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NV AB360

Bill

Status

Passed

5/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

Heather Goulding

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Origin

Assembly

83rd Legislature (2025)

AI Summary

  • Expands syphilis examination requirements for pregnant women to include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians

  • Requires non-hospital medical facilities and hospital emergency/labor units to use rapid or point-of-care syphilis tests for pregnant women who haven't received prenatal screenings, unless serological test results can be obtained before discharge

  • Mandates medical facilities develop compliance policies for syphilis testing requirements and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommendations, with documented refusals required in medical records

  • Exempts rural clinics owned or operated by government entities (state, county, city, or health boards) from the facility-level testing requirements

  • Requires Medicaid to reimburse rapid or point-of-care syphilis testing separately from other prenatal care reimbursement, subject to federal funding availability; effective date January 1, 2026

Legislative Description

Revises provisions relating to testing for sexually transmitted diseases. (BDR 40-745)

Last Action

Chapter 126.

5/30/2025

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services4/29/2025
Health and Human Services3/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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