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NRS 439B.010 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
NRS 439B.030 - "Billed charge" defined. - "Billed charge" means the total amount charged by a hospital...
NRS 439B.035 - "Children’s Health Insurance Program" defined. - "Children’s Health Insurance Program" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 439B.040 - "Committee" defined. - "Committee" means the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and...
NRS 439B.050 - "Department" defined. - "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services. (Added...
NRS 439B.060 - "Director" defined. - "Director" means the Director of the Department. (Added to NRS...
NRS 439B.070 - "Discharge form" defined. - "Discharge form" means the form hospitals are required to use...
NRS 439B.090 - "Fiscal year" defined. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, "fiscal year"...
NRS 439B.100 - "Health facility" defined. - "Health facility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 439B.110 - "Hospital" defined. - "Hospital" means any facility licensed as a medical, surgical or...
NRS 439B.115 - "Major hospital" defined. - "Major hospital" means a hospital in this State which has...
NRS 439B.120 - "Medicaid" defined. - "Medicaid" means the program established pursuant to Title XIX of...
NRS 439B.130 - "Medicare" defined. - "Medicare" means the program of health insurance for aged persons...
NRS 439B.140 - "Net revenue" defined. - "Net revenue" means all revenues earned from inpatient medical care...
NRS 439B.150 - "Practitioner" defined. - "Practitioner" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439A.0195....
NRS 439B.160 - Purposes of chapter. - The purposes of NRS 439B.160 to 439B.500, inclusive, are to:...
NRS 439B.200 - Creation; appointment of and restrictions on members; officers; terms of members; vacancies; annual reports. - Repealed. (See chapter 392, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page...
NRS 439B.210 - Meetings; quorum; compensation. - Repealed. (See chapter 392, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page...
NRS 439B.220 - Powers. - The Committee may: 1. Review and evaluate the quality and...
NRS 439B.225 - Committee to review certain regulations proposed or adopted by licensing boards; recommendations to Legislature. - 1. As used in this section, "licensing board" means any...
NRS 439B.227 - Committee to review certain new provisions of law; recommendations to Legislature concerning mandated reporters. - The Committee shall: 1. After each regular session of the...
NRS 439B.260 - Reduction of billed charges for certain patients and services; notice; resolution of disputes. [Effective through December 31, 2025.] Reduction of billed charges for certain patients and services; notice; resolution of disputes. [Effec... - 1. A major hospital shall reduce or discount the total...
NRS 439B.265 - Collection of deductible or copayment from indigent patient covered by Medicare prohibited. [Effective upon confirmation by the Federal Government that the deductibles and copayments which a hospital is prohibited from collecting from... - A major hospital shall not collect or seek to collect...
NRS 439B.270 - Foundation for hospital nursing practice: Establishment; governing body. - 1. The major hospitals shall jointly establish a foundation for...
NRS 439B.275 - Program for provision of technical assistance to rural hospitals. - The major hospitals shall, in cooperation with the Office of...
NRS 439B.280 - Educational program to promote wellness, physical fitness and prevention of disease, accidents and motor vehicle crashes. - The major hospitals shall sponsor an educational program to promote...
NRS 439B.300 - Legislative findings and declarations; applicability. - 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The practice...
NRS 439B.310 - "Indigent" defined. - For the purposes of NRS 439B.300 to 439B.340, inclusive, "indigent"...
NRS 439B.320 - Hospital required to provide care for proportionate share of indigent patients; duties of Department and board of county commissioners; reimbursement for care. - 1. A hospital shall provide, without charge, in each fiscal...
NRS 439B.330 - Eligibility of indigent for assistance; payment of hospital for serving disproportionately large share of patients; discharge forms; appeal from determination of county regarding indigent status. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, subsection 2...
NRS 439B.340 - Report on indigent patients treated; verification by Director; compensation for treatment provided in excess of obligation; assessment for failure to fulfill minimum obligation. - 1. Before September 30 of each year, each county in...
NRS 439B.350 - Department to establish; purpose. - 1. The Department shall establish a program to increase awareness...
NRS 439B.360 - Evaluation: Recommendations; report to Interim Finance Committee. - 1. The Director shall evaluate the effectiveness of the program...
NRS 439B.370 - Director authorized to contract for certain services. - The Director may, within the limits of available money, contract...
NRS 439B.400 - Hospital must maintain and use uniform list of billed charges; exception. - Each hospital in this State shall maintain and use a...
NRS 439B.410 - Hospital required to provide emergency services and care; unlawful acts of hospital or physician working in hospital emergency room; treating hospital may recover penalty from transferring hospital; exceptions; administrative investiga... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, each hospital...
