2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st) A AB564 R1 1144
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 the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 5 and renumbering sec. 6 as section 1.
Amend sec. 6, page 4, by deleting lines 5 through 10 and inserting:
“officers and employees and their dependents.”.
Amend sec. 6, page 4, line 34, by deleting:
“and section 3 of this act,”.
Amend sec. 6, page 5, line 4, by deleting “[retirement and]” and inserting “retirement and”.
Amend sec. 6, page 5, lines 5 and 6, by deleting:
“[NRS 218.5373.] section 7 of this act.” and inserting “NRS 218.5373.”.
Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 7 through 11 and adding new sections designated sections 2 through 4, following sec. 6, to read as follows:
“Sec. 2. NRS 287.0434 is hereby amended to read as follows:
287.0434 The board may:
1. Use its assets to pay the expenses of health care for its members and covered dependents, to pay its employees’ salaries and to pay administrative and other expenses.
2. Enter into contracts relating to the administration of the program, including, without limitation, contracts with licensed administrators and qualified actuaries. Each such contract with a licensed administrator:
(a) Must be submitted to the commissioner of insurance not less than 30 days before the date on which the contract is to become effective for approval as to the reasonableness of administrative charges in relation to contributions collected and benefits provided.
(b) Does not become effective unless approved by the commissioner.
(c) Shall be deemed to be approved if not disapproved by the commissioner of insurance within 30 days after its submission.
3. Enter into contracts with physicians, surgeons, hospitals, health maintenance organizations and rehabilitative facilities for medical, surgical and rehabilitative care and the evaluation, treatment and nursing care of members and covered dependents. The board shall not enter into a contract pursuant to this subsection unless provision is made by the board to offer all the services specified in the request for proposals, either by a health maintenance organization or through separate action of the board.
4. Enter into contracts for the services of other experts and specialists as required by the program.
5. Charge and collect from an insurer, health maintenance organization, organization for dental care or nonprofit medical service corporation, a fee for the actual expenses incurred by the board, the state or a participating public employer in administering a plan of insurance offered by that insurer, organization or corporation.
Sec. 3. On or after January 1, 2002, the board of the public employees’ benefits program shall not enter into or renew any contract that does not comply with subsection 3 of NRS 287.0434, as amended by this act.
Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on January 1, 2002.”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to programs for public employees; requiring the commingling of the claims experience of active and retired state employees to determine rates and coverage; prohibiting the board of the public employees’ benefits program from entering into certain contracts; requiring the board to provide an annual report regarding the administration and operation of the program to the director of the legislative counsel bureau; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.