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                                                   (REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

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

 

February 14, 2001

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Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Neighbors

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Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

 

SUMMARY—Requires appointment of administrator for each veterans’ home in Nevada. (BDR 37‑1032)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

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:

 

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

1-2    417.147  1.  The executive director shall:

1-3    (a) Appoint an administrator for each veterans’ home in this state.

1-4  Each administrator must be licensed as a nursing facility administrator

1-5  pursuant to NRS 654.170.

1-6    (b) Take such other actions as are necessary for the maintenance and

1-7  operation of veterans’ homes in this state . [; and

1-8    (b)] (c) Apply for federal grants and other sources of money available

1-9  for establishing veterans’ homes. Federal grants and other money received

1-10  pursuant to this paragraph must be deposited with the state treasurer for

1-11  credit to the veterans’ home account. A federal grant must be used only as

1-12  permitted by the terms of the grant.

1-13    2.  The first veterans’ home that is established in this state must be

1-14  established at a location in southern Nevada determined to be appropriate

1-15  by the interim finance committee. The interim finance committee shall give

1-16  preference to a site that is zoned appropriately for the establishment of a

1-17  veterans’ home, that affords minimum costs of maintenance and that is

1-18  located in an area where the members of the families of the veterans can

2-1  easily visit the veterans’ home. The site for the construction of the

2-2  veterans’ home in southern Nevada must be:

2-3    (a) Located in reasonable proximity to:

2-4       (1) A public transportation system;

2-5       (2) Shopping centers; and

2-6       (3) A major hospital that has a center for the treatment of trauma

2-7  which is designated as a level II center by the administrator of the health

2-8  division of the department of human resources.

2-9    (b) Not less than 5 acres in area.

2-10    3.  If an additional veterans’ home is authorized, it must be established

2-11  in northern Nevada.

2-12    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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