NRS 439B.420 - Prohibited acts of hospitals and related entities; exceptions; submission of contracts to Director; civil penalty. - 1. A hospital or related entity shall not establish a...
NRS 439B.425 - Prohibited referral of patients; exceptions; penalty. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a practitioner...
NRS 439B.430 - Prohibited acts of hospitals; examination by Director; administrative fine; injunctive relief. - 1. For the purposes of this section: (a) An "affiliated...
NRS 439B.440 - Director may require hospitals, health facilities and providers of health services to submit information; independent audit; examinations; penalty. - 1. The Director may by regulation require hospitals, other health...
NRS 439B.450 - Powers and duties of Director. - The Director: 1. May adopt such regulations as are necessary...
NRS 439B.460 - Director authorized to delegate powers and duties. - The Director may delegate: 1. Any of the Director’s powers...
NRS 439B.500 - Penalty for violation of provisions. - In addition to any civil or administrative penalty specifically provided...
NRS 439B.600 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439B.600 to 439B.695, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439B.605 - "Manufacturer" defined. - "Manufacturer" has the meaning ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C....
NRS 439B.607 - "National Drug Code" defined. - "National Drug Code" means the numerical code assigned to a...
NRS 439B.610 - "Pharmacy" defined. - "Pharmacy" means every store or shop licensed by the State...
NRS 439B.615 - "Pharmacy benefit manager" defined. - "Pharmacy benefit manager" has the meaning ascribed to it in...
NRS 439B.616 - "Rebate" defined. - 1. "Rebate" means a discount or concession that affects the...
NRS 439B.618 - "Third party" defined. - "Third party" means: 1. An insurer, as that term is...
NRS 439B.619 - "Unit" defined. - "Unit" has the meaning ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C....
NRS 439B.620 - "Wholesale acquisition cost" defined. - "Wholesale acquisition cost" means the manufacturer’s published list price for...
NRS 439B.622 - "Wholesaler" defined. - "Wholesaler" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 639.016....
NRS 439B.625 - Organization representing interests of retail merchants to prepare and update list of most commonly prescribed drugs or generic equivalents. - The organization with the largest membership in this State which...
NRS 439B.630 - Department to annually compile lists of certain prescription drugs. - 1. On or before February 1 of each year, the...
NRS 439B.635 - Manufacturer of certain prescription drugs to prepare, submit and affirm accuracy of annual report; contents of report. - 1. On or before April 1 of each year, the...
NRS 439B.640 - Manufacturer of drug that has undergone significant price increase to submit report describing reasons for increase; affirmation of accuracy of report; contents of report. - 1. On or before April 1 of a year in...
NRS 439B.642 - Wholesaler of certain prescription drugs to prepare, submit and affirm accuracy of annual report; contents of report. - 1. On or before April 1 of each year, a...
NRS 439B.645 - Pharmacy benefit manager to submit and affirm accuracy of annual report concerning certain drugs; contents of report. - 1. On or before April 1 of each year, a...
NRS 439B.650 - Department to compile annual report concerning price of certain drugs; contents of report; presentation of report at public hearing. - On or before June 1 of each year, the Department...
NRS 439B.655 - Pharmacies to provide to Department contact information, electronic mail address and address of Internet website; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3,...
NRS 439B.660 - Manufacturer required to provide list of its pharmaceutical sales representatives; electronic access to list; prohibition against unlisted person marketing prescription drugs; reports. - 1. A manufacturer of a prescription drug shall provide to...
NRS 439B.665 - Report by certain nonprofit organizations that receive items of value from manufacturer. [Effective through December 31, 2025.] Report by certain nonprofit organizations that receive items of value from manufacturer. [Effective January... - 1. On or before February 1 of each year, a...
NRS 439B.670 - Department to place on Internet website certain information concerning pharmacies, nonprofit organizations and prescription drugs and certain reports by Department; additional or alternative procedures for obtaining information concern... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Department...
NRS 439B.675 - Manner of presentation of information. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Department...
NRS 439B.680 - Immunity from civil and criminal liability. - The Department and its members, officers and employees are not...
NRS 439B.685 - Regulations. - The Department shall adopt such regulations as it determines to...
NRS 439B.690 - Suspension of components of program or duties of Department if sufficient money not available; acceptance of gifts and grants. - 1. On or before July 1 of each odd-numbered year,...
NRS 439B.695 - Administrative penalty for failure to provide information to Department; use of money collected by Department. - 1. If a pharmacy that is licensed under the provisions...
