Senate Bill No. 367–Senators Wiener, Rawson, Care, Titus, Washington, Amodei, Carlton, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, Schneider and Townsend

 

March 16, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

 

SUMMARY—Provides for administration of certain activities to reduce rate of pregnancies among unmarried teenage girls in Nevada. (BDR S‑26)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                                    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 pregnancy; providing for the administration of certain activities to reduce the rate of pregnancies among unmarried teenage girls in Nevada; 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. 1.  There is hereby created a state partnership to carry out

1-2  activities throughout the state designed to raise public awareness regarding

1-3  pregnancies among unmarried teenage girls in Nevada.

1-4    2.  The state partnership consists of:

1-5    (a) The administrator of the health division of the department of human

1-6  resources or a person designated by the administrator; and

1-7    (b) The following persons appointed by the administrator:

1-8       (1) One representative of the department of education;

1-9       (2) One person who is employed as a teacher or school counselor in a

1-10  public school in this state;

1-11      (3) One social worker licensed pursuant to chapter 641B of NRS;

1-12      (4) One representative of an agency of juvenile justice in this state;

1-13      (5) One representative of a law enforcement agency in this state;

1-14      (6) One representative of a family court in this state;

1-15      (7) One provider of health care authorized to practice in this state;

1-16      (8) One parent who resides in this state; and

1-17      (9) Not more than two additional persons who possess such

1-18  qualifications as are suitable to carry out the duties of the state partnership.

2-1    3.  The administrator shall appoint the members of the state partnership

2-2  to ensure, as nearly as practicable, that the northern, southern and rural

2-3  areas of the state are equally represented.

2-4    4.  Before appointing the members of the state partnership, the

2-5  administrator shall prepare and cause to be issued notice of the formation

2-6  of the state partnership and solicit the participation of persons who are

2-7  qualified for appointment to the state partnership.

2-8    5.  Any vacancy occurring in the office of a member of the state

2-9  partnership who is appointed pursuant to subparagraphs (1) to (8),

2-10  inclusive, of paragraph (b) of subsection 2 must be filled by the

2-11  administrator by the appointment of a member whose qualifications are the

2-12  same as those of his predecessor in office.

2-13    6.  The members of the state partnership serve without salary, but are

2-14  entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for

2-15  state officers and employees generally. The per diem allowance and travel

2-16  expenses of a member of the state partnership who is an officer or

2-17  employee of a state agency or a local government must be paid by the state

2-18  agency or local government that employs him.

2-19    Sec. 2.  The state partnership shall, when necessary, obtain assistance

2-20  in carrying out its duties from:

2-21    1.  The appropriate divisions of the department of human resources;

2-22  and

2-23    2.  Appropriate advisory groups, including, without limitation:

2-24    (a) The advisory board on maternal and child health; and

2-25    (b) The governor’s youth advisory council.

2-26    Sec. 3.  1.  The administrator of the health division of the department

2-27  of human resources or a person designated by the administrator shall serve

2-28  as chairman of the state partnership.

2-29    2.  The state partnership:

2-30    (a) Shall meet regularly at the call of the chairman, but not more than

2-31  six times during the biennium beginning on July 1, 2001, and six times

2-32  during the biennium beginning on July 1, 2003.

2-33    (b) Shall meet at least once before each report is submitted to the

2-34  Nevada Legislature pursuant to section 7 of this act, in order to review the

2-35  grants awarded by the state partnership pursuant to section 6 of this act and

2-36  the contents of the reports.

2-37    Sec. 4.  1.  The health division of the department of human resources

2-38  may apply for and receive gifts, grants and donations from any public or

2-39  private source to assist the state partnership in carrying out its duties.

2-40    2.  Any money received by the health division pursuant to this section:

2-41    (a) Must be accounted for separately.

2-42    (b) Must be used, subject to any limitations contained in the gift, grant

2-43  or donation, to carry out the provisions of sections 5 and 6 of this act.

2-44    3.  Any federal money received by the health division pursuant to the

2-45  program to provide temporary assistance for needy families that is

2-46  administered under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity

2-47  Reconciliation Act of 1996 must be expended:

2-48    (a) In accordance with the requirements of that program; and

2-49    (b) For the purposes for which it was received.

