2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                            A AB398 144

Amendment No. 144

 

 

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     “Section 1.  Chapter 422 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.”.

     Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 1 through 3 and inserting:

     “Sec. 2.  1.  The director shall include in the state plan for Medicaid a”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, line 1, by deleting “300” and inserting “200”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, line 8, after “benefit.” by inserting:

“The beneficiary is also responsible for paying any enrollment fee, premium, deduction, charge for cost sharing and other similar charge as may be required by the demonstration project.”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, line 10, by deleting “subsidy.” and inserting:

“subsidy, within 7 days after the prescription drug was provided to the beneficiary.”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, line 11, after “3.” by inserting:

“The department shall not charge a provider that provides prescription drugs pursuant to this section for any administrative cost that results from a transaction made pursuant to this section.

     4.  The department shall establish a computerized system for carrying out the provisions of this section. The system must include, without limitation, a method for:

     (a) Providers to have immediate access to Medicaid rates;

     (b) Providers to submit claims through the system; and

     (c) Processing claims submitted by providers.

     5.”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, line 22, by deleting “4.” and inserting “6.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 2 as sec. 4 and adding a new section designated sec. 3, following section 1, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 3.  The discounted prescription drug benefit program fund is hereby created as an agency fund, to be administered by the director. All money collected or otherwise received by the department to carry out the provisions of section 2 of this act must be deposited in the fund. The fund is a continuing fund without reversion. Any interest and income earned on the money in the fund must, after deducting any applicable charges, be credited to the fund.”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 38, by deleting “section 1” and inserting:

“sections 2 and 3”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 44, by deleting “section 1” and inserting:

“sections 2 and 3”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 3 through 5 as sections 6 through 8 and adding a new section designated sec. 5, following sec. 2, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 5.  NRS 422.245 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     422.245  Any federal money allotted to the State of Nevada for public assistance programs and other programs for which the welfare division or the division of health care financing and policy is responsible and such other money as may be received by the state for such purposes must, except as otherwise provided in NRS 425.363 [,] and section 3 of this act, be deposited in the appropriate accounts of the welfare division or the division of health care financing and policy in the state general fund.”.

     Amend sec. 3, page 3, line 12, by deleting “section 1” and inserting:

“sections 2 and 3”.

     Amend sec. 4, page 4, line 2, by deleting “1” and inserting “2”.

     Amend sec. 5, page 4, line 4, by deleting “approval.” and inserting:

“approval and expires by limitation on June 30, 2005.”.

     Amend the title of the bill, fifth line, after “regulation;” by inserting:

“creating a fund to carry out the demonstration project;”.