2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st) A AB52 103
Adoption of this amendment will add an unfunded mandate not requested by the affected local government to AB52 (§ 3).
ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date |SENATE ACTION Initial and Date
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Concurred In Not |Concurred In Not
Receded Not | Receded Not
Amend section 1, page 1, line 4, by deleting “Agrees” and inserting:
“Has entered into a written agreement”.
Amend section 1, page 1, line 6, by deleting “not” and inserting:
“not, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph or another specific statute,”.
Amend section 1, page 1, line 7, by deleting “the health” and inserting:
“the particular health”.
Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 9 and 10 and inserting:
“reimbursement from the insurer. This paragraph does not prohibit a practitioner or health facility from collecting or seeking to collect from a patient:
(1) Any copayment, deductible or coinsurance required by the insurer of the patient; or
(2) Any amount of the payment or reimbursement the practitioner or health facility agreed to accept from the insurer of the patient which, as the result of the failure of the patient to obtain any preauthorization or to take any other action required by the insurer, the insurer is not obligated to provide.”.
Amend section 1, page 1, line 11, by deleting:
“Does not agree” and inserting:
“Has not entered into a written agreement”.
Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 18 and 19 and inserting:
“(b) “Insurer” means any person or state or local governmental entity that, pursuant to any written agreement, pays or”.
Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 5, by deleting “insurers” and inserting:
“health care plans”.
Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 6, after “services.” by inserting:
“The legislative auditor may specify and limit the particular billing records to be included in the audit.”.
Amend sec. 2, page 2, between lines 21 and 22, by inserting:
“5. The University Medical Center of Southern Nevada shall, within 6 months after the period for the submission of plans pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 218.8235, submit to the legislative auditor a report specifying the extent to which the recommendations of the legislative auditor have been carried out, the extent to which the recommendations have not been carried out and the reasons for any failure to carry out the recommendations.”.
Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 3 as sec. 4 and adding a new section designated sec. 3, following sec. 2, to read as follows:
“Sec. 3. 1. Upon the request of the legislative auditor, the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada shall transfer to the audit division of the legislative counsel bureau the sum of $25,000 to carry out the provisions of section 2 of this act.
2. Any remaining balance of the sum transferred pursuant to subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2003, and must be transferred to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.”.
Amend sec. 3, page 2, line 23, by deleting “$15,000” and inserting “$25,000”.
Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 4 as sec. 6 and adding a new section designated sec. 5, following sec. 3, to read as follows:
“Sec. 5. The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.”.
Amend sec. 4, page 2, line 29, by deleting “section 3” and inserting:
“sections 3, 4 and 5”.
Amend sec. 4, page 2, by deleting line 31 and inserting:
“2. Section 2 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.
3. Section 1 of this act becomes effective on October 1, 2001.”.