republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/sb-378.md

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type: "Bill" title: "Revises provisions relating to prescription drugs. (BDR 18-574)" description: "AN ACT relating to prescription drugs; revising provisions concerning coverage of prescription drugs under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program; revising provisions governing restrictions imposed on the list of preferred prescription drugs to be used for the Medicaid program; revising the criteria for selecting prescription drugs for inclusion on the list; replacing the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee with the Silver State Scripts Board; authorizing certain public and nonprofit insurers to use the preferred prescription drug list for Medicaid as their formulary; revising provisions governing the duties of pharmacy benefit managers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto." jurisdiction: "us/states/nv" legislature: "Nevada Legislature" session: "80" identifier: "SB 378" citation: "Nevada SB 378 (80)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["JAILS AND DETENTION FACILITIES", "LEGISLATURE", "MEDICAID (See also PUBLIC ASSISTANCE)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION", "OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS", "HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS", "PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY", "FINANCE", "OFFICE OF", "INTERNET", "CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION", "HOSPITAL", "MEDICAL OR DENTAL SERVICE", "NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS FOR", "CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS", "GIFTS AND GRANTS", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "DENTISTS", "LEGISLATIVE AND AGENCY STUDIES", "MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS", "PRESCRIPTION DRUG AFFORDABILITY BOARD", "PRESCRIPTIONS", "STATE BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND SIMILAR BODIES", "STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "INSURANCE COMPANIES", "CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM", "PHYSICIANS", "MANUFACTURERS AND MANUFACTURING", "AUDITS", "INSURANCE", "PRESCRIPTION DRUG AFFORDABILITY STAKEHOLDER COUNCIL", "GOVERNOR", "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS", "JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES", "SILVER STATE SCRIPTS BOARD", "HOSPITALS (See also MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES)", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ BENEFITS PROGRAM", "BOARD OF THE", "PRISONS", "STATE", "REBATES", "PRESCRIPTION DRUGS", "EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEE", "NURSES AND NURSING"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Senator Yvanna Cancela"] version_count: 6 action_count: 11 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2019-03-20T07:00:00+00:00" last_action: "2019-06-17T07:00:00+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c68eafaa-4bac-4d8e-b4da-5c3825eaad04" source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6685/Overview" source_hash: "606b44be851454c7d03e0685dcbd759ed5bda54b953c5d9619b6a43d5d70594e" 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 378 (80) — Revises provisions relating to prescription drugs. (BDR 18-574)

AN ACT relating to prescription drugs; revising provisions concerning coverage of prescription drugs under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program; revising provisions governing restrictions imposed on the list of preferred prescription drugs to be used for the Medicaid program; revising the criteria for selecting prescription drugs for inclusion on the list; replacing the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee with the Silver State Scripts Board; authorizing certain public and nonprofit insurers to use the preferred prescription drug list for Medicaid as their formulary; revising provisions governing the duties of pharmacy benefit managers; 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 1016 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment 275 (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprint 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Reprint 2 (committee substitute) — source
6. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Senator Yvanna Cancela — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-20T07:00:00+00:00 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-03-21T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To committee.
• 2019-04-14T07:00:00+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. 275.) Re-referred to Committee on Finance. To printer. committee-passage
• 2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. Exemption effective.
• 2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1016.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 19, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. committee-passage
• 2019-05-31T07:00:00+00:00 In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee.
• 2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Do pass. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment. committee-passage
• 2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00 Enrolled and delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-06-14T07:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-06-17T07:00:00+00:00 Chapter 616.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c68eafaa-4bac-4d8e-b4da-5c3825eaad04. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).