Issues Watch & Health Policy

NCCC and its partners follow or bring to attention policy issues that will improve health care delivered to Chronic Care patients in Nevada through access, affordability, innovation, and prevention.

Nevada Legislation

2026 is an interim year for the Nevada Legislature. Which means they are out of session. However, there will be an Interim Session to prepare for the new legislative session in 2027. Here are the Interim Committees for the session: 

​Who’s Who in Interims?
The rosters are in for the Joint Interim Committees. Here are the lineups for two key policy committees for NCCC:
 
Commerce and Labor (C&L)
  • Chair – Assemblymember Elaine Marzola
  • Vice Chair – Senator Julie Pazina
  • Senator Edgar Flores
  • Senator John Steinbeck
  • Assemblymember Heidi Kasama
  • Assemblymember Brittney Miller
  • Assemblymember PK O’Neill
  • Assemblymember Erica Roth
(Alternate C&L: Senator John Ellison; Senator Roberta Lange; Assemblymember Max Carter II; Assemblymember Melissa Hardy; and Assemblymember Selena Torres-Fossett)
 
Health and Human Services (H&HS)
  • Chair – Assemblymember Tracy Brown-May
  • Vice Chair – Senator Fabian Donate
  • Senator Roberta Lange
  • Senator Robin Titus
  • Assemblymember Rebecca Edgeworth
  • Assemblymember Heather Goulding
  • Assemblymember Brian Hibbetts
  • Assemblymember Hanadi Nadeem​
(Alternate H&HS: Senator Angela Taylor; Senator John Steinbeck; Assemblymember Duy Nguyen; and Assemblymember David Orentlicher)
 
As of the publication date of this newsletter, no hearing dates have been set.

Federal Legislation

NCCC is a member of the Chronic Care Policy Alliance (CCPA), which is a state-by-state and national organization. CCPA keeps us in touch with what's going on in other states and in Congress. Here are some of the bills they suggest we watch in Congress.
  • SB 864 (Marshall) – HELP Copays Act
  • HR 946 (Joyce) – Orphan Cures Act
  • SB 339 (Crapo) / HR 842 (Ruiz) – MCED Act
  • SB 832 (Tillis) / HR 1492 (Murphy) – EPIC Act
  • HR 1520 (Cammack) — Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act
  • HR 3514 (Kelly) — Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
  • HR 4317 (Carter) — PBM Reform Act of 2025 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act of 2025
  • SB 2426 (Thune) — Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
  • H.R. 3826 (Schrier) / S.B. 1925 (Shaheen) — Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2025
  • SB 1140 (Cassidy) — Health ACCESS Act Health Accelerating Consumer’s Care by Expediting Self-Scheduling Act
  • H.R. 5256 (Carter) — 340B ACCESS Act 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net Act
  • SB 1973 (Cassidy) — Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025
  • SB 2761 (Tillis) / H.R. 5269 (Hudson) — Reforming and Enhancing Sustainable Updates to Laboratory Testing Services (RESULTS) Act.
  • HR 1244 (Davis) — Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act

Advocating

NVCC advocates for those with chronic conditions. We welcome other advocacy organization as members and actively search for patients to share their stories with us and legislators. You can advocate with us by:

1. Reading our bi-monthly newsletter. Join on the home page.

2. Attending out Biennial Legislative Policy Summit. DATE COMING FOR 2026!

3. Attend out Advocacy Day. Coming in 2027!

4. Send us a note if you are a patient willing to help advocate. Send us your contact information and story through out contact page.

5 Donate through the button on the home page to help us continue our mission.

Things to Know

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