republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/sb-485.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to the education of certain children from Nevada who are patients or residents of certain hospitals or facilities. (BDR 34-397)"
description: "AN ACT relating to education; limiting the amount of reimbursement to which a hospital or other facility is entitled for educational services provided to certain pupils; authorizing certain hospitals or other facilities licensed in the District of Columbia or another state or territory of the United States to request reimbursement, under certain circumstances, for providing educational services to children in their care; revising the manner in which reimbursement is determined; authorizing the Department of Education, the county school districts, charter schools and the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into a cooperative agreement for the provision of educational services to children with certain hospitals or other facilities licensed in another jurisdiction; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 485"
citation: "Nevada SB 485 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "HOSPITALS (See also MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES)", "SCHOOLS", "CHARTER (See also SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC)", "COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS", "PUBLIC AGENCIES", "APPROPRIATIONS", "EDUCATION", "DEPARTMENT OF", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES", "SCHOOL FINANCES AND FUNDS", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "AUDITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13bba819-4cf9-4f6b-bda2-138b8b5c5961"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6926/Overview"
source_hash: "abfb5041b10f541ef8aedcdbbdd13de64a324c0d24ed36fd8414baf60bab0f2a"
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 485 (80) — Revises provisions relating to the education of certain children from Nevada who are patients or residents of certain hospitals or facilities. (BDR 34-397)

AN ACT relating to education; limiting the amount of reimbursement to which a hospital or other facility is entitled for educational services provided to certain pupils; authorizing certain hospitals or other facilities licensed in the District of Columbia or another state or territory of the United States to request reimbursement, under certain circumstances, for providing educational services to children in their care; revising the manner in which reimbursement is determined; authorizing the Department of Education, the county school districts, charter schools and the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into a cooperative agreement for the provision of educational services to children with certain hospitals or other facilities licensed in another jurisdiction; making an appropriation; 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](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB485.pdf)
2. **Amendment 596** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB485_596.pdf)
3. **Amendment 934** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB485_R1_934.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB485_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB485_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB485_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Finance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.
- **2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File. Notice of eligibility for exemption. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 596.) Re-referred to Committee on Finance. To printer.
- **2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. Exemption effective.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 934.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee.
- **2019-06-02T07:00:00+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. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-06T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 520.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13bba819-4cf9-4f6b-bda2-138b8b5c5961`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).