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Bill to expand healthcare workforce data collection gets brief hearing
Summary
Assembly Bill 484 would add workforce data fields to Nevada's voluntary licensee database to better identify shortages — including telehealth participation, other‑state licensure, languages spoken and applicant sex — as part of efforts to attract federal funding for staffing shortages.
Assembly Bill 484, sponsored by Assemblywoman Tracy Brown‑May (Assembly District 42), would amend Nevada's health care professional data collection to include additional fields recommended in a national NCSL workforce roadmap. The measure seeks to standardize optional information gathered at licensure renewal — including whether the applicant practices telehealth, other jurisdictions where they hold licenses, patient populations they serve, languages spoken and the sex of the applicant — to help state planners identify workforce shortages.
Brown‑May told the committee the changes are modest, align with a national roadmap, and would make Nevada eligible for or better positioned to use federal workforce grants to address shortages in physicians, nurses and allied health professionals. She said the data collection is voluntary and that applicants may opt not to disclose certain fields.
No public opposition or supporting stakeholders spoke in the hearing record beyond the sponsor; committee members asked clarifying questions about voluntary disclosure and how the data would be used. The sponsor said the state already collects a variety of licensee data and the bill simply adds several fields consistent with peer states' practices. No committee vote appears in the transcript.
