Senate Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 533 First Reprint (BDR 40-1549)
Proposed by: Committee on Human Resources and Facilities
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Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering section 1 as sec. 2 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:
"Section 1. Chapter 450 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 6, inclusive, of this act.".
Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 1 through 3 and inserting:
"Sec. 2.
1. A board of county commissioners may create a hospital district in".Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting line 12 and inserting:
"
(e) May borrow money and incur or assume indebtedness pursuant to NRS 450.665.".Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 2 and 3 as sections 7 and 8 and adding new sections designated sections 3 through 6, following section 1, to read as follows:
"Sec. 3.
The board of trustees may contract with a public agency or a privately owned hospital to provide the services of a hospital to the residents of the hospital district if it determines that:1. There is a need to provide medical services to the residents of the district which are not being provided by the district; or
2. It is less costly or more efficient to provide the services of a hospital to the residents of the district by contracting with a public agency or a privately owned hospital.
Sec. 4.
1. The board of trustees may contract with a company which manages hospitals for the rendering of management services in a district hospital.2. The agreement may provide:
(a) That the chief executive officer of the hospital must be an employee of the company which manages the hospital; and
(b) That the hospital may, in accordance with the requirements of section 6 of this act, purchase supplies, materials and equipment through the purchasing contracts of the company which manages the hospital, or through a purchasing group, without complying with the requirements for competitive bidding set forth in chapter 332 of NRS.
Sec. 5.
1. A district hospital may, with the approval of the board of trustees, become a member of a purchasing group for the purpose of purchasing supplies, materials and equipment used by the district hospital.2. A district hospital that becomes a member of a purchasing group may, in accordance with the requirements of section 6 of this act, purchase supplies, materials and equipment through the purchasing group without complying with the requirements for competitive bidding set forth in chapter 332 of NRS.
Sec. 6.
A district hospital that is authorized pursuant to section 4 or 5 of this act to purchase supplies, materials and equipment in accordance with this section through the purchasing contracts of the company that manages the hospital or through a purchasing group may purchase the supplies, materials and equipment without complying with the requirements for competitive bidding set forth in chapter 332 of NRS if:1. The documents pertaining to the proposed purchase, including, without limitation, the prices available to the company or purchasing group, are summarized in writing and, together with a sworn statement by an officer or agent of the company or purchasing group that the prices were obtained by the company or purchasing group through a process of competitive bidding, are presented to the board of trustees at its next regularly scheduled meeting; and
2. The board of trustees, after reviewing the summary and statement, finds that the proposed purchase will be made at a lower price than the lowest price reasonably obtainable by the hospital through competitive bidding pursuant to chapter 332 of NRS or available to the hospital pursuant to NRS 333.470 and approves the proposed purchase.
".Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 8, by deleting "
section 1" and inserting:"
sections 2 to 6, inclusive,".Amend sec. 3, page 2, line 40, by deleting "
1" and inserting "2".Amend the title of the bill, third line, after "circumstances;" by inserting:
"authorizing district hospitals to join purchasing groups to purchase supplies, materials and equipment used by the hospital; authorizing district hospitals under certain circumstances to purchase supplies, material and equipment without complying with the Local Government Purchasing Act;".
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:
"SUMMARY—Makes various changes to provisions governing county hospital districts. (BDR 40-1549)".