Nevada 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 138 — Provides Medicaid coverage for certain types of behavioral health integration services. (BDR 38-332)

Last action — Chapter 392.

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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Joe Lombardo (Republican) on June 12, 2023.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

136 added · 153 removed

Plain-language change summary

Assembly Bill No. 138 has been amended to require that Medicaid includes funding for specific behavioral health services, such as mental health care and substance use disorder treatment, using proven integration models. This change ensures that these essential services are consistently funded and accessible to those in need. By expanding the types of covered services, the bill aims to enhance mental health and substance use treatment options for Medicaid recipients, which is particularly important for improving overall health outcomes in the community.

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Assembly Bill No.
138 A SSEMBLY B ILLN O.
138–Committee on Health and Human Services CHAPTER..........
138–COMMITTEE ON H EALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (O N BEHALF OF THE JOINT INTERIM STANDING C OMMITTEE ON H EALTH AND H UMAN SERVICES ) FEBRUARY 9, 2023 ____________ Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services SUMMARY—Provides Medicaid coverage for certain types of behavioral health integration services.
(BDR 38-332) 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 services required to be provided to Medicaid recipients.
Existing law requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and administer a State Plan for Medicaid which includes a list of specific medical U.S.C.
(NRS 422.063, 422.270;
§ 1396a) Section 1 of this bill requires such covered medical services to42 include behavioral health services that are delivered through evidence-based, behavioral health integration models.
42 U.S.C.
§ 1396a) Section 1 of this bill requires such covered medical services to include behavioral health services that are delivered through evidence-based, behavioral health integration models.
- *AB138_R1* – 2 – 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:
(b) “Collaborative care management services” means a combination of services and structured care management with regular assessments directed and provided by a team of providers of primary care and providers of behavioral health care.
(b) “Collaborative care management services” means a combination of services and structured care management with - 82nd Session (2023) – 2 – regular assessments directed and provided by a team of providers of primary care and providers of behavioral health care.
(a) Shall appoint, with the consent of the Governor, administrators of the divisions of the Department, who are respectively designated as follows:
administrators of the divisions of the Department, who areGovernor, respectively designated as follows:
Services;
(3) The Administrator of the Division of Child and Family Services;
The Administrator of the Division of Child and Family (4) The Administrator of the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy;
(4) The Administrator of the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy;
(b) Shall administer, through the divisions of the Department, the provisions of chapters 63, 424, 425, 427A, 432A to 442, inclusive, 446 to 450, inclusive, 458A and 656A of NRS, NRS 127.220 to 127.310, inclusive, 422.001 to 422.410, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, 422.580, 432.010 to 432.133, inclusive, 432B.6201 to 432B.626, inclusive, 444.002 to 444.430, inclusive, and 445A.010 to 445A.055, inclusive, and all other provisions of law relating to the functions of the divisions of the Department, but - *AB138_R1* – 3 – is not responsible for the clinical activities of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health or the professional line activities of the other divisions.
(b) Shall administer, through the divisions of the Department, the provisions of chapters 63, 424, 425, 427A, 432A to 442, inclusive, 446 to 450, inclusive, 458A and 656A of NRS, NRS 127.220 to 127.310, inclusive, 422.001 to 422.410, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, 422.580, 432.010 to 432.133, inclusive, 432B.6201 to 432B.626, inclusive, 444.002 to 444.430, inclusive, and 445A.010 to 445A.055, inclusive, and all other provisions of law relating to the functions of the divisions of the Department, but is not responsible for the clinical activities of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health or the professional line activities of the other div(c) Shall administer any state program for persons with developmental disabilities established pursuant to the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C.
(c) Shall administer any state program for persons with developmental disabilities established pursuant to the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C.
(3) Provide for communication and the coordination of those services among nonprofit organizations, agencies of local government, the State and the Federal Government;
- 82nd Session (2023) – 3 – (3) Provide for communication and the coordination of those services among nonprofit organizations, agencies of local government, the State and the Federal Government;
(4) Identify the sources of funding for services provided by the Department and the allocation of that funding;
(4) Identify the sources of funding for services provided by the Dep(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;
(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;
There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services for system modifications and to pay the nonfederal share of expenditures - *AB138_R1* – 4 – incurred for the services described in section 1 of this act the following sums:
There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services for system modifications and to pay the nonfederal share of expenditures following sums:e services described in section 1 of this act the For the Fiscal Year 2023-2024......................................$4,760 For the Fiscal Year 2024-2025..................................$207,313 2.
For the Fiscal Year 2023-2024......................................$4,760 For the Fiscal Year 2024-2025..................................$207,313 2.
3.
- 82nd Session (2023) – 4 – 3.
Expenditure of $14,280 not appropriated from the State General Fund or the State Highway Fund is hereby authorized during Fiscal Year 2023-2024 by the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services for the same purposes as set forth in subsection 1.
Expenditure of $14,280 not appropriated from the State General Fund or the State Highway Fund is hereby authorized during Fiscal Year 2023-2024 by the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Ser4.cesExpenditure of $428,275 not appropriated from the State General Fund or the State Highway Fund is hereby authorized during Fiscal Year 2024-2025 by the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services for the same purposes as set forth in subsection 1.
4.
Expenditure of $428,275 not appropriated from the State General Fund or the State Highway Fund is hereby authorized during Fiscal Year 2024-2025 by the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services for the same purposes as set forth in subsection 1.
H - *AB138_R1*
~~~~~ 23 - 82nd Session (2023)
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Action History

  1. Chapter 392.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

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

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

  6. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.

  7. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 894.) To printer.

  8. Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee.

  9. From committee: Do pass.

  10. From printer. To committee. Notice of eligibility for exemption.

  11. 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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Sponsors (1)

  • Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (66)

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