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NV SB352

Bill

Status

Vetoed

6/11/2025

Primary Sponsor

Melanie Scheible

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Origin

Senate

83rd Legislature (2025)

AI Summary

  • Expands anti-discrimination protections in health insurance (individual, group, Medicaid, HMOs, and managed care plans) from covering only gender identity/expression to include race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, intersex traits, and pregnancy-related conditions

  • Prohibits insurers from denying, canceling, or limiting coverage, or imposing discriminatory premiums based on protected characteristics of the insured or their family members, while preserving age-based premium adjustments authorized by state or federal law

  • Prohibits health care providers from discriminating in service provision based on protected characteristics of patients, their family members, or their associates, with violations constituting unprofessional conduct subject to disciplinary action by licensing boards

  • Authorizes health care licensing boards to adopt regulations specifying prohibited discrimination types and to discipline violating providers, while exempting actions required by reasonable medical standards or uniform nondiscriminatory policies

  • Effective January 1, 2026 for substantive provisions; contains an unfunded mandate for local governments related to public employee health insurance requirements under NRS 287.010

Legislative Description

Revises provisions relating to health care. (BDR 57-712)

Last Action

Vetoed by the Governor. Returned to Senate with Governor's veto message.

6/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Commerce and Labor4/17/2025
Commerce and Labor3/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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