1. 1. A health care licensing board shall adopt regulations that establish a process for prioritizing the review of an application for initial licensure as a provider of health care under the jurisdiction of the health care licensing board if the applicant demonstrates that he or she will provide health care primarily in a historically underserved community. Such regulations:

   1. (a) Must authorize an applicant to demonstrate that he or she will provide health care primarily in a historically underserved community by submitting a letter from an employer that is located in a historically underserved community which states:

      1. (1) That the applicant has accepted an offer of employment from the employer; and
      2. (2) The date on which the applicant intends to commence such employment; and
   2. (b) May prescribe additional ways in which an applicant may demonstrate that he or she will provide health care primarily in a historically underserved community.

2. 2. As used in this section:

   1. (a) “Health care licensing board” means:

      1. (1) A board created by chapter 630, 631, 632 or 633 of NRS.
      2. (2) The State Board of Health with respect to chapters 634B, 640D, 640E, 652 and 653 of NRS.

   2. (b) “Historically underserved community” means:

      1. (1) A census tract:

         1. (I) Designated as a qualified census tract by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 42(d)(5)(B)(ii); or
         2. (II) In which, in the immediately preceding census, at least 20 percent of households were not proficient in the English language;

      2. (2) A public school in this State:

         1. (I) In which 75 percent or more of the enrolled pupils in the school are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1751 et seq.; or
         2. (II) That participates in universal meal service in high poverty areas pursuant to Section 104 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Public Law 111-296; or
      3. (3) Qualified tribal land, as defined in NRS 370.0325.
   3. (c) “Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031.

(Added to NRS by 2025, 3148)