The Joint Subcommittee on Human Services presented a detailed closing report and the full committee voted to adopt that report, resulting in several targeted changes to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health budget for the 2025–27 biennium.

Key committee actions
- Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services: The subcommittee approved funding of $17.6 million in general fund over the biennium to support 21 additional forensic beds (including 53 new FTEs in construction/renovation of the forensic building) and approved a modified funding level to continue use of skilled nursing facility placements ($1.0 million ARPA in FY26 and $500,000 ARPA in FY27; general fund continuation in FY27 reduced to $500,000). The subcommittee also approved funding for two psychiatric casework positions and eliminated four existing FTEs as part of a realignment.
- Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services: The subcommittee approved 9 new positions funded by adjusted caseload projections and reduced general fund appropriations to eliminate five difficult‑to‑fill vacant positions.
- Behavioral Health Prevention and Treatment: The subcommittee transferred three positions from the division’s Office of Suicide Prevention to the crisis response account and declined the governor’s request for 17 new positions; instead, it placed federal grant authority in special use categories to support subawards to local governments and community providers.
- Epidemiology and infectious disease funding: The subcommittee removed $22.7 million per year in COVID‑related federal grant awards that are ending, and approved ARPA use of $4.0 million in FY26 for pipeline and infectious disease projects as projected by the agency.
- Public health districts: The subcommittee approved $7.5 million in general fund each year (FY26 and FY27) for public health districts and created separate expenditure categories for each district to improve transparency. It also approved ARPA authority ($6.9 million in FY26 and $3.5 million in FY27) to support district work and required an annual report to the IFC with specific SB118 reporting elements.

Why it matters: The package adjusts resources for mental‑health bed capacity, public‑health workforce and pandemic‑era funding changes. The subcommittee’s actions aim to sustain essential services while aligning ARPA and federal funding changes with ongoing needs.

Next steps: The committees authorized fiscal staff to implement technical adjustments and to incorporate pending legislation impacts; agencies will implement transfers and report per the letter of intent where required.