Assembly Bill No. 139–Committee on Health and Human Services

(On Behalf of Legislative Committee on Health Care)

February 4, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

 

SUMMARY—Requires department of human resources to provide services pursuant to Medicaid program to certain persons with disabilities whose total household income is less than 250 percent of federally designated level signifying poverty. (BDR 38-1128)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to public welfare; requiring the department of human resources to provide services pursuant to the Medicaid program to certain persons with disabilities whose total household income is less than 250 percent of the federally designated level signifying poverty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. Chapter 422 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto

1-2 a new section to read as follows:

1-3 The director shall include in the state plan for Medicaid a provision

1-4 for making medical assistance available to any person with a disability:

1-5 1. Whose total income combined with any family member in his

1-6 household is less than 250 percent of the federally designated level

1-7 signifying poverty; and

1-8 2. Who meets all other requirements set forth in 42 U.S.C. §

1-9 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII).

1-10 Sec. 2. NRS 422.222 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-11 422.222 1. The administrator may adopt such regulations as are

1-12 necessary for the administration of NRS 422.070 to 422.410, inclusive ,

1-13 and section 1 of this act and any program of the welfare division.

2-1 2. A regulation adopted by the administrator becomes effective upon

2-2 adoption or such other date as the administrator specifies in the regulation.

2-3 Sec. 3. NRS 232.320 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-4 232.320 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the

2-5 director:

2-6 (a) Shall appoint, with the consent of the governor, chiefs of the

2-7 divisions of the department, who are respectively designated as follows:

2-8 (1) The administrator of the aging services division;

2-9 (2) The administrator of the health division;

2-10 (3) The state welfare administrator; and

2-11 (4) The administrator of the division of child and family services.

2-12 (b) Shall administer, through the divisions of the department, the

2-13 provisions of chapters 210, 423, 424, 425, 427A, 432A to 442, inclusive,

2-14 446, 447, 449 and 450 of NRS, NRS 127.220 to 127.310, inclusive,

2-15 422.070 to 422.410, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, 432.010 to

2-16 432.139, inclusive, 444.003 to 444.430, inclusive, and 445A.010 to

2-17 445A.050, inclusive, and all other provisions of law relating to the

2-18 functions of the divisions of the department, but is not responsible for the

2-19 clinical activities of the health division or the professional line activities of

2-20 the other divisions.

2-21 (c) Shall, after considering advice from agencies of local governments

2-22 and nonprofit organizations which provide social services, adopt a master

2-23 plan for the provision of human services in this state. The director shall

2-24 revise the plan biennially and deliver a copy of the plan to the governor

2-25 and the legislature at the beginning of each regular session. The plan must:

2-26 (1) Identify and assess the plans and programs of the department for

2-27 the provision of human services, and any duplication of those services by

2-28 federal, state and local agencies;

2-29 (2) Set forth priorities for the provision of those services;

2-30 (3) Provide for communication and the coordination of those services

2-31 among nonprofit organizations, agencies of local government, the state and

2-32 the Federal Government;

2-33 (4) Identify the sources of funding for services provided by the

2-34 department and the allocation of that funding;

2-35 (5) Set forth sufficient information to assist the department in

2-36 providing those services and in the planning and budgeting for the future

2-37 provision of those services; and

2-38 (6) Contain any other information necessary for the department to

2-39 communicate effectively with the Federal Government concerning

2-40 demographic trends, formulas for the distribution of federal money and

2-41 any need for the modification of programs administered by the department.

3-1 (d) May, by regulation, require nonprofit organizations and state and

3-2 local governmental agencies to provide information to him regarding the

3-3 programs of those organizations and agencies, excluding detailed

3-4 information relating to their budgets and payrolls, which he deems

3-5 necessary for his performance of the duties imposed upon him pursuant to

3-6 this section.

3-7 (e) Has such other powers and duties as are provided by law.

3-8 2. The governor shall appoint the administrator of the mental hygiene

3-9 and mental retardation division.

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