Nevada 2023 Regular Session Status: To Executive 7 D cosponsors

AB 251 — Revises provisions governing prescriptions. (BDR 54-1006)

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

Vetoed by Governor Joe Lombardo (Republican) on June 03, 2023.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 11, 2023) FIRST REPRINT A.B.
Assembly Bill No.
251 A SSEMBLY BILL NO .
251–Assemblymen Nguyen, Mosca, González, Brittney Miller;
251–ASSEMBLYMEN NGUYEN , MOSCA , GONZÁLEZ , BRITTNEY M ILLER ;
D’Silva and Torres Joint Sponsor:
D’SILVA AND T ORRES M ARCH 7, 2023 ____________ JOINT S PONSOR :
Senator Nguyen CHAPTER..........
SENATOR NGUYEN ____________ Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing prescriptions.
(BDR 54-1006) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
No.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Existing law requires a prescription be dispensed in a container with a label or specific directions for use given by the prescribing practitioner.
Existing law requires a prescription be dispensed in a container with a label or other device that provides certain information about the prescription, including the specific directions for use given by the prescribing practitioner.
(NRS 639.2801)the Existing law requires a pharmacy, other than an institutional pharmacy, to provide the directions for use in English and, upon the request of the prescribing practitioner, a second language.
(NRS 639.2801) Existing law requires a pharmacy, other than an institutional pharmacy, to provide practitioner, a second language.
Existing law requires the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt regulations prescribing every language, other than English, in which a projections.
Existing law requires the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt regulations prescribing every language, other than English, in which a pharmacy must provide such information, based on demographic trends and projections.
(NRS 639.28013) This bill removes the requirement for the Board to adopt such regulations and instead requires each pharmacy to provide the information in the 10 languages mostly commonly spoken at home in this State, as determined by the most recent decennial census.
(NRS 639.28013) This bill removes the requirement for the Board to adopt such regulations and instead requires each pharmacy to provide the information in the 10 languages mostly commonly spoken at home in this State, as pharmacy to provide the required information in a separate document if it is impractical to include the information in English on the label or other device affixed to the container of the prescription.
This bill also authorizes a pharmacy to provide the required information in a separate document if it is impractical to include the information in English on the label or other device affixed to the container of the prescription.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
- *AB251_R1* – 2 – THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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:
3.
- 82nd Session (2023) – 2 – 3.
The] in any of the 10 languages [in which a pharmacy is required to provide such information must be specified by the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to this section based on demographic trends and projections.] most commonly spoken at home in this State, as determined by the most recent decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce.
The] in any of the 10 languages [in which a pharmacy is required adopted by the Board pursuant to this section based on demographic trends and projections.] most commonly spoken at home in this State, as determined by the most recent decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce.
If it is impractical to include the information required by subsection 6 of NRS 639.2801 on the label or other device which is affixed to the container of the prescription in English only, a pharmacy may provide the information in English and the other language in a separate on such a label or other device, the pharmacy must also includeish the information in the other language on the label or other device.
If it is impractical to include the information required by subsection 6 of NRS 639.2801 on the label or other device which is affixed to the container of the prescription in English only, a pharmacy may provide the information in English and the other language in a separate document.
If it is practical to include the information in English on such a label or other device, the pharmacy must also include the information in the other language on the label or other device.
H - *AB251_R1*
~~~~~ 23 - 82nd Session (2023)
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Action History

  1. (No further action taken.)

  2. Bill read with Governor's veto message. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.

  3. Vetoed by the Governor.

  4. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 7, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. In Assembly. To enrollment.

  6. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  7. Read second time.

  8. From committee: Do pass.

  9. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.

  10. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 33, Nays: 9.) To Senate.

  11. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

  12. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 71.) To printer.

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

  14. From printer. To committee.

  15. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 251?
AB 251 is sponsored by Nguyen, Duy (Democratic), Mosca, Erica (Democratic), González, Cecelia (Democratic), Miller, Brittney M. (Democratic), Nguyen, Rochelle T. (Democratic), D'Silva, Reuben (Democratic), and Torres-Fossett, Selena (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 251?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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