republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/ab-66.md

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type: "Bill" title: "Revises provisions relating to mental health. (BDR 40-486)" description: "AN ACT relating to mental health; authorizing the holder of a license to operate a psychiatric hospital that meets certain requirements to obtain an endorsement as a crisis stabilization center; providing for the licensure and regulation of providers of nonemergency secure behavioral health transport services; authorizing a licensed provider of such services to transport persons with mental illness under certain conditions; requiring certain health maintenance organizations and managed care organizations to negotiate with such hospitals to become in network providers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto." jurisdiction: "us/states/nv" legislature: "Nevada Legislature" session: "80" identifier: "AB 66" citation: "Nevada AB 66 (80)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["HEALTH", "STATE BOARD OF", "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH", "MEDICAID (See also PUBLIC ASSISTANCE)", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS", "HOSPITALS (See also MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES)", "CLARK COUNTY (See also COUNTIES)", "GIFTS AND GRANTS", "HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS", "MENTAL ILLNESS", "PERSONS WITH", "WASHOE COUNTY (See also COUNTIES)", "CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES", "MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 6 action_count: 13 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2018-11-19T08:00:00+00:00" last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2517936-d172-4583-a78a-997caafb33e3" source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/5991/Overview" source_hash: "83dc0987accdc4e5d324993744ceb9d84edeadd3ab194591764565b2260a1dab" 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 66 (80) — Revises provisions relating to mental health. (BDR 40-486)

AN ACT relating to mental health; authorizing the holder of a license to operate a psychiatric hospital that meets certain requirements to obtain an endorsement as a crisis stabilization center; providing for the licensure and regulation of providers of nonemergency secure behavioral health transport services; authorizing a licensed provider of such services to transport persons with mental illness under certain conditions; requiring certain health maintenance organizations and managed care organizations to negotiate with such hospitals to become in network providers; 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 624 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment 909 (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprint 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Reprint 2 (committee substitute) — source
6. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2018-11-19T08:00:00+00:00 Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-11-21T08:00:00+00:00 From printer.
• 2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00 Read first time. To committee. reading-1
• 2019-03-07T08:00:00+00:00 Notice of eligibility for exemption.
• 2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 624.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To printer. committee-passage
• 2019-04-24T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
• 2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 909.) To printer. committee-passage
• 2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
• 2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00 In Assembly.
• 2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment No. 909 concurred in. To enrollment.
• 2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00 Enrolled and delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00 Chapter 314.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2517936-d172-4583-a78a-997caafb33e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).