NevadaNevada Medicaid must cover recovery care in 2027 if federally funded
Starting July 1, 2027, Nevada Medicaid must cover recovery care outside hospitals for eligible people experiencing or facing homelessness, to the extent federal funding is available.
What it does
Starting July 1, 2027, Medicaid must cover up to 90 days of recovery care per 12 months, if federal funding is available. This serves people experiencing or facing homelessness who cannot fully recover but do not need inpatient care.
Starting July 1, 2027, facilities seeking Medicaid payment for recovery care must follow Nevada’s care model and keep qualified, specially trained health care providers on duty around the clock.
Argument forIf federal funding is available, medical care, housing support, and transportation could help people experiencing or facing homelessness recover outside hospitals.
Argument againstThe 90-day limit per 12 months could leave people who need longer recovery care without Medicaid payment for additional respite days.
More detail
Nevada Medicaid must cover medical respite care, meaning medical care and support for recovery outside an inpatient facility. People must be homeless, transient, or at imminent risk of homelessness. They must be unable to fully recover from an illness, injury, or disease but not need hospital or other inpatient care. Coverage depends on available federal funding and is limited to 90 days during any 12-month period. Nevada’s Department of Health and Human Services must seek any federal permission or Medicaid plan change needed to receive that funding. Covered services include medical treatment, food and housing support, and transportation to medical appointments. The coverage requirement takes effect July 1, 2027. Preparatory work is authorized upon passage and approval.
Nevada’s health care financing and public health divisions must develop a care model. Facilities seeking Medicaid payment must follow it and have qualified health care providers on duty around the clock. The facility rules apply to providers seeking Medicaid payment for medical respite care. The model must follow National Institute for Medical Respite Care standards unless they conflict with federal or state law. Providers must receive training in care that accounts for trauma, calming tense situations, and initial help with mental health and substance use crises. Preparatory work is authorized upon passage and approval. The care model and facility requirements otherwise take effect July 1, 2027.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Jun 6Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo. Chapter 375.Became Law
- Jun 4Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 2To enrollment.Major
- Jun 1In Senate.
- May 31Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 3.) To Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Assembly (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 30Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 29Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 28From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.Minor
- May 27From 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 26From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 803.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (1st 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. Notice of eligibility for exemption. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 459.) Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.Minor
- Feb 3Read first time. To committee.Minor
- 2024
- Nov 26From printer.
- Nov 20Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.Introduced
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