Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH)

Safe Sleep and Diapering Resources Committee Request for Applications

Maternal and Child Health Mapping Tool

This interactive online tool allows users to create and customize county-level maps on maternal and infant health, and explore the geographic relationships between maternal and infant health indicators, health resources, and demographics. Click here for more information.

Maternal Mental Health Hotline

The Maternal Mental Health hotline is a safe space to get help with maternal depression and other mental health needs. It is accessible by phone or text in English and Spanish, at 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262). Click here for more information.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Resources

Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, can be dangerous for some infants and young children. For more information on RSV symptoms, prevention, and prevalence, please view the following resources:

Technical Bulletin: Recommendations for Adenovirus Testing and Reporting of Children with Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Origin

Read full technical bulletin here
Read May 11th CDC Health Alert Network Update here

CDC is requesting notification from clinicians or state public health authorities about children less than 10 years of age with elevated aspartate aminotransferase (ALT) (greater than 500 U/L) who have an unknown etiology for their hepatitis (with or without any adenovirus testing results, independent of the results) since Oct. 1, 2021.

Please notify your local public health agency and email CDC at: ncirddvdgast@cdc.gov to notify of any cases meeting the above criteria or with any related questions. Please include dpbhepi@health.nv.gov in your communication with CDC.

Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH): (775) 684-5911 (M-F) 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; (775) 400-0333 (after hours); dpbhepi@health.nv.gov
Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD): (702) 7591300 (24 hours)
Washoe County Health District (WCHD): (775) 328-2447 (24 hours), epicenter@washoecounty.gov
Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHS) for Carson City, Douglas, Lyon counties: (775) 887-2190 (24 hours)

Technical Bulletin: FDA Recall on Powdered Infant Formula and Multistate Investigation of Cronobacter sakazakii

Read full technical bulletin here

MCAH Regulation Development Processes

Proposed Regulation Changes to NAC 442 (Due to EO 2023-003)

Notice of Public Hearing (Dec. 6, 2024)
Notice of Public Workshop Due to EO 2023-003 | Scheduled for:04/21/2023
Proposed Regulation Changes to NAC 442
Small Business Impact Statement- Proposed Regulation Changes to NAC 442

Diapering Resources Account Grants (R086-20)

Screening of Infants for Preventable Disorders (R088-20)

Public Hearing

- Notice of Public Hearing (March 4, 2022)
- Draft Regulations

Public Workshop

- Notice of Public Workshop (Jan. 11, 2022)
- Small-Business Impact Statement

Small-Business Impact

- Small-Business Impact Questionnaire
- Draft Regulations

Reproductive Engagement Community Action Plan

The "Reproductive Engagement Community Action Plan" report linked here outlines the work of the Reproductive Engagement Stakeholder group on behalf of the Director’s Office of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Medicaid Coverage for Non-Citizen Children

Senate Bill 325 of the 79th session of the Nevada Legislature authorizes Nevada Medicaid and Nevada Check Up to provide health coverage to children under 19 years of age lawfully residing in the Unites States. Click here to learn more.

Assembly Bill 472

Nevada Surrogacy Insurance Coverage Bill

Under this law passed in the 80th session of the Nevada Legislature, an insurer is prohibited from denying certain coverage for maternity care because the insured person acts as a gestational carrier; a child carried by a gestational carrier is deemed to be the child of the intended parent for certian purposes; and providing other related matters.

Click here for an update on the updated law

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