed53408732719f3e7401eca58438a3da842a7b8ad746877af8aa4f9"
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 396 (81) — Revises provisions relating to the purchasing of prescription drugs. (BDR 38-443)

## 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/SB/SB396.pdf)
2. **Amendment 269** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_SB396_269.pdf)
3. **Amendment 613** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_SB396_R1_613.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/SB/SB396_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/SB/SB396_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/SB/SB396_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2021-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 269.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 613.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 1, Absent: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Assembly Amendment No. 613 concurred in. To enrollment. `passage`
- **2021-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 303. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/892f708b-3e7b-4569-87ca-9f4deaa22169`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).