SB165
AN ACT relating to behavioral health; providing for the licensure and regulation of behavioral health and wellness practitioners; requiring the establishment of a Behavioral Health and Wellness Practitioner Advisory Group; authorizing the Board of Psychological Examiners to investigate and impose discipline on a behavioral health and wellness practitioner; prohibiting the unlicensed practice of behavioral health promotion and prevention; establishing a privilege for certain confidential communications between a patient and a behavioral health and wellness practitioner under certain circumstances; requiring Medicaid to cover behavioral health promotion and prevention services provided by a behavioral health and wellness practitioner; providing penalties; requiring certain allocations and transfers of money and authorizing certain expenditures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to behavioral health; providing for the licensure and regulation of behavioral health and wellness practitioners; requiring the establishment of a Behavioral Health and Wellness Practitioner Advisory Group; authorizing the Board of Psychological Examiners to investigate and impose discipline on a behavioral health and wellness practitioner; prohibiting the unlicensed practice of behavioral health promotion and prevention; establishing a privilege for certain confidential communications between a patient and a behavioral health and wellness practitioner under certain circumstances; requiring Medicaid to cover behavioral health promotion and prevention services provided by a behavioral health and wellness practitioner; providing penalties; requiring certain allocations and transfers of money and authorizing certain expenditures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Monday, February 3, 2025
Primary Sponsor
View 1 Primary Sponsors Close Primary Sponsors Senator Roche
Public exhibits
9
Support 3 · Opp 0 · Neutral 5
Auditor findings
0
recusal 0 · QPQ 0
AN ACT relating to behavioral health; providing for the licensure and regulation of behavioral health and wellness pract
Existing law provides for the licensure of psychologists by the Board of Psychological Examiners. (NRS 641.160, 641.170, 641.196) The Board also registers psychological assistants, psychological interns and psychological trainees. (NRS 641.226) Section 10 of this bill defines “behavioral health and wellness practitioner” to mean a person who is licensed to practice behavioral health promotion and prevention. Section 11 of this bill defines “behavioral health promotion and prevention” to mean the supervised clinical use of prevention and intervention strategies relating to mental and behavioral health. Section 20 of this bill applies those definitions to the provisions of existing law governing licensure by the Board. Sections 13-19 and 21-49 of this bill provide for the licensure and regulation of behavioral health and wellness practitioners by the Board. Section 13: (1) requires the Board to adopt certain regulations governing behavioral health and wellness practitioners; and (2) authorizes the Board to accept gifts, grants, donations and other funds to assist in carrying out the provisions relating to behavioral health and wellness practitioners. Section 28 authorizes the Board to adopt additional regulations governing the practice of behavioral health promotion and prevention. Section 14 requires the Board to establish a Behavioral Health and Wellness Practitioner Advisory Group to provide the Board with expertise and assistance relating to the regulation of behavioral hea
NELIS exhibits (9 on file)
Support (3)
- Chelsea Bishop RN CHES — ACT4Kids Nevada (Testimony)
- Rebeka Acosta — A+J Patient Advocacy (Letter)
- S. Kathleen Krach — Ph.D. NCSP (Letter)
Neutral (5)
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- Adam Plain — NV State Division of Insurance (Testimony)
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