Amendment No. 295

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 225 (BDR 57-160)

Proposed by: Committee on Commerce and Labor

Amendment Box: Replaces Amendment No. 151.

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend sec. 3, page 2, line 2, by deleting "24 " and inserting "25".

Amend sec. 6, page 2, line 28, by deleting "24 " and inserting "25".

Amend sec. 9, page 4, line 9, after "An" by inserting "individual, an".

Amend sec. 9, page 4, line 15, after "a" by inserting "suspected ".

Amend sec. 11, page 4, line 36, by deleting "24 " and inserting "25".

Amend sec. 13, page 5, by deleting line 33 and inserting:

"statement conceals or omits facts, or contains false or misleading information".

Amend sec. 13, page 5, by deleting line 40 and inserting:

"conceals or omits facts, or contains false or misleading information concerning any".

Amend sec. 13, page 6, lines 4 and 5, by deleting:

"contains false, incomplete" and inserting:

"conceals or omits facts, or contains false".

Amend sec. 18, page 8, line 3, by deleting "24 " and inserting "25".

Amend sec. 24, page 11, by deleting lines 6 and 7 and inserting:

"Sec. 24. Chapter 228 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 25 and 26 of this act.".

Amend sec. 24, page 11, by deleting line 8 and inserting:

"Sec. 25. 1. The attorney general has primary jurisdiction to conduct criminal ".

Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 25 and 26 as sections 27 and 28 and adding a new section designated sec. 26, following sec. 24, to read as follows:

"Sec. 26. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the attorney general may temporarily reassign any personnel, or reallocate any other resource, among:

(a) The bureau of consumer protection established pursuant to NRS 228.310;

(b) The Medicaid fraud control unit established pursuant to NRS 228.410;

(c) The fraud control unit for industrial insurance established pursuant to NRS 228.420;

(d) The fraud control unit for insurance established pursuant to section 25 of this act; and

(e) The program to coordinate activities and information in this state concerning missing or exploited children established pursuant to NRS 432.170.

2. The attorney general shall not reassign any personnel or reallocate any other resource pursuant to this section if the reassignment or reallocation:

(a) Violates any provision of federal law or any agreement between the Federal Government, or any agency thereof, and this state or any agency or political subdivision thereof; or

(b) Would result in the loss of federal money or any other benefit provided by the Federal Government or any agency thereof.".

Amend sec. 25, page 13, line 35, by deleting "24 " and inserting "25".

Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

"AN ACT relating to insurance; making various changes to the provisions governing the investigation and prosecution of insurance fraud by the commissioner of insurance and the attorney general; providing that an insurer and certain other organizations shall be deemed to be victims in cases involving insurance fraud for purposes of restitution; requiring the establishment of a fraud control unit for insurance within the office of the attorney general; defining the duties of the fraud control unit; authorizing the fraud control unit to issue subpoenas to obtain documents relating to an investigation of insurance fraud; authorizing the attorney general to reassign personnel and reallocate other resources temporarily among various entities within his office; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".