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type: "Bill"
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title: "Revises provisions relating to sickle cell disease and its variants. (BDR 40-20)"
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description: "AN ACT relating to public health; requiring the Chief Medical Officer to establish and maintain a system for reporting certain information on sickle cell disease and its variants; authorizing administrative penalties for failure to report certain information; revising requirements concerning screening infants for sickle cell disease and its variants and sickle cell trait; requiring Medicaid to cover certain supplements recommended by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee; requiring a health insurer to include coverage for certain prescription drugs and services for the treatment of sickle cell disease and its variants in its policies; authorizing a prescription of certain controlled substances for the treatment of acute pain caused by sickle cell disease and its variants for a longer period than otherwise allowed; requiring a health maintenance organization or managed care organization to take certain actions with respect to certain insureds diagnosed with sickle cell disease and its variants; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
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legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
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session: "80"
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identifier: "AB 254"
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citation: "Nevada AB 254 (80)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES", "MEDICAID (See also PUBLIC ASSISTANCE)", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "MEDICAL LABORATORIES", "HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS", "CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION", "HOSPITAL", "MEDICAL OR DENTAL SERVICE", "NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS FOR", "SICKLE CELL DISEASE", "PAIN MANAGEMENT", "GIFTS AND GRANTS", "FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES", "HEALTH", "MATERNAL AND CHILD", "MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS", "PRESCRIPTIONS", "PATIENTS", "HEALTH", "STATE BOARD OF", "INSURANCE", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "UNFUNDED MANDATES", "PARENT AND CHILD", "HOSPITALS (See also MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES)", "FINES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Assemblyman Alexander Assefa", "Assemblyman Edgar Flores", "Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson", "Assemblywoman Bea Duran", "Assemblywoman Dina Neal", "Assemblywoman Michelle Gorelow"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-03-13T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36c4ee6b-66e8-4591-b726-6c4e640c2790"
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source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6459/Overview"
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source_hash: "b449386af53a9cf87a1511137d3bb819ee8e115a4738eff6108b3f58637a2e62"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nv"]
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---
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# Nevada AB 254 (80) — Revises provisions relating to sickle cell disease and its variants. (BDR 40-20)
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AN ACT relating to public health; requiring the Chief Medical Officer to establish and maintain a system for reporting certain information on sickle cell disease and its variants; authorizing administrative penalties for failure to report certain information; revising requirements concerning screening infants for sickle cell disease and its variants and sickle cell trait; requiring Medicaid to cover certain supplements recommended by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee; requiring a health insurer to include coverage for certain prescription drugs and services for the treatment of sickle cell disease and its variants in its policies; authorizing a prescription of certain controlled substances for the treatment of acute pain caused by sickle cell disease and its variants for a longer period than otherwise allowed; requiring a health maintenance organization or managed care organization to take certain actions with respect to certain insureds diagnosed with sickle cell disease and its variants; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB254.pdf)
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2. **Amendment 416** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB254_416.pdf)
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3. **Amendment 743** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB254_R1_743.pdf)
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4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB254_R1.pdf)
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5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB254_R2.pdf)
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6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB254_EN.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Assemblyman Alexander Assefa — primary (person)
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- Assemblyman Edgar Flores — primary (person)
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- Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson — primary (person)
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- Assemblywoman Bea Duran — primary (person)
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- Assemblywoman Dina Neal — primary (person)
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- Assemblywoman Michelle Gorelow — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-13T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-14T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
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- **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. 416.) To printer. `committee-passage`
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- **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: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
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- **2019-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
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- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 743.) To printer. `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+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.
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- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
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- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 743 concurred in. To enrollment.
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- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 349.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36c4ee6b-66e8-4591-b726-6c4e640c2790`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).
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