Senate Bill No. 74–Committee on Human
Resources and Facilities

 

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AN ACT relating to residential facilities for groups; clarifying the provisions regarding regulation of such facilities; 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 449.017 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   449.017  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, “residential

 facility for groups” means an establishment that furnishes food, shelter,

 assistance and limited supervision to an aged, infirm, mentally retarded or

 handicapped person. The term includes, without limitation, an assisted

 living facility.

   2.  The term does not include:

   (a) An establishment which provides care only during the day;

   (b) A natural person who provides care for no more than two persons in

 his own home;

   (c) A natural person who provides care for one or more persons related

 to him within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity; or

   (d) A facility funded by a division or program of the department of

 human resources.

   Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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