2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                         A AB44 R3 812

Amendment No. 812

 

Senate Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 44  Third Reprint                                                 (BDR 53‑772)

Proposed by: Committee on Commerce and Labor

Amendment Box: Replaces Amendment No. 734.

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. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 38 and 39 and inserting:

“accurate reproduction of the original. If a claim filed in this state is open, the records in the file”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 43, by deleting “has been” and inserting “is”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 45, by deleting “7 calendar” and inserting “14”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 3, line 8, by deleting:

“current or closed claims; and” and inserting:

“[current] claims that are open or closed [claims;] ; and”.

     Amend sec. 5 page 4, line 34, after “paid;” by inserting “and”.

     Amend sec. 5, page 4, by deleting lines 35 through 37 and inserting:

     “(b) The [periodic revision of the schedule; and

     (c) The] monitoring of compliance by providers of benefits with the [adopted] schedule of fees and charges.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 7 through 9 as sections 8 through 10 and adding a new section designated sec. 7, following sec. 6, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 7. NRS 233B.039 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     233B.039  1.  The following agencies are entirely exempted from the requirements of this chapter:

     (a) The governor.

     (b) The department of prisons.

     (c) The University and Community College System of Nevada.

     (d) The office of the military.

     (e) The state gaming control board.

     (f) The Nevada gaming commission.

     (g) The welfare division of the department of human resources.

     (h) The division of health care financing and policy of the department of human resources.

     (i) The state board of examiners acting pursuant to chapter 217 of NRS.

     (j) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 533.365, the office of the state engineer.

     (k) The division of industrial relations of the department of business and industry in acting to enforce the provisions of NRS 618.375.

     (l) The administrator of the division in establishing and adjusting the schedule of fees and charges for accident benefits pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 616C.260.

     (m) The board to review claims in adopting resolutions to carry out its duties pursuant to NRS 590.830.

     2.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 391.323, the department of education, the board of the public employees’ benefits program and the commission on professional standards in education are subject to the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of adopting regulations but not with respect to any contested case.

     3.  The special provisions of:

     (a) Chapter 612 of NRS for the distribution of regulations by and the judicial review of decisions of the employment security division of the department of employment, training and rehabilitation;

     (b) Chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS for the determination of contested claims;

     (c) Chapter 703 of NRS for the judicial review of decisions of the public utilities commission of Nevada;

     (d) Chapter 91 of NRS for the judicial review of decisions of the administrator of the securities division of the office of the secretary of state; and

     (e) NRS 90.800 for the use of summary orders in contested cases,

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prevail over the general provisions of this chapter.

     4.  The provisions of NRS 233B.122, 233B.124, 233B.125 and 233B.126 do not apply to the department of human resources in the adjudication of contested cases involving the issuance of letters of approval for health facilities and agencies.

     5.  The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:

     (a) Any order for immediate action, including, but not limited to, quarantine and the treatment or cleansing of infected or infested animals, objects or premises, made under the authority of the state board of agriculture, the state board of health, the state board of sheep commissioners or any other agency of this state in the discharge of a responsibility for the preservation of human or animal health or for insect or pest control; or

     (b) An extraordinary regulation of the state board of pharmacy adopted pursuant to NRS 453.2184.

     6.  The state board of parole commissioners is subject to the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of adopting regulations but not with respect to any contested case.”.

     Amend sec. 8, page 5, line 37, by deleting “1” and inserting “5”.

     Amend sec. 8, page 5, line 41, by deleting “1” and inserting “5”.

     Amend sec. 9, page 6, line 9, by deleting:

“6, 7 and 8” and inserting:

“6 to 9, inclusive,”.