Nevada Senate Bill 149

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on April 12 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-04-12 - (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to select and contract with a state pharmacy benefit manager to manage pharmacy benefits for Medicaid and certain other health benefit plans; prescribing certain duties of the state pharmacy benefit manager; requiring that the Department approve certain contracts entered into by the state pharmacy benefit manager; prohibiting the state pharmacy benefit manager from engaging in certain activities; providing monetary penalties for certain violations; requiring a Medicaid managed care organization to contract with and utilize the state pharmacy benefit manager to manage pharmacy benefits; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Revises provisions governing the administration of pharmacy benefits under Medicaid. (BDR 38-224)

Sen. Jeff Stone [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-04-12	Senate	(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
2025-02-03	Senate	Read first time. To committee.
2025-02-03	Senate	From printer.
2025-01-30	Senate	Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12108/Overview
Text	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB149.pdf