Amendment No. 1231

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 370 Second Reprint (BDR 38-1496)

Proposed by: Committee on Finance

Amendment Box: Resolves conflict with A.B. No. 429. Makes substantive changes.

Resolves Conflicts with: AB429

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 section 1, pages 1 and 2, by deleting lines 3 through 12 on page 1 and lines 1 through 3 on page 2 and inserting:

"1. The director shall include in the state plan for Medicaid a requirement that any senior citizen who purchases and receives benefits for at least 3 years pursuant to a policy of health insurance for long-term care that is approved by the director and whose annual household income is less than $200,000 is eligible for Medicaid for long-term care.".

Amend section 1, page 2 by deleting line 7.

Amend section 1, page 2, line 8, by deleting "(c)" and inserting "(b)".

Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 12, by deleting "administrator" and inserting "director".

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 3 through 34, renumbering sec. 35 as sec. 4. and adding a new section designated sec. 3, following sec. 2, to read as follows:

"Sec. 3. Section 89 of chapter 550, Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page 2664, as last amended by section 74 of Senate Bill No. 453 of this session is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 89. 1. This section and sections 2 to [14.1,] 13, inclusive, 14.1, 14.3 to 29, inclusive, 32 [to 43, inclusive,] 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, [49] 51 to 54, inclusive, 56, 57, 59, 63, [64, 67 to 71, inclusive, and] 67, 68, 70, 71, 74 to 80.4, inclusive, 80.7 and 81 to 88, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 1997.

2. Sections 1, [30, 30.5,] 14, 33, 36, 40, 44, 46, [48, 54.5,] 49, 50, 58, 60, [61,] 62, 64, 65, 66, 69, [72 and] 73 , 80.5 and 80.6 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 1997.

3. Sections [31 and 55] 30, 30.5, 48, 54.5, 61 and 72 of this act become effective at 12:02 a.m. on July 1, 1997.

4. Sections 31 and 55 of this act become effective at 12:03 a.m. on July 1, 1997.

5. Section 14.2 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 1998.

[5.] 6. Sections 1 to 14.4, inclusive, 15 to 30, inclusive, 31 to 54, inclusive, 55 to 80.3, inclusive, 80.5, 80.7 and 84 of this act, and subsection 1 of section 81 of this act, expires by limitation on June 30, 1999.".

Amend the title of the bill by deleting the third through ninth lines and inserting:

"term care; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".

Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

"SUMMARY—Provides that senior citizens are eligible for Medicaid upon purchasing and receiving benefits from certain policies of insurance for long-term care. (BDR 38-1496)".