NRS 439B.700 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 439B.700 to 439B.760, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439B.703 - "Covered person" defined. - "Covered person" means a policyholder, subscriber, enrollee or other person...
NRS 439B.706 - "Independent center for emergency medical care" defined. - "Independent center for emergency medical care" has the meaning ascribed...
NRS 439B.709 - "In-network emergency facility" defined. - "In-network emergency facility" means a hospital or independent center for...
NRS 439B.712 - "In-network provider" defined. - "In-network provider" means, for a particular covered person, a provider...
NRS 439B.715 - "Medically necessary emergency services" defined. - "Medically necessary emergency services" means health care services that are...
NRS 439B.718 - "Out-of-network emergency facility" defined. - "Out-of-network emergency facility" means a hospital or independent center for...
NRS 439B.721 - "Out-of-network provider" defined. - "Out-of-network provider" means, for a particular covered person, a provider...
NRS 439B.724 - "Provider contract" defined. - "Provider contract" means a contract between a third party and...
NRS 439B.727 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 439B.730 - "Prudent person" defined. - "Prudent person" means a person who: 1. Is not a...
NRS 439B.733 - "Screen" defined. - "Screen" means to conduct the medical screening examination required to...
NRS 439B.736 - "Third party" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2025.] "Third party" defined. [Effective January 1, 2026.] - 1. "Third party" includes, without limitation: (a) The issuer of...
NRS 439B.739 - "To stabilize" and "stabilized" defined. - "To stabilize" and "stabilized" have the meanings ascribed to them...
NRS 439B.742 - Inapplicability of provisions to certain hospitals, persons and health care services. - The provisions of NRS 439B.745 and 439B.748 do not apply...
NRS 439B.745 - Limitation on amount out-of-network provider may collect from covered person; duties of out-of-network emergency facility upon providing services. - 1. An out-of-network provider shall not collect from a covered...
NRS 439B.748 - Payment to out-of-network emergency facility by third party. - 1. If an out-of-network emergency facility had a provider contract...
NRS 439B.751 - Payment to out-of-network provider, other than emergency facility, by third party. - 1. If an out-of-network provider, other than an out-of-network emergency...
NRS 439B.754 - Determination of amount owed when no recent contract exists between out-of-network provider and third party; arbitration to resolve dispute; no interest pending resolution of dispute; confidentiality of arbitration. - 1. An out-of-network provider shall accept or reject an amount...
NRS 439B.757 - Election by certain entities and organizations not otherwise covered to submit to provisions; regulations. - Any entity or organization, not otherwise subject to the provisions...
NRS 439B.760 - Reports; confidentiality of information. - 1. On or before December 31 of each year, an...
NRS 439B.800 - Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - As used in NRS 439B.800 to 439B.875, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 439B.805 - "All-payer claims database" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "All-payer claims database" means the all-payer claims database established pursuant...
NRS 439B.810 - "Covered entity" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Covered entity" has the meaning ascribed to it in 45...
NRS 439B.815 - "Direct patient identifier" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Direct patient identifier" means data that directly identifies a patient,...
NRS 439B.820 - "Proprietary financial information" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Proprietary financial information" means data that discloses or allows the...
NRS 439B.825 - "Provider of health care" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 439B.830 - "Unique identifier" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - "Unique identifier" means an identifier that is guaranteed to be...
NRS 439B.835 - Establishment of database; duties of Department; advisory committees. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. The Department shall, to the extent that federal money...
NRS 439B.840 - Entities required and authorized to submit data to database; removal of direct patient identifiers and assignment of unique identifiers. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - If an all-payer claims database is established pursuant to NRS...
NRS 439B.845 - Confidentiality of data; compliance with certain federal law; use of data in enforcement proceedings. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS...
NRS 439B.850 - Data requests. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - To obtain data pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 439B.855...
NRS 439B.855 - Access to and use of data; prohibition on release of data to certain entities; duties of recipient of data; requirement to include certain information in report which contains or uses data. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - If the all-payer claims database is established pursuant to NRS...
NRS 439B.860 - Report concerning quality, efficiency and cost of health care based on data; publication of list of reports Department intends to publish in next calendar year. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. The Department shall, at least annually, publish a report...
NRS 439B.865 - Reports concerning cost, performance and effectiveness of database and information concerning grants. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - If the all-payer claims database is established pursuant to NRS...
NRS 439B.870 - Immunity from certain civil or criminal liability. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. No person or entity providing information to the Department,...
NRS 439B.875 - Regulations; administrative penalties; contracts and agreements; gifts, grants and donations; accounting and use of administrative penalties by Department. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - If the all-payer claims database is established pursuant to NRS...