Nevada · 83rd (2025) Session

Establishes procedures to assist certain persons with limited English proficiency in accessing health care in certain circumstances.

AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain health facilities and providers of health care to take reasonable steps to provide a person with limited English proficiency with language assistance under certain circumstances; prescribing requirements governing the use of interpreters and translators to comply with that requirement; authorizing the discipline of certain health facilities and providers of health care for certain violations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SB 188·Senate·Bill

Senator Fabian DoñateState Senate · SD-10

Bill Draft RequestBDR 40-41

Fiscal noteState YesLocal May have Fiscal Impact

Effective dateEffective October 1, 2025.

Primary sponsor

Senator Fabian DoñateState Senate · SD-10

Floor votes

Senate · 1st ReprintApr 21, 2025 · Constitutional majority required13–8

Assembly · 2nd ReprintMay 22, 2025 · Constitutional majority required35–7

Legislative history

Feb 3, 2025

Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.Senate Journal

Feb 4, 2025

To printer.

Feb 5, 2025

From printer. Read first time. To committee.Senate Journal

Apr 18, 2025

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 351.) Reprinting dispensed with.Senate Journal

Apr 21, 2025

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To printer.Senate Journal

Apr 23, 2025

From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly.

Apr 24, 2025

In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.Assembly Journal

May 16, 2025

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.Assembly Journal

May 19, 2025

Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 560.) To printer.Assembly Journal

May 20, 2025

From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.Assembly Journal

May 21, 2025

Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.Assembly Journal

May 22, 2025

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 35, Nays: 7.) To Senate. In Senate.Assembly JournalSenate Journal

May 23, 2025

Assembly Amendment No. 560 concurred in. To enrollment.Senate Journal

May 27, 2025

Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

May 30, 2025

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 172.

Bill text

As Introduced Reprint 1 Reprint 2 As Enrolled

Amendments

Amendment 351 (Adopted)Amendment 560 (Adopted)

Fiscal notes

Local Government — on As Introduced Department of Health and Human Services, Public and Behavioral Health — on As Introduced Department of Business and Industry, Boards and Commissions — on As Introduced