Senate Bill No. 207–Committee on Human Resources
and Facilities
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 422 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a
new section to read as follows:
1. Upon approval of the interim finance committee, the director,
through the division of health care financing and policy, shall establish
a program for the provision of medical assistance to certain persons who
are employed and have disabilities. The director shall establish the
program by:
(a) Amending the state plan for Medicaid in the manner set forth in
42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII);
(b) Amending the state plan for Medicaid in the manner set forth in
42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV); or
(c) Obtaining a Medicaid waiver from the federal government to carry
out the program.
2. The director may require a person participating in a program
established pursuant to subsection 1 to pay a premium or other cost
-sharing charges in a manner that is consistent with federal law.
Sec. 2. NRS 232.320 is hereby amended to read as follows:
232.320 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the
director:
(a) Shall appoint, with the consent of the governor, administrators of the
divisions of the department, who are respectively designated as follows:
(1) The administrator of the aging services division;
(2) The administrator of the health division;
(3) The state welfare administrator;
(4) The administrator of the division of child and family services; and
(5) The administrator of the division of health care financing and
policy.
(b) Shall administer, through the divisions of the department, the
provisions of chapters 210, 423, 424, 425, 427A, 432A to 442, inclusive,
446 to 450, inclusive, of NRS, NRS 127.220 to 127.310, inclusive,
422.001 to 422.410, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, 422.580, 432.010
to 432.139, inclusive, 444.003 to 444.430, inclusive, and 445A.010 to
445A.055, inclusive, and all other provisions of law relating to the
functions of the divisions of the department, but is not responsible for the
clinical activities of the health division or the professional line activities of
the other divisions.
(c) Shall, after considering advice from agencies of local governments
and nonprofit organizations which provide social services, adopt a master
plan for the provision of human services in this state. The director shall
revise the plan biennially and deliver a copy of the plan to the governor and
the legislature at the beginning of each regular session. The plan must:
(1) Identify and assess the plans and programs of the department for
the provision of human services, and any duplication of those services by
federal, state and local agencies;
(2) Set forth priorities for the provision of those services;
(3) Provide for communication and the coordination of those services
among nonprofit organizations, agencies of local government, the state
and the Federal Government;
(4) Identify the sources of funding for services provided by the
department and the allocation of that funding;
(5) Set forth sufficient information to assist the department in
providing those services and in the planning and budgeting for the future
provision of those services; and
(6) Contain any other information necessary for the department to
communicate effectively with the Federal Government concerning
demographic trends, formulas for the distribution of federal money and
any need for the modification of programs administered by the
department.
(d) May, by regulation, require nonprofit organizations and state and
local governmental agencies to provide information to him regarding the
programs of those organizations and agencies, excluding detailed
information relating to their budgets and payrolls, which he deems
necessary for his performance of the duties imposed upon him pursuant to
this section.
(e) Has such other powers and duties as are provided by law.
2. The governor shall appoint the administrator of the division of
mental health and developmental services.
Sec. 3. The director of the department of human resources shall
submit a proposal for a program to be established pursuant to section 1 of
this act to the interim finance committee for its approval at its first meeting
after March 1, 2002. The proposal must be designed, to the extent
practicable, to:
1. Require no funding from the state general fund; and
2. If approved by the interim finance committee, begin operating based
on a schedule to develop and carry out the program that is agreed upon by
the department of human resources, the interim finance committee and the
Federal Government.
Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.
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