The Nevada Board of Examiners signed off on the payment Tuesday after a Washoe County judge in April held the state in contempt for failing to provide timely treatment to criminal defendants deemed mentally unfit to stand trial.

Hygienists are concerned about an expedited licensing path, and lawmakers also questioned a plan to speed up insurance approvals for certain trusted providers.

The governor’s bill, set to be introduced less than a month before the end of session, also bans noncompete clauses for health care providers.

The bill would place Nevada among the 26 states, including Kentucky and New Mexico, that have already set limits on the price of insulin for private payers.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto wrote that the grant terminations could have a devastating effect on communities across the state.

Landmark research on the effects of abortion access — a massive 10-year study that tracked thousands of people who had an abortion or were denied one — was canceled by the Trump administration.

In Nevada, Storey, Lyon and Pershing counties are among those with a dire shortage of dentists and largely unfluoridated drinking water, a KFF Health News analysis shows.

Over the next two years, Nevada Medicaid expects there to be a 15 percent reduction in Medicaid caseloads from mixed-status families because of “increased federal scrutiny.” Lawfully present immigrants — including asylum seekers and green card holders — have been allowed to enroll in Medicaid since the ‘90s.

The decision — one of the first to explicitly address abortion-related travel — marks a significant victory for abortion providers and supporters.

The wide-ranging conversation touched on the bureaucracy of the health care system, the causes of high health care costs, the state’s provider shortage and possible Medicaid cuts at the federal level.

The full effects of the move were not immediately clear, but a top state health official said it will have “substantial impacts.”

“Operation Stork Speed” makes several commitments, including to review the nutrients in baby formula and to increase ingredient testing for heavy metals and other contaminants.

After last session’s version was vetoed, proponents say they removed broad language, making it similar to the reproductive rights shield law Lombardo signed.

Nevada has long ranked near the bottom in nationwide mental health care. But the handful of mental health groups that do exist are facing an unprecedented sense of uncertainty ever since President Donald Trump took office and set off to reduce the size of government. 

Experts warn that some $10 million in opioid settlement funding could be going to programs that are not directly addressing the epidemic. Lombardo disputes it.

As new providers surge in Southern Nevada, Assm. Rebecca Edgeworth wants to “raise the bar” for those providing hospice care.

It’s Lombardo’s strongest stance yet against his party’s plans, which have already drawn the ire of Democrats in a state that has expanded Medicaid eligibility.

One analysis shows if the federal match for the expansion is stripped and the state can’t meet the gap, more than 300,000 people could be booted from Medicaid.

A Nevada dairy was the first place a second strain of bird flu was discovered. How is it different from the first variant and are milk and eggs safe to consume?

A new tribal sponsorship program rolled out last year in Nevada is aimed at getting tribal citizens covered and protecting them from incurring debt for uninsured care.