NevadaNevada Medicaid covers screening for three types of cancer
Nevada Medicaid covers screening for lung, colorectal, and prostate cancer, and the Department must seek any federal approval needed for funding.
What it does
Nevada Medicaid covers screening for lung, colorectal, and prostate cancer. The Department must seek any federal approval needed to receive federal funding for this coverage.
Argument forMedicaid recipients may be able to get screening for lung, colorectal, and prostate cancer covered through the program.
Argument againstThe federal application process could add administrative work for the Department, and any needed federal approval could affect access to federal funding for these screenings.
More detail
The Director must include screening for lung, colorectal, and prostate cancer in Medicaid coverage. This coverage applies to Medicaid screening for lung, colorectal, and prostate cancer. The Department must apply for any federal waiver or state plan change needed to receive federal funding for the coverage. The Department must cooperate in good faith with the federal government during that application process. The coverage and related duties take effect for all other purposes on January 1, 2026. Preparatory administrative work may begin upon passage and approval.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 11Chapter 465.Latest
- Jun 10Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo.Became Law
- Jun 6Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 4In Assembly. To enrollment.Major
- Jun 2Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 1Read second time.Minor
- May 31In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. From committee: Do pass.Minor
- May 30From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded Assembly (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 29From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 886.) To printer.Minor
- Apr 15From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- Apr 14Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 81.) Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.Minor
- Apr 10From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.Minor
- Feb 25Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- Feb 18From printer. To committee.
- Feb 17Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.Introduced
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