At the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Thursday, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo introduced his fourth bill in 83rd Nevada Legislative Session.

This one is centered around health care.

"Adequate health care remains a pressing challenge for many Nevadans, no secret, right now Nevadans seeking medical care face long wait times and have trouble accessing specialists," Governor Lombardo said during the press conference.

"Nevada ranks in the bottom in just about every health score nationally. We must do better," said Stacie Weeks, Administrator, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, who joined the Governor during the presser.

Lombardo is calling the bill the Nevada Health Care Access Act.

In the legislature it's labeled as Senate Bill 495.

The 100-page bill is proposing a lot.

It's trying to create the Nevada Health Authority and the Governor says he wants Weeks to lead it.

On top of that, if the bill is passed it would also establish the Nevada Health Care Workforce and Access Fund that the new authority would manage.

Which the fund is looking to create $25 million to try and address health care job shortages.

One of the key reasons why they believe Nevada is dealing with the shortage is the fact that most graduates continue their residency and education in other states.

"The bill along with my budget increases funding for graduate medical education residency programs," Lombardo said.

Another way they're trying to close the gap is by streamlining the state licensing and credential process.

The bill is also looking to remove delays with pre-authorization forms for insurance claims.

"The hope of these reforms is to reduce the administrative burden to care and enable health care providers, our physicians to focus on the care and less on paper work in administrative delays," Weeks said. "For patients this will mean less time navigating unpaid medical bills and insurance hurdles and more time focusing on their health family and recovery."

It's also looking to help more with the dental field.

"The bill will also increases access to dental care by expanding training programs for dental hygienists and assistants for under served areas," the Governor said.

Along with mental health.

"The legislation creates the brand new Office of Mental Health which would oversee mental health services across Nevada," Lombardo said.

In regard to potential Medicaid cuts, Weeks says they are looking into how it could affect this bill.

"There are some program requirements or eligibility around work requirements so we're looking at how that would affect the program," she said. "Overall, it's not as big in terms of cuts that we expected for the state so, that's the good news."

The Governor's bills have no had much movement so far this session.

Out of the four priority bills, only the housing one has had a proper hearing.

However, Lombardo says he's been in conversations with leadership and does expect things to move along here soon.