Nevada 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 216 — Requires Medicaid to cover certain services for persons with cognitive impairments. (BDR 38-385)

Last action — Approved by the Governor. Chapter 402.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 09, 2021. Enacted.

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Bill Text

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EXEMPT (Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 12, 2021) FIRST REPRINT A.B.
Assembly Bill No.
216 A SSEMBLY B ILLN O.
216–Committee on Health and Human Services CHAPTER..........
216–COMMITTEE ON H EALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (ON B EHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON SENIOR CITIZENS, VETERANS AND ADULTS W ITHS PECIAL NEEDS ) M ARCH 9, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services SUMMARY—Requires Medicaid to cover certain services for persons with cognitive impairments.
(BDR 38-385) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
Yes.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Existing law requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop of specific medical services required to be provided to Medicaid recipients.
and administer a State Plan for Medicaid which includes, without limitation, a list of specific medical services required to be provided to Medicaid recipients.
(NRSst 422.270-422.27495) Section 1 of this bill requires the Director of the Department to include in the State Plan for Medicaid coverage for cognitive assessment and care planning services for persons who experience signs or symptoms of cognitive impairment.
(NRS 422.270-422.27495) Section 1 of this bill requires the Director of the Department to include in the State Plan for Medicaid coverage for cognitive assessment and care planning services for persons who experience signs or symptoms of cognitive section 1 would be administered in the same manner as other provisions of existing law governing the State Plan for Medicaid.
Section 2 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate that law governing the State Plan for Medicaid.e manner as other provisions of existing THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
The Director shall include in the State Plan for Medicaid a requirement that the State pay the nonfederal share of expenditures incurred for cognitive assessment and care planning - *AB216_R1* – 2 – services provided to a person who experiences signs or symptoms of cognitive impairment.
The Director shall include in the State Plan for Medicaid a requirement that the State pay the nonfederal share of expenditures incurred for cognitive assessment and care planning services provided to a person who experiences signs or symptoms of cognitive impairment.
(2) The Administrator of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services;
- 81st Session (2021) – 2 – (2) The Administrator of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services;
(4) The Administrator of the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy;
Financing and Policy;
and (5) The Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health.
andtor of the Division of Health Care (5) The Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health.
The Director shall revise the plan biennially and deliver a copy of the plan to the Governor and the Legislature at the beginning of each regular session.
The Director shall revise the plan biennially and deliver a beginning of each regular session.
The plan must:
The plan must:ure at the (1) Identify and assess the plans and programs of the Department for the provision of human services, and any duplication of those services by federal, state and local agencies;
- *AB216_R1* – 3 – (1) Identify and assess the plans and programs of the Department for the provision of human services, and any duplication of those services by federal, state and local agencies;
(5) Set forth sufficient information to assist the Department in providing those services and in the planning and budgeting for the future(6) Contain any other information necessary for the Department to communicate effectively with the Federal Government concerning demographic trends, formulas for the distribution of federal money and any need for the modification of programs administered by the Department.
(5) Set forth sufficient information to assist the Department in providing those services and in the planning and budgeting for the future provision of those services;
and (6) Contain any other information necessary for the Department to communicate effectively with the Federal - 81st Session (2021) – 3 – distribution of federal money and any need for the modification of programs administered by the Department.
H - *AB216_R1*
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Action History

  1. Approved by the Governor. Chapter 402.

  2. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  3. In Assembly. To enrollment.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

  5. From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.

  6. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.

  7. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 1, Excused: 1.) To Senate.

  8. From committee: Do pass, as amended.

  9. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.

  10. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 65.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.

  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

  12. Notice of eligibility for exemption.

  13. From printer. To committee.

  14. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.

Sponsors

  • Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 66 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (66)

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