Clarification on Provisions for Employee Assistance Program

STEVE SISOLAK Governor STATE OF NEVADA TERRY REYNOLDS Director BARBARA D. RICHARDSON Commissioner DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DIVISION OF INSURANCE 1818 East College Pkwy., Suite 103 Carson City, Nevada 89706 (775) 687-0700 ⚫ Fax (775) 687-0787 Website: doi.nv.gov E-mail: insinfo@doi.nv.gov Bulletin 20-003 July 27, 2020 Clarification on Provisions for Employee Assistance Programs The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted the demand for counseling, mental health support, and other services offered through employee assistance programs (“EAPs”). Nevada regulations provide a limited health service exemption to EAPs if no individual employee or member of an employee’s family consults with a representative, through the EAP, more than six occasions within any period of 6 months “or as otherwise approved by the Commissioner due to a state of emergency or declaration of disaster as proclaimed by the Governor . . . .” NAC 695F.500.4. Governor Sisolak issued a Declaration of Emergency for COVID-19 on March 12, 2020. Given the Declaration of Emergency and the increase in the need for services caused either directly or indirectly by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commissioner of Insurance hereby waives the limitation on the number of occasions within a six-month period currently in place under NRS 695F.500 subsection 4. This waiver will remain in place until the Declaration of Emergency is lifted. Barbara D. Richardson Commissioner of Insurance