2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                     A AB612 R1 1202

Amendment No. 1202

 

Senate Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 612  First Reprint                                              (BDR 31‑1421)

Proposed by: Committee on Finance

Amendment Box:

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 section 1, page 1, line 18, by deleting “grant” and inserting “loan”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, line 2, by deleting “grant” and inserting “loan”.

     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.  Chapter 396 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

     1.  The Nevada office of rural health is hereby established within the University of Nevada School of Medicine.

     2.  The Nevada office of rural health shall address the need for and recommend programs concerning the delivery of health care services to rural and frontier populations. The office shall administer or coordinate, or both, programs and services which affect the delivery of health care services in rural areas including, without limitation, programs and services in the following categories:

     (a) Education and training;

     (b) Needs of special populations;

     (c) Delivery of health services; and

     (d) Financing of health care.”.

     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.  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the Nevada Rural Health Centers, Inc., for its Carlin, Nevada, clinic the sum of $70,000.

     2.  Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2003, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.”.

     Amend the title of the bill by deleting the third line and inserting:

“health programs that require such assistance; establishing the Nevada office of rural health within the University of Nevada School of Medicine; making appropriations; and”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Makes various changes concerning rural health. (BDR 31‑1421)”.