[Rev. 4/15/2026 5:00:26 PM--2025]

HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES; MEDICAL PILOT PROGRAMS

BRAIN RESEARCH PILOT PROGRAM ACT

Chapter 468, Statutes of Nevada 2025

AN ACT relating to mental health; establishing certain notification and reporting requirements concerning pilot programs that research transcranial magnetic stimulation or electromagnetic brain pulse treatment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved: June 10, 2025]

(Leadlines for sections have been supplied by the Legislative Counsel of the State of Nevada)

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1.  Submission of notifications and reports to Director of Legislative Counsel Bureau. [Effective through September 30, 2027.]

      1.  In addition to complying with any other applicable state or federal requirements, and except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a practitioner or entity who implements a pilot program in this State shall submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau:

      (a) Before any research is conducted under the pilot program, a notification that contains:

             (1) The name of the practitioner or entity conducting the research under the pilot program;

             (2) A description of the purpose, scope and objectives of the research to be conducted under the pilot program, which must include, without limitation, an identification of whether transcranial magnetic stimulation or electromagnetic brain pulse treatment, or both, will be used in the pilot program;

             (3) The number of research subjects anticipated to be involved in the pilot program and a general description of the characteristics of each research subject;

             (4) Any location at which the research will be conducted under the pilot program; and

             (5) An identification of any licenses, registrations and other approvals that are necessary to conduct the research under the pilot program and proof that the practitioner or entity has obtained all such licenses, registrations and approvals;

      (b) At least once each calendar quarter while research is being conducted under the pilot program, a report concerning the research, which must include, without limitation:

             (1) The number of research subjects participating in the pilot program in the immediately preceding calendar quarter;

             (2) Aggregated demographic information concerning the research subjects;

             (3) Baseline health and mental health assessments of the research subjects;

             (4) Outcomes of treatment, including, without limitation, longitudinal data after the conclusion of treatments; and

             (5) Data relating to any monitoring that is performed for ethical or safety purposes; and

      (c) After the pilot program has concluded, a report on the results of the research conducted under the pilot program and any corresponding recommendations relating to the research.

      2.  If multiple practitioners or entities conduct research under the same pilot program, the practitioners or entities may submit a single report pursuant to subsection 1 concerning the pilot program.

      3.  A notification or report submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must not contain any information that would lead to the identification of any research subject participating in the pilot program.

      4.  A practitioner or entity shall not implement a pilot program unless the practitioner or entity complies with the provisions of this section.

      5.  Nothing in the provisions of this section:

      (a) Requires the Legislative Counsel Bureau to evaluate, review or take any action other than receiving the notifications and reports pursuant to this section.

      (b) Prohibits a practitioner or entity from collaborating with an institution of higher education in this State to provide support concerning the pilot program, including, without limitation, training, data collection or ethical review.

      (c) Prohibits a practitioner or entity or the collaborator of a practitioner or entity, including, without limitation, an institution of higher education in this State with whom the practitioner or entity is collaborating, from accepting gifts, grants, donations and other resources of money to support the pilot program.

      6.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Electromagnetic brain pulse treatment” means a noninvasive and non-pharmaceutical treatment that uses electroencephalography and transcranial magnetic stimulation to identify abnormal patterns in brainwaves and provide therapeutic electromagnetic stimulation to normalize brain activity.

      (b) “Pilot program” means a research project that involves the provision of transcranial magnetic stimulation or electromagnetic brain pulse treatment, or both, to subjects in this State.

      (c) “Transcranial magnetic stimulation” means a noninvasive procedure that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate specific areas of the brain to alter brain activity.

      (Ch. 468, Stats. 2025 p. 3075)