Nevada 2025 2025 Regular Session

Nevada Senate Bill SB150 Introduced / Bill

                      
  
  	S.B. 150 
 
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SENATE BILL NO. 150–SENATOR DONDERO LOOP 
 
PREFILED JANUARY 31, 2025 
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Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services 
 
SUMMARY—Provides for the increase of certain rates of 
reimbursement under Medicaid. (BDR S-658) 
 
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No. 
 Effect on the State: Yes. 
 
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. 
 
 
AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring the Department of Health 
and Human Services to seek an increase to certain 
reimbursement rates under the Medicaid program for 
medication-assisted treatment provided by an opioid 
treatment program provider; and providing other matters 
properly relating thereto. 
Legislative Counsel’s Digest: 
 Existing law requires the Department of Health and Human Services to 1 
administer the Medicaid program. (NRS 422.270) Existing law requires the 2 
Director of the Department to include under Medicaid certain coverage relating to 3 
the treatment of substance use disorders. (NRS 422.272366, 422.272368, 4 
422.272428, 422.27248, 422.4025) This bill requires the Department to submit to 5 
the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services on or before October 1, 6 
2025, a request to amend the State Plan for Medicaid to increase to at least $15.34, 7 
or as close to that amount as the Secretary approves, the rate of reimbursement 8 
which is provided on a fee-for-service basis pursuant to the State Plan for 9 
medication-assisted treatment provided by an opioid treatment program provider. 10 
 
 
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN 
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 
 
 Section 1.  1. On or before October 1, 2025, the Department 1 
of Health and Human Services shall submit to the United States 2 
Secretary of Health and Human Services a request to amend the 3 
State Plan for Medicaid to increase to at least $15.34 per hour, or as 4 
close to that amount as the Secretary approves, the rate of 5 
reimbursement which is provided on a fee-for-service basis pursuant 6   
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to the State Plan for medication-assisted treatment provided by an 1 
opioid treatment program provider. 2 
 2. The request submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must be 3 
supported using methods for determining reimbursement rates 4 
accepted by the Secretary. 5 
 Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval. 6 
 
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