1. Assembly Bill No. 227–Committee on Government Affairs

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AN ACT relating to programs for public employees; revising the provisions governing the

securing of certain insurance and services for the officers and employees of a public

agency through a nonprofit cooperative association or nonprofit corporation; and

providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 287.025 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 287.025 The governing body of any county, school district, municipal
  1. corporation, political subdivision, public corporation or other public
  1. agency of the State of Nevada may, in addition to the other powers granted
  1. in NRS 287.010 and 287.020:
  1. 1. Negotiate and contract with any other such agency or with the
  1. committee on benefits for the state’s group insurance plan to secure group
  1. insurance for its officers and employees and their dependents by
  1. participation in any group insurance plan established or to be established or
  1. in the state’s group insurance plan; and
  1. 2. To secure group health or life insurance [or related medical
  1. services] for its officers and employees and their dependents, [excluding
  1. industrial insurance,] participate as a member of a nonprofit cooperative
  1. association or nonprofit corporation that has been established in this state
  1. [solely to purchase] to secure such insurance [or medical services] for its
  1. members from an insurer licensed pursuant to the provisions of Title 57 of
  1. NRS.

3. In addition to the provisions of subsection 2, participate as a

member of a nonprofit cooperative association or nonprofit corporation

that has been established in this state to:

(a) Facilitate contractual arrangements for the provision of medical

services to its members’ officers and employees and their dependents and

for related administrative services.

  1. (b) Procure health-related information and disseminate that
  1. information to its members’ officers and employees and their dependents.

Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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