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Nevada governor signs crime, gun, health, immigration laws

Health care was the focus of three measures Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak signed at the home of the powerful Culinary Union.

One aims to reduce prescription drug costs by replacing the state Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee with a Silver State Scripts Board to designate which prescription drugs are eligible for coverage under Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Plan.

Another shifts decision-making about adding trauma centers from local to state officials tasked with working with counties to decide where to put new trauma care facilities.

University Medical Center in Las Vegas is the only Level I trauma center in the state. Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno and Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center in Las Vegas are Level II centers. St. Rose Dominican Hospitals - Siena Campus in Henderson is a Level III center.

A third law requires medical students in clinical rotations in Nevada to be enrolled in good standing at an accredited medical school.

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