NevadaNevada Medicaid covers opioid treatment and health center care
Nevada Medicaid covers opioid treatment and behavioral health care at certain health centers, with both coverage provisions depending on federal matching funds.
What it does
Medicaid covers behavioral health care through integrated care models and at federally qualified health centers, including care from licensed counselors and supervised interns.
Medicaid covers the administration of approved medication used to treat opioid use disorder, if federal matching funds are available.
Argument forPeople could get behavioral health care at federally qualified health centers from licensed counselors and supervised interns in several professions.
Argument againstIf federal matching funds are unavailable, people seeking these services could have less Medicaid coverage for their care.
More detail
Medicaid must cover behavioral health services delivered through integrated care models or at federally qualified health centers. At federally qualified health centers, services may be provided by mental health and substance use professionals, including counselors. A master's level intern must be directly supervised by a listed provider in the same profession. Coverage applies only when federal financial participation is available. The Department must seek any needed federal waiver or state plan amendment and cooperate with the federal government. The coverage provision takes effect for all other purposes on October 1, 2025.
Medicaid must cover the administration of medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. The medication must be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat opioid use disorder. Coverage applies only when federal financial participation is available. The Department must seek any needed federal waiver or state plan amendment and cooperate with the federal government. The coverage provision takes effect March 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 11Chapter 501.Latest
- Jun 10Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo.Became Law
- Jun 6Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 4To enrollment.Major
- Jun 3In Senate.
- Jun 2Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Assembly (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 1From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.Minor
- May 30From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee.Minor
- May 28From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.Minor
- May 27From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 760.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 23From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- Apr 21From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 462.) Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.Minor
- Apr 3Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- Mar 11From printer. To committee.
- Mar 10Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.Introduced
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