(REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

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

 

Prefiled February 1, 2001

 

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Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

 

SUMMARY—Clarifies provisions regarding regulation of residential facilities for groups. (BDR 40‑963)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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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 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:

 

1-1    Section 1. NRS 449.017 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

1-3  facility for groups” means an establishment that furnishes food, shelter,

1-4  assistance and limited supervision to an aged, infirm, mentally retarded or

1-5  handicapped person. The term includes, without limitation, an assisted

1-6  living facility.

1-7    2.  The term does not include:

1-8    (a) An establishment which provides care only during the day;

1-9    (b) A natural person who provides care for no more than two persons in

1-10  his own home;

1-11    (c) A natural person who provides care for one or more persons related

1-12  to him within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity; or

1-13    (d) A facility funded by a division or program of the department of

1-14  human resources.

1-15    Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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