3-1    Sec. 5.  The state partnership shall:

3-2    1.  Promote efforts to reduce the rate of pregnancies among unmarried

3-3  teenage girls in Nevada.

3-4    2.  Cause to be established and promote the recognition of “Teen

3-5  Pregnancy Prevention Month” in Nevada.

3-6    3.  Develop and carry out:

3-7    (a) A social marketing campaign to reduce the rate of pregnancies

3-8  among unmarried teenage girls in Nevada that is designed to target

3-9  populations with the highest rates of teen pregnancy.

3-10    (b) A social marketing campaign to reduce the rate of pregnancies

3-11  among unmarried teenage girls in Nevada that is designed to target adult

3-12  and adolescent males.

3-13    Sec. 6.  1.  In addition to carrying out the duties set forth in section 5

3-14  of this act, the state partnership shall develop and carry out a program to

3-15  award grants for the implementation and evaluation of local projects in this

3-16  state. The program must facilitate collaborations between eligible entities,

3-17  and encourage joint applications by eligible entities for the receipt of

3-18  grants. In carrying out the program, the state partnership shall:

3-19    (a) Prepare and issue a request for proposals by eligible entities for the

3-20  implementation and evaluation of local projects.

3-21    (b) Award grants to conduct at least one local project in:

3-22      (1) Clark County;

3-23      (2) Washoe County; and

3-24      (3) Any other county of this state.

3-25    (c) Provide each recipient of a grant with appropriate technical

3-26  assistance to facilitate the implementation and evaluation of the local

3-27  project.

3-28    2.  The state partnership shall, as a condition of each grant awarded

3-29  pursuant to this section, require the recipient of the grant to submit to the

3-30  state partnership such reports regarding the use of the money awarded as

3-31  are necessary to ensure that the money is being used for the purposes for

3-32  which it was awarded.

3-33    3.  As used in this section:

3-34    (a) “Eligible entity” means a community-based agency or organization

3-35  in this state involved with youth, the development of youth or the

3-36  prevention of pregnancies among unmarried teenage girls in Nevada.

3-37    (b) “Local project” means a community-based project designed to

3-38  reduce the rate of pregnancies among unmarried teenage girls in Nevada

3-39  which:

3-40      (1) Is based upon one or more model programs that have, after

3-41  extensive evaluation, proven to be successful in reducing the rate of

3-42  pregnancies among unmarried teenage girls; or

3-43      (2) Utilizes such innovative techniques and strategies as the state

3-44  partnership determines, upon a showing of sufficient evidence, are likely to

3-45  reduce the rate of pregnancies among unmarried teenage girls in Nevada.

3-46    Sec. 7.  The administrator of the health division of the department of

3-47  human resources shall prepare and submit to the 72nd and 73rd sessions of

3-48  the Nevada Legislature a report on the status of the respective activities

3-49  conducted by the state partnership pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of this act.

4-1  The reports must include, without limitation, an estimate of the number of

4-2  people reached by each activity and the effectiveness of each activity in

4-3  reducing the rate of pregnancies among unmarried teenage girls in Nevada.

4-4    Sec. 8.  1.  The administrator of the health division of the department

4-5  of human resources and the administrator of the welfare division of the

4-6  department of human resources shall, as soon as practicable after the

4-7  effective date of this act, enter into an agreement to transfer to the health

4-8  division money that is available during the biennium beginning on July 1,

4-9  2001, from the program to provide temporary assistance for needy families

4-10  administered under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity

4-11  Reconciliation Act of 1996, to carry out the provisions of this act.

4-12    2.  The agreement must set forth:

4-13    (a) The amount of money from the program that may be expended by

4-14  the health division to carry out the provisions of this act;

4-15    (b) The purposes for which that money may be expended; and

4-16    (c) Any other conditions imposed upon the expenditure of the money.

4-17    Sec. 9.  The administrator of the health division of the department of

4-18  human resources shall, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this

4-19  act, but not later than September 30, 2001, appoint the members of the state

4-20  partnership created pursuant to section 1 of this act.

4-21    Sec. 10.  1.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

4-22    2.  Sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of this act expire by limitation on July 1,

4-23  2005.

 

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