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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for Medicaid coverage of doula services. (BDR 38-849)"
description: "Provides for Medicaid coverage of doula services. (BDR 38-849)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 256"
citation: "Nevada AB 256 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGED PERSONS", "CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT", "CHILD WELFARE SERVICES", "AGENCIES WHICH PROVIDE", "CORONERS", "DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH", "DOULAS", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES", "MEDICAID (See also PUBLIC ASSISTANCE)", "PEACE OFFICERS (See also LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES)", "POLICE DEPARTMENTS (See also LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES)", "SHERIFFS (See also LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; PEACE OFFICERS)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cecelia González", "Shondra Summers-Armstrong"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-12T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fc96eaf-5ff0-470d-aa44-c536cafbc225"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7720/Overview"
source_hash: "4bb77342bd7544270f02c0275e2ac9cc28bbc0366236a1ae4132ed658571c811"
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 256 (81) — Provides for Medicaid coverage of doula services. (BDR 38-849)
## 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/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB256.pdf)
2. **Amendment 208** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB256_208.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB256_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB256_EN.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Cecelia González — primary (person)
- Shondra Summers-Armstrong — primary (person)
- Brittney Miller — cosponsor (person)
- C.H. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Clara Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- David Orentlicher — cosponsor (person)
- Edgar Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Elaine Marzola — cosponsor (person)
- Natha Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-12T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2021-03-18T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2021-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 208.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- **2021-05-12T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass, as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-13T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 33, Nays: 9.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. To committee. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. To enrollment. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 408. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fc96eaf-5ff0-470d-aa44-c536cafbc225`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).