Amendment No. 125

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 265 (BDR 40-1088)

Proposed by: Committee on Health and Human Services

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

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Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 41 and the text of the repealed sections and adding new sections designated sections 1 through 4, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

"Section 1. Chapter 449 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

"Facility for medically monitored detoxification" means a facility that provides 24-hour medical monitoring of treatment and detoxification in a manner which does not require that the service be provided in a licensed hospital.

Sec. 2. NRS 449.001 is hereby amended to read as follows:

449.001 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 449.0015 to 449.019, inclusive, and section 1 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

Sec. 3. NRS 449.0151 is hereby amended to read as follows:

449.0151 "Medical facility" includes:

1. A surgical center for ambulatory patients;

2. An obstetric center;

3. An independent center for emergency medical care;

4. An agency to provide nursing in the home;

5. A facility for intermediate care;

6. A facility for skilled nursing;

7. A freestanding facility for hospice care;

8. A hospital;

9. A psychiatric hospital;

10. A facility for the treatment of irreversible renal disease;

11. A rural clinic; [and]

12. A nursing pool [.] ; and

13. A facility for medically monitored detoxification.

Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on January 1, 2000.".

Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

"AN ACT relating to medical facilities; creating a new category of medical facility for medically monitored detoxification; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".

Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

"SUMMARY—Creates new category of medical facility for medically monitored detoxification. (BDR 40-1088)".