Assembly Bill No. 35–Assemblywoman Berman
Prefiled January 24, 2001
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Referred to Concurrent Committees on Health and
Human Services and Ways and Means
SUMMARY—Requires department of human resources to
include presumptive eligibility for children who are less than 19 years of age
in children’s health insurance program and to establish program of training to
assist and encourage persons to enroll children in children’s health insurance
program. (BDR 38‑214)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
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EXPLANATION
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AN ACT relating to public welfare; requiring the department of human resources to include
presumptive eligibility for children who are less than 19 years of age in the
children’s health insurance program to the extent authorized by federal law;
requiring the department to establish a program of training for employees of
certain health care facilities to assist and encourage persons to enroll
children in the children’s health insurance program; 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. Chapter 422
of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto
1-2 the provisions set forth as
sections 2 and 3 of this act.
1-3 Sec. 2. “Federally-qualified
health center” has the meaning
1-4 ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C. § 1396d(l)(2)(B).
1-5 Sec. 3. 1.
The director shall include in the
children’s health
1-6 insurance program, to the extent authorized by federal law,
presumptive
1-7 eligibility for children who are less than 19 years of age.
1-8 2. The department shall establish and carry out
a continuing
1-9 program of training for employees of each hospital that receives a
1-10 payment pursuant to NRS 422.380 to 422.390, inclusive, and each
1-11 federally-qualified health center in this state to assist and
encourage a
1-12 person responsible for the care of a child who may be eligible for
the
1-13 children’s health insurance program to enroll the child in the
children’s
1-14 health insurance program. The program of training must include,
2-1 without limitation, training in assisting a person in filling out
an
2-2 application for the children’s health insurance program.
2-3 Sec. 4. NRS 422.001 is hereby amended to read as follows:
2-4 422.001 As used in this
chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
2-5 the words and terms defined
in NRS 422.010 to 422.055, inclusive, and
2-6 section 2 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those
sections.
2-7 Sec. 5. NRS 422.240 is hereby amended to read as follows:
2-8 422.240 1. Money to carry out the provisions of NRS
422.001 to
2-9 422.410, inclusive, and section 3 of this act, and
422.580, including,
2-10 without limitation, any
federal money allotted to the State of Nevada
2-11 pursuant to the program to
provide temporary assistance for needy families
2-12 and the program for child
care and development, must be provided by
2-13 appropriation by the
legislature from the state general fund.
2-14 2. Disbursements for the
purposes of NRS 422.001 to 422.410,
2-15 inclusive, and section 3 of this act, and
422.580 must be made upon claims
2-16 duly filed, audited and
allowed in the same manner as other money in the
2-17 state treasury is disbursed.
2-18 Sec. 6. NRS 422.273 is hereby amended to read as follows:
2-19 422.273 1. For any Medicaid managed care program
established in
2-20 the State of Nevada, the
department shall contract only with a health
2-21 maintenance organization that
has:
2-22 (a) Negotiated in good faith with a federally-qualified health
center to
2-23 provide health care services
for the health maintenance organization;
2-24 (b) Negotiated in good faith with the University Medical Center of
2-25 Southern Nevada to provide
inpatient and ambulatory services to recipients
2-26 of Medicaid; and
2-27 (c) Negotiated in good faith with the University of Nevada School
of
2-28 Medicine to provide health
care services to recipients of Medicaid.
2-29 2. Nothing in this section shall be construed as
exempting a federally-
2-30 qualified health center, the
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
2-31 or the University of Nevada
School of Medicine from the requirements for
2-32 contracting with the health
maintenance organization.
2-33 [2.] 3. During the development and
implementation of any Medicaid
2-34 managed care program, the
department shall cooperate with the University
2-35 of Nevada School of Medicine
by assisting in the provision of an adequate
2-36 and diverse group of patients
upon which the school may base its
2-37 educational programs.
2-38 [3.] 4. The University of Nevada School
of Medicine may establish a
2-39 nonprofit organization to
assist in any research necessary for the
2-40 development of a Medicaid
managed care program, receive and accept
2-41 gifts, grants and donations
to support such a program and assist in
2-42 establishing educational
services about the program for recipients of
2-43 Medicaid.
2-44 [4.] 5. For the purposes of this
section [:
2-45 (a) “Federally-qualified
health center” has the meaning ascribed to it in
2-46 42 U.S.C. § 1396d(l)(2)(B).
2-47 (b) “Health] ,
“health maintenance organization” has the meaning
2-48 ascribed to it in NRS
695C.030.
3-1 Sec. 7. NRS 232.320 is hereby amended to read as follows:
3-2 232.320 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2,
the
3-3 director:
3-4 (a) Shall appoint, with the consent of the governor, administrators
of the
3-5 divisions of the department,
who are respectively designated as follows:
3-6 (1) The administrator of the aging services division;
3-7 (2) The administrator of the health division;
3-8 (3) The state welfare administrator;
3-9 (4) The administrator of the division of child and family services;
and
3-10 (5) The administrator of the division of health care financing
and
3-11 policy.
3-12 (b) Shall administer, through the divisions of the department, the
3-13 provisions of chapters 210,
423, 424, 425, 427A, 432A to 442, inclusive,
3-14 446 to 450, inclusive, of
NRS, NRS 127.220 to 127.310, inclusive, 422.001
3-15 to 422.410, inclusive, and section 3 of this act, 422.580,
432.010 to
3-16 432.139, inclusive, 444.003
to 444.430, inclusive, and 445A.010 to
3-17 445A.055, inclusive, and all
other provisions of law relating to the
3-18 functions of the divisions
of the department, but is not responsible for the
3-19 clinical activities of the
health division or the professional line activities of
3-20 the other divisions.
3-21 (c) Shall, after considering advice from agencies of local
governments
3-22 and nonprofit organizations
which provide social services, adopt a master
3-23 plan for the provision of
human services in this state. The director shall
3-24 revise the plan biennially
and deliver a copy of the plan to the governor and
3-25 the legislature at the
beginning of each regular session. The plan must:
3-26 (1) Identify and assess the plans and programs of the department
for
3-27 the provision of human services,
and any duplication of those services by
3-28 federal, state and local
agencies;
3-29 (2) Set forth priorities for the provision of those services;
3-30 (3) Provide for communication and the coordination of those
services
3-31 among nonprofit
organizations, agencies of local government, the state and
3-32 the Federal Government;
3-33 (4) Identify the sources of funding for services provided by the
3-34 department and the
allocation of that funding;
3-35 (5) Set forth sufficient information to assist the department in
3-36 providing those services and
in the planning and budgeting for the future
3-37 provision of those services;
and
3-38 (6) Contain any other information necessary for the department to
3-39 communicate effectively with
the Federal Government concerning
3-40 demographic trends, formulas
for the distribution of federal money and any
3-41 need for the modification of
programs administered by the department.
3-42 (d) May, by regulation, require nonprofit organizations and state
and
3-43 local governmental agencies
to provide information to him regarding the
3-44 programs of those
organizations and agencies, excluding detailed
3-45 information relating to
their budgets and payrolls, which he deems
3-46 necessary for his
performance of the duties imposed upon him pursuant to
3-47 this section.
3-48 (e) Has such other powers and duties as are provided by law.
4-1 2. The governor shall
appoint the administrator of the division of
4-2 mental health and
developmental services.
4-3 Sec. 8. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.
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