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AB 586

Makes supplemental appropriations to the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services for an unanticipated shortfall related to costs associated with certain provider payments. (BDR S-1173)

2025 Regular Session

One-time General Fund boost to ADSD to cover provider payment shortfalls for developmental and personal care services, totaling $16,151,987, ensuring continued payments.

Chapter 303.
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Bill Summary · AB 586

AB 586 — Supplemental Appropriations for Aging & Disability Services Division (2025, Chapter 303)

Purpose / Intent

AB 586 provides one-time, supplemental General Fund appropriations to the Aging and Disability Services Division (ADSD) of the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to cover unanticipated shortfalls tied to provider payments for developmental and personal care services. The bill supplements prior appropriations made in chapter 209, Statutes of Nevada 2023 (section 17, p. 1239).

Key provisions

  • Appropriates the following amounts from the State General Fund to the ADSD (supplemental to the 2023 appropriation cited above):
    • $3,930,266 — Rural Regional Center budget account (developmental services provider payments)
    • $189,623 — Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) budget account (personal care services provider payments)
    • $4,257,914 — Desert Regional Center budget account (developmental services provider payments)
    • $7,774,184 — Sierra Regional Center budget account (developmental services provider payments)
  • Total supplemental appropriation: $16,151,987.
  • Specifies the act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

Who is affected

  • Primary state agency: Aging and Disability Services Division, DHHS — will receive and administer the funds.
  • Regional centers (Rural, Desert, Sierra) and HCBS program administrators — funding relieves budget shortfalls for provider payments.
  • Service providers delivering developmental services and personal care services — intended to ensure continued payment for services rendered.
  • Beneficiaries (persons receiving developmental services and in-home personal care) — indirect benefit through maintained provider payment capacity and continuity of care.

Fiscal and procedural notes

  • Funding source: State General Fund.
  • Fiscal statement in bill materials: “Effect on Local Government: No.”
  • The appropriation is supplemental to prior statutory appropriations (chapter 209, Statutes of Nevada 2023).
  • Legislative timeline highlights:
    • Introduced / first printed: Feb–May 2025 (committee references)
    • Enrolled and delivered to Governor: May 29, 2025
    • Approved by Governor: June 5, 2025
    • Chaptered as law (Chapter 303): June 6, 2025
  • Effective date: upon passage and approval.

This bill is narrow and administrative in scope: it does not create new programs or policy changes, but provides additional one-time funding to cover identified provider payment shortfalls for specified ADSD budget accounts.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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