Existing law requires the Department of Health and Human Services to administer the Medicaid program. (NRS 422.270) This bill requires the Director of the Department to submit to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services a request to amend Medicaid to provide rates of reimbursement for a vagus nerve stimulation therapy device or any replacement parts for such a device that are greater than or equal to 82 percent of the cost of such a device or replacement parts, as applicable. This bill also clarifies that such reimbursement must be separate from and in addition to the rates of reimbursement for medical care necessary for the implantation of such a device or the replacement of a part for the device.