NevadaNevada funds UNLV team for children’s cleft and craniofacial care
UNLV’s dental school receives $1,314,000 to form a care team that must offer monthly clinic hours for young children and, when resources allow, older children with special needs.
What it does
UNLV’s dental school receives $1,314,000 to create a specialized care team. Its clinic must serve children under 3 and may serve older children with special needs if resources allow.
Argument forThe funding could help UNLV’s dental school offer specialized monthly care to young children and, when resources allow, older children with special needs.
Argument againstThe minimum clinic schedule may offer limited access, and older children with special needs can receive care only if the team has resources.
More detail
The law provides $1,314,000 from the State General Fund to UNLV’s School of Dental Medicine to create a cleft and craniofacial care team. The clinic must serve children under age 3. It may also serve children with special needs ages 3 through 17 if the team determines resources are available. The team must receive approval from the American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association or its successor. The team must partner with other higher education institutions in Nevada and organizations that may help it meet the requirements. The act took effect when approved. The money could not be committed after June 30, 2027, or spent after September 17, 2027; any remainder must return to the State General Fund by September 17, 2027.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Jun 9Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo. Chapter 446.Became Law
- Jun 5Enrolled 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 (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 1From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.Minor
- May 28From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- May 27From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 846.) To printer.Minor
- Mar 6From printer. To committee. Notice of exemption.
- Mar 5Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To printer.Introduced
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