Nevada AB 484: Revises provisions relating to the Commission on Postsecondary Education. (BDR 34-912)

Bill Text

- 83rd Session (2025)
Assembly Bill No. 484–Committee on
Health and Human Services

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AN ACT relating to health care; revising the data that is collected
concerning providers of health care in this State; and
providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law requires the Director of the Department of Health and Human
Services to establish and maintain a database comprising information collected
through an electronic data request from certain applicants for the renewal of a
license, certificate or registration as a provider of health care. (NRS 439A.116) The
information collected from each such applicant must include the locations in the
State where the applicant practices, the setting in which the applicant practices and
the percentage of time that the applicant engages in patient care. (NRS 439A.116)
Existing law: (1) requires certain licensing boards that license, certify or register
providers of health care to request that an applicant for renewal of a license,
certificate or registration complete and submit the data request to the Director; and
(2) authorizes other such licensing boards and certain governmental agencies that
license such persons to request that such an applicant complete and submit the data
request to the Director. (NRS 450B.805, 630.2671, 630A.327, 631.332, 632.3423,
633.4716, 634.1303, 634A.169, 635.111, 636.262, 637.145, 637B.192, 639.183,
640.152, 640A.185, 640B.405, 640D.135, 640E.225, 641.2215, 641A.217,
641B.281, 641C.455, 652.126) Section 1 of this bill requires the Director to
additionally collect from applicants for the renewal of a license, certificate or
registration and include in the database the following information: (1) the sex of the
applicant; (2) any other jurisdiction where the applicant holds the same type of
license, certificate or registration that the applicant is currently renewing; (3)
whether the applicant utilizes telehealth; and (4) the types of patients whom the
applicant serves.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 439A.116 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
439A.116 1. The Director shall establish and maintain a
database of information collected from applicants for the renewal of
a license, certificate or registration as a provider of health care. The
information in the database must include, for each applicant from
whom such information is collected:
(a) The type of license, certificate or registration held by the
applicant;
(b) The race and ethnicity of the applicant;
(c) The sex of the applicant;

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(d) The primary language spoken by the applicant;
[(d)] (e) The specialty area in which the applicant practices;
[(e)] (f) Any other jurisdiction where the applicant holds the
same type of license, certificate or registration that the applicant is
currently renewing;
(g) The county of this State in which the applicant spends the
majority of his or her working hours;
[(f)] (h) The address of each location at which the applicant
practices or intends to practice and the percentage of working hours
spent by the applicant at each location;
[(g)] (i) The type of practice in which the applicant engages,
including, without limitation, individual private practice, group
private practice, multispecialty group private practice, government
or nonprofit;
[(h)] (j) The settings in which the applicant practices, including,
without limitation, hospitals, clinics and academic settings;
[(i)] (k) Whether the applicant utilizes telehealth, as defined in
NRS 629.515, in his or her practice;
(l) The education and primary and secondary specialties of the
applicant;
[(j)] (m) The average number of hours worked per week by the
applicant and the total number of weeks worked by the applicant
during the immediately preceding calendar year;
[(k)] (n) The percentages of working hours during which the
applicant engages in patient care and other activities, including,
without limitation, teaching, research and administration;
[(l)] (o) The types of patients whom the applicant serves,
including, without limitation, newborns, children, adolescents,
adults, senior citizens, pregnant persons, veterans, incarcerated
persons, persons with disabilities, persons who speak a language
other than English, persons who are recipients of Medicaid or
Medicare and persons who pay on a sliding fee scale;
(p) Any planned major changes to the practice of the applicant
within the immediately following 5 years, including, without
limitation, retirement, relocation or significant changes in working
hours; and
[(m)] (q) Any other information prescribed by regulation of the
Director.
2. The Director shall develop and make available to each
professional licensing board that licenses, certifies or registers
providers of health care an e