The Nevada Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services voted unanimously to recommend passage of four Senate bills during a work session held remotely from Carson City and Las Vegas. The committee made "do pass" recommendations on SB 8, SB 9, SB 24 and SB 84 with no amendments and no extended debate.

Committee policy analyst Davis Florence described each measure for the record. Florence said SB 8 "revises terminology regarding individuals with disabilities" and is sponsored by the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services on behalf of the Aging and Disability Services Division. He said there were no amendments to the measure.

On SB 9, Florence said the bill "revises provisions relating to Medicaid" by requiring certain health insurers and other providers to respond within 60 days to a state agency's inquiry regarding a payment claim for a medical item or service, a change intended to bring state law into compliance with federal requirements. He also said SB 9 had no amendments.

SB 24, Florence said, "provides for the certification and regulation of emergency medical responders" and prescribes certain duties and authorities; the bill was sponsored on behalf of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health and had no amendments. Florence described SB 84 as a measure that "requires the curriculum and instructional materials used in programs administered by the division of public and behavioral health for the treatment of persons who commit domestic violence be evidence based," and he noted there were no amendments to that measure either.

Each motion to recommend passage was made and seconded on the floor of the committee and carried unanimously. Motions were recorded as follows in committee proceedings: SB 8 (motion by Vice Chair Wynne, second by Assembly Member Gray), SB 9 (motion by Vice Chair Wynne, second by Assembly Member Gonzales), SB 24 (motion by Assembly Member Gray, second by Vice Chair Wynne) and SB 84 (motion by Assembly Member Hunt, second by Assembly Member Gray). The committee gave the accompanying floor statements to various members as is customary (floor statements for the record were assigned to Assembly Members Hunt, Gonzales, Dahlia and Gray as noted during the meeting).

There was no substantive public testimony or extended questioning recorded on these measures during the work session. All four bills will proceed to the next step in the legislative process as committee recommendations to the full Assembly.

Votes at a glance

- SB 8 — Revises terminology regarding individuals with disabilities; sponsor: Senate Committee on Health and Human Services on behalf of the Aging and Disability Services Division; committee action: do pass recommendation; amendments: none; outcome: approved by committee (unanimous).

- SB 9 — Revises Medicaid provisions to require certain insurers/providers to respond to state agency payment-claim inquiries within 60 days; sponsor: Senate Committee on Health and Human Services; committee action: do pass recommendation; amendments: none; outcome: approved by committee (unanimous).

- SB 24 — Establishes certification and regulation of emergency medical responders; sponsor: Senate Committee on Health and Human Services on behalf of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health; committee action: do pass recommendation; amendments: none; outcome: approved by committee (unanimous).

- SB 84 — Requires evidence-based curricula for programs treating persons who commit domestic violence; sponsor: Senate Committee on Health and Human Services on behalf of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Judiciary; committee action: do pass recommendation; amendments: none; outcome: approved by committee (unanimous).

The committee proceeded from the work session into a bill hearing docket after issuing the recommendations; floor statements will be filed as indicated on the record.