Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 265 (BDR 40-1088)
Proposed by: Committee on Health and Human Services
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Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 41 and the text of the repealed sections and adding new sections designated sections 1 through 4, following the enacting clause, to read as follows: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:
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;
12. A nursing pool
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)".