2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                             A SB484 419

Amendment No. 419

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 484                                                                       (BDR 40‑1233)

Proposed by: Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

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 the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 4 and adding new sections designated sections 1 and 2, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     “Section 1. The Legislative Committee on Health Care shall:

     1.  Conduct a study of the diversion of patients in need of emergency services and care from hospitals that lack sufficient resources to provide the emergency services and care needed by those patients. The study must include an examination of:

     (a) The causes of those diversions; and

     (b) The effect of those diversions on:

          (1) The delivery of health care services to patients in this state; and

          (2) The costs of health care incurred by patients and employers in this state.

   2.  Submit a report of its findings and any recommendations for legislation to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmission to the appropriate standing committees of the 72nd session of the Nevada Legislature.

     Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001, and expires by limitation on June 30, 2003.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by adding a preamble, immediately preceding the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     “Whereas, As a result of the extremely rapid increase in the population of the State of Nevada, there currently exists an insufficient number of hospital beds adequately to serve the needs of its residents for the provision of emergency services and care; and

     Whereas, When a hospital has exhausted its ability to provide the beds and staff necessary for the adequate provision of emergency services and care, emergency patients must be diverted to other hospitals; and

     Whereas, The diversion of emergency patients is occurring with alarming frequency in this state, often resulting in lengthy delays before emergency personnel can provide those patients with the emergency services and care they urgently need; and

     Whereas, The diversion of emergency patients appears to be having a significant adverse effect on the delivery and costs of health care services in this state; now, therefore,”.

     Amend the title of the bill by deleting the first and second lines and inserting:

“AN ACT relating to health care; requiring the Legislative Committee on Health Care to conduct a study of the diversion of patients in need of emergency services and care from hospitals that lack sufficient resources to provide the emergency services and care needed by those patients; and providing other matters”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Requires Legislative Committee on Health Care to study diversion of patients in need of emergency services and care from hospitals that lack sufficient resources to provide needed services and care. (BDR S‑1233)”.