Nevada Assembly Bill 256 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Passed on June 4 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-04 - Approved by the Governor. Chapter 408.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring the State Plan for Medicaid to provide coverage of doula services to the extent authorized by federal law; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to apply for a waiver or State Plan amendment to receive federal funding for coverage of doula services; requiring any person who desires to provide doula services to a recipient of Medicaid to enroll with the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department; requiring an enrolled doula to report the abuse of certain persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Provides for Medicaid coverage of doula services. (BDR 38-849)

Rep. Shondra Summers-Armstrong [D]	Rep. Cecelia Gonzalez [D]	Rep. Natha Anderson [D]	Rep. Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod [D]
Sen. Edgar Flores [D]	Rep. Elaine Marzola [D]	Rep. Brittney Miller [D]	Rep. Cameron Miller [D]
Rep. David Orentlicher [D]	Rep. Clara Thomas [D]

2021-05-31 - Senate - Senate Final Passage (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-05-13 - Assembly - Assembly Final Passage (Y: 33 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-04	Assembly	Approved by the Governor. Chapter 408.
2021-06-02	Assembly	Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
2021-05-31	Assembly	In Assembly. To enrollment.
2021-05-31	Senate	Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
2021-05-30	Senate	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
2021-05-30	Senate	Placed on General File.
2021-05-30	Senate	From committee: Do pass.
2021-05-25	Senate	To committee.
2021-05-25	Senate	Re-referred to Committee on Finance.
2021-05-25	Senate	Taken from General File.
2021-05-25	Senate	Read second time.
2021-05-25	Senate	Placed on Second Reading File.
2021-05-25	Senate	From committee: Do pass.
2021-05-14	Senate	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
2021-05-14	Senate	In Senate.
2021-05-13	Assembly	Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 33, Nays: 9.) To Senate.
2021-05-12	Assembly	From committee: Do pass, as amended.
2021-04-19	Assembly	To committee.
2021-04-19	Assembly	From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
2021-04-16	Assembly	Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 208.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.
2021-04-16	Assembly	Placed on Second Reading File.
2021-04-16	Assembly	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
2021-03-18	Assembly	Notice of eligibility for exemption.
2021-03-15	Assembly	From printer. To committee.
2021-03-12	Assembly	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7720/Overview
Text	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB256.pdf
Text	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB256_R1.pdf
Text	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB256_EN.pdf
Amendment	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB256_208.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/GetBillVoteMembers?voteKey=7420&voteResultPanel=All
Roll Call	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/GetBillVoteMembers?voteKey=8075&voteResultPanel=All