republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/79/sb-233.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the State Plan for Medicaid and certain health insurance plans to provide certain benefits. (BDR 38-817)"
description: "Requires the State Plan for Medicaid and certain health insurance plans to provide certain benefits. (BDR 38-817)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "Nevada SB 233 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIRTH CONTROL", "SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES", "INSURANCE COMPANIES", "HOSPITAL", "MEDICAL OR DENTAL SERVICES", "NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS FOR", "INSURANCE", "MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "IMMUNIZATIONS", "HIV", "CIGARETTES", "HPV", "BREASTFEEDING", "DIABETES", "HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS", "MEDICAID", "CONTRACEPTIVES", "RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS", "WOMEN", "FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES", "PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY", "HEALTH", "MATERNAL AND CHILD", "PRESCRIPTIONS", "MAMMOGRAMS", "FAMILY PLANNING", "UNFUNDED MANDATES", "CANCER", "DISEASES (See also specific diseases)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cancela", "Cannizzaro", "Ratti", "Spearman", "Woodhouse"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-01T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3740e9e-5e43-469f-adb7-bd2c44f0bdc6"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=534"
source_hash: "98fbb1a33bf5fa6aefa59998d13dd70953a0c8fc5ed9b7cd4cce6cdddb82b93a"
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 233 (79) — Requires the State Plan for Medicaid and certain health insurance plans to provide certain benefits. (BDR 38-817)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/SB/SB233.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **32–8** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **13–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cancela — primary (person)
- Cannizzaro — primary (person)
- Ratti — primary (person)
- Spearman — primary (person)
- Woodhouse — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Benitez-Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Denis — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Frierson — cosponsor (person)
- Manendo — cosponsor (person)
- Parks — cosponsor (person)
- Segerblom — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-03-17T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 281.) `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Committee on Finance. To printer.
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint . To committee.
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** Exemption effective.
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File.
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. Nos. 693 and 809.) `reading-3`
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Reprinting dispensed with.
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** To printer.
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint . To Assembly.
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 913.) To printer. `reading-3`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Third reprint .
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 957.) `reading-3`
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Dispensed with reprinting.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 32, Nays: 8, Excused: 2.) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** To printer.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Fourth reprint .
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** To Senate.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment Nos. 913 and 957 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 323. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3740e9e-5e43-469f-adb7-bd2c44f0bdc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).