republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/ab-170.md

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type: "Bill" title: "Revises provisions relating to health insurance coverage. (BDR 57-278)" description: "AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring an insurer to provide certain information relating to accessing health care services to the Office of Consumer Health Assistance; requiring the Governor's Consumer Health Advocate to submit a report of such information to the Legislature; requiring an insurer to offer a health benefit plan regardless of health status; requiring the Advocate to take certain actions to assist consumers in accessing health care services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto." jurisdiction: "us/states/nv" legislature: "Nevada Legislature" session: "80" identifier: "AB 170" citation: "Nevada AB 170 (80)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["INSURANCE", "LEGISLATURE", "HOSPITAL", "MEDICAL OR DENTAL SERVICE", "NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS FOR", "GENETIC INFORMATION", "HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS", "MEDICAID (See also PUBLIC ASSISTANCE)", "AFFORDABLE CARE ACT", "INSURANCE COMPANIES", "PREPAID LIMITED HEALTH SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS", "HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS", "FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "ADOPTION OF CHILDREN", "MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS", "CONSUMER HEALTH ASSISTANCE", "OFFICE FOR", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Assemblyman Alexander Assefa", "Assemblyman Greg Smith", "Assemblyman Howard Watts", "Assemblyman Jason Frierson", "Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo", "Assemblywoman Connie Munk", "Assemblywoman Ellen Spiegel", "Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton", "Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen", "Assemblywoman Sarah Peters", "Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod", "Assemblywoman Shea Backus", "Assemblywoman Susie Martinez", "Senator Ben Kieckhefer", "Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert", "Senator Joseph Hardy", "Senator Joyce Woodhouse", "Senator Julia Ratti", "Senator Marcia Washington", "Senator Melanie Scheible", "Senator Nicole Cannizzaro", "Senator Pat Spearman", "Senator Scott Hammond", "Senator Yvanna Cancela"] version_count: 6 action_count: 12 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2019-02-18T08:00:00+00:00" last_action: "2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f6ca8ec-6292-441f-b815-c1dd02a79b1c" source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6259/Overview" source_hash: "0a791a86fcd0230371e89563389ed33dd31253ccbd6328f733971b142b8e0634" 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 170 (80) — Revises provisions relating to health insurance coverage. (BDR 57-278)

AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring an insurer to provide certain information relating to accessing health care services to the Office of Consumer Health Assistance; requiring the Governor's Consumer Health Advocate to submit a report of such information to the Legislature; requiring an insurer to offer a health benefit plan regardless of health status; requiring the Advocate to take certain actions to assist consumers in accessing health care services; 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
2. Amendment 506 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment 655 (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprint 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Reprint 2 (committee substitute) — source
6. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Assemblyman Alexander Assefa — primary (person)
• Assemblyman Greg Smith — primary (person)
• Assemblyman Howard Watts — primary (person)
• Assemblyman Jason Frierson — primary (person)
• Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo — primary (person)
• Assemblywoman Connie Munk — primary (person)
• Assemblywoman Ellen Spiegel — primary (person)
• Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton — primary (person)
• Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen — primary (person)
• Assemblywoman Sarah Peters — primary (person)
• Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod — primary (person)
• Assemblywoman Shea Backus — primary (person)
• Assemblywoman Susie Martinez — primary (person)
• Senator Ben Kieckhefer — primary (person)
• Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert — primary (person)
• Senator Joseph Hardy — primary (person)
• Senator Joyce Woodhouse — primary (person)
• Senator Julia Ratti — primary (person)
• Senator Marcia Washington — primary (person)
• Senator Melanie Scheible — primary (person)
• Senator Nicole Cannizzaro — primary (person)
• Senator Pat Spearman — primary (person)
• Senator Scott Hammond — primary (person)
• Senator Yvanna Cancela — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-18T08:00:00+00:00 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer. reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-02-19T08:00:00+00:00 From printer. To committee.
• 2019-03-12T07:00:00+00:00 Notice of eligibility for exemption.
• 2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 506.) To printer. committee-passage
• 2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 1, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
• 2019-04-24T07:00:00+00:00 In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
• 2019-05-03T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. committee-passage
• 2019-05-06T07:00:00+00:00 Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 655.) To printer. reading-2
• 2019-05-07T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
• 2019-05-08T07:00:00+00:00 In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 655 concurred in. To enrollment.
• 2019-05-09T07:00:00+00:00 Enrolled and delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor. Chapter 61. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f6ca8ec-6292-441f-b815-c1dd02a79b1c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).