The next meeting of the Board of Pharmacy will be in Las Vegas on December 6 and 7.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

The Legislative Commission appointed Interim Committee positions. Senator Fabian Donate (D), the co-Majority Whip as the Chair the Interim Committee on Health and Human Services, and Assemblyman David Orentlicher (D) to serve as Vice-Chair.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

The Board of Pharmacy met in Las Vegas on September 6 and 7. Use this link to access the agenda, minutes, and meeting materials. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

The Board of Pharmacy is meeting in Las Vegas on September 6 and 7. Use this link to access the agenda, minutes, and meeting materials.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

The Board of Pharmacy’s agenda for the September 6-7 meeting should be posted here soon. On September 7, there will be a public hearing on a proposed rule requiring a facility for treatment with narcotics to obtain a license and pay a fee to administer opioid agonist treatment medication. It also requires a dispensing practitioner at such a facility to obtain informed consent before reporting certain information.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

The legislature adjourned its biennial session on June 5. Prior to adjournment, both chambers passed AB 107, out of state licensing issue chain pharmacies supported that the Governor signed into law, effective October 1, 2023. Both chambers also passed and sent to the Governor SB 57 giving the Insurance Commissioner oversight of PBMs by requiring them to register.

Also in Nevada, Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) immediately called a special session for June 6. Shortly thereafter, the Governor convened a second special session solely focused on financing a new major league baseball stadium in Las Vegas.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

The Retail Association of Nevada, NACDS and the Nevada Pharmacy Alliance sponsored the Pharmacy Day at the Capitol on May 1. More than 50 pharmacists and pharmacy students met at the Capitol to advocate for patient care and the profession. Pharmacist State Senator Jeff Stone (R), the sponsor of SB 201, legislation that clarifies pharmacists can order CLIA tests and serve as lab director, as well as providing payment parity for Medicaid services provided by pharmacist, joined the group that evening at The Brewery in Carson City.

Also in Nevada, SB 57, legislation which will require PBMs to register the Division of Insurance and Department of Business and Industry passed the Senate and is pending in the Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor.  

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

SB 57, legislation that includes PBMs in the definition of administrators and creating licensing requirements, passed the Senate on April 25 was heard in the Assembly Commerce and Labor Committee on May 3.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

PBM reform bill, AB 440, was heard in the Assembly Commerce and Labor Committee on March 31. The Retail Association of Nevada offered several amendments defining specialty drugs, patient steering, patient choice, adequate networks, any willing provider, spread pricing, as well as prohibiting retroactive fees and setting a rate floor. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.