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type: "Bill"
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title: "Revises provisions governing mental health. (BDR 39-443)"
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description: "AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring the adoption of regulations governing the involuntary administration of medication to persons with mental illness and the medical examination of a person alleged to be a person in a mental health crisis; authorizing the adoption of regulations concerning the plan for the discharge of a person admitted to a mental health facility or hospital; revising certain terminology and standardizing certain time periods relating to admission to mental health facilities; revising the authority of certain accredited agents to make certain certifications and transport persons with mental illness; revising requirements concerning notification to certain persons of the emergency admission of a person to a mental health facility; revising the procedure for proceedings for the involuntary court-ordered admission of a person to a mental health facility or a program of community-based or outpatient services; authorizing the disclosure to a provider of health care of certain information related to a person who seeks mental health services; 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 85"
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citation: "Nevada AB 85 (80)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["GUARDIANSHIPS", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS", "SOCIAL WORKERS", "MARRIED PERSONS", "CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION", "MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS AND CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "DISTRICT COURTS", "KINDRED AND NEXT OF KIN", "PSYCHOLOGISTS", "PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS", "ADVANCE DIRECTIVES (See also POWER OF ATTORNEY)", "POWER OF ATTORNEY", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES", "PHYSICIANS", "HEALTH", "STATE BOARD OF", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "ALCOHOL", "DRUG AND GAMBLING COUNSELORS", "DRUGS", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "MENTAL ILLNESS", "PERSONS WITH", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "NURSES AND NURSING"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2018-11-21T08:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c514a734-0b4e-4fdd-86db-be543456088f"
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source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6041/Overview"
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source_hash: "0c1e2e8dd386b31688fd64cbc6e8440dc2048d0d6377bf061234d37ff716805f"
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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 85 (80) — Revises provisions governing mental health. (BDR 39-443)
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AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring the adoption of regulations governing the involuntary administration of medication to persons with mental illness and the medical examination of a person alleged to be a person in a mental health crisis; authorizing the adoption of regulations concerning the plan for the discharge of a person admitted to a mental health facility or hospital; revising certain terminology and standardizing certain time periods relating to admission to mental health facilities; revising the authority of certain accredited agents to make certain certifications and transport persons with mental illness; revising requirements concerning notification to certain persons of the emergency admission of a person to a mental health facility; revising the procedure for proceedings for the involuntary court-ordered admission of a person to a mental health facility or a program of community-based or outpatient services; authorizing the disclosure to a provider of health care of certain information related to a person who seeks mental health services; 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/AB85.pdf)
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2. **Amendment 126** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB85_126.pdf)
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3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB85_R1.pdf)
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4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB85_EN.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-11-21T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-11-27T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
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- **2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 126.) To printer. `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 39, Nays: 1, Excused: 2.) To Senate.
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- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
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- **2019-05-03T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-06T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-07T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
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- **2019-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 66. `executive-signature`
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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/c514a734-0b4e-4fdd-86db-be543456088f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).
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