Adoption of this amendment will MAINTAIN a 2/3s majority vote requirement for final passage of AB395 (§ 6).
ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date |SENATE ACTION Initial and Date
Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost
Concurred In Not |Concurred In Not
Receded Not | Receded Not
Amend sec. 3, page 1, by deleting lines 9 through 11 and inserting:
“ascribed to it in NRS 449.0038, but does not include:
1. A facility which meets the requirements of a general or any other special hospital pursuant to chapter 449 of NRS; or
2. A facility for intermediate care which limits its care and treatment to those persons who are mentally retarded or who have conditions related to mental retardation.”.
Amend sec. 8, page 3, by deleting lines 2 through 14 and inserting:
“to Increase the Quality of Nursing Care, and must be expended, to the extent authorized by federal law, to obtain federal financial participation in the Medicaid Program, and in the manner set forth in subsection 4.
4. Expenditures from the Fund to Increase the Quality of Nursing Care must be used only:
(a) To increase the rates paid to nursing facilities for providing services pursuant to the Medicaid Program and may not be used to replace existing state expenditures paid to nursing facilities for providing services pursuant to the Medicaid Program; and
(b) To administer the provisions of sections 2 to 9, inclusive, of this act. The amount expended pursuant to this paragraph must not exceed 1 percent of the money received from the fees assessed pursuant to sections 2 to 9, inclusive, of this act, and must not exceed the amount authorized for expenditure by the Legislature for administrative expenses in a fiscal year.”.
Amend the title of the bill, by deleting the second line and inserting:
“fee on certain facilities for intermediate care and on facilities for”.
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows: