Senate Bill No. 135–Senators Care, Amodei, Wiener,
Titus, Carlton and Jacobsen

 

Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Neighbors

 

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AN ACT relating to veterans’ homes; requiring the appointment of an administrator for each veterans’ home in this state and establishing his qualifications; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1.  NRS 417.147 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   417.147  1.  The executive director shall:

   (a) Appoint an administrator for each veterans’ home in this state.

 Each administrator must be licensed as a nursing facility administrator

 pursuant to NRS 654.170.

   (b) Take such other actions as are necessary for the maintenance and

 operation of veterans’ homes in this state . [; and

   (b)] (c) Apply for federal grants and other sources of money available

 for establishing veterans’ homes. Federal grants and other money received

 pursuant to this paragraph must be deposited with the state treasurer for

 credit to the veterans’ home account. A federal grant must be used only as

 permitted by the terms of the grant.

   2.  The first veterans’ home that is established in this state must be

 established at a location in southern Nevada determined to be appropriate

 by the interim finance committee. The interim finance committee shall

 give preference to a site that is zoned appropriately for the establishment

 of a veterans’ home, that affords minimum costs of maintenance and that

 is located in an area where the members of the families of the veterans can

 easily visit the veterans’ home. The site for the construction of the

 veterans’ home in southern Nevada must be:

   (a) Located in reasonable proximity to:

     (1) A public transportation system;

     (2) Shopping centers; and

     (3) A major hospital that has a center for the treatment of trauma

 which is designated as a level II center by the administrator of the health

 division of the department of human resources.

   (b) Not less than 5 acres in area.

   3.  If an additional veterans’ home is authorized, it must be established

 in northern Nevada.

   Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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