Senate Bill No. 73–Committee on Finance

February 1, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

 

SUMMARY—Allows second evaluation requested by client admitted to mental health facility to be conducted by physician. (BDR 39-21)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to mental health; allowing a second evaluation requested by a client who is admitted to a mental health facility to be conducted by a physician; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. NRS 433.472 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 433.472 1. Each client admitted for evaluation, treatment or training

1-3 to a facility has the following rights concerning involuntary commitment to

1-4 the facility, a list of which must be prominently posted in all facilities

1-5 providing those services and must be otherwise brought to the attention of

1-6 the client by such additional means as prescribed by regulation:

1-7 (a) To request and receive a second evaluation by a physician,

1-8 psychiatrist or psychologist who does not have a contractual or business

1-9 relationship with the facility. The evaluation must:

1-10 (1) Include, without limitation, a recommendation of whether the

1-11 client should be involuntarily committed to the facility; and

1-12 (2) Be paid for by the client if the insurance carrier of the client

1-13 refuses to pay for the evaluation.

1-14 (b) To receive a copy of the procedure of the facility regarding

1-15 involuntary commitment and treatment.

1-16 (c) To receive a list of his rights concerning involuntary commitment or

1-17 treatment.

2-1 2. If the results of an evaluation conducted by a physician, psychiatrist

2-2 or psychologist pursuant to subsection 1 conflicts in any manner with the

2-3 results of an evaluation conducted by the facility, the facility may request

and receive a third evaluation of the client to resolve the conflicting

2-4 portions of the previous evaluations.

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