Adoption of this amendment will REMOVE the 2/3s majority vote requirement from SB320.
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Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 7 and renumbering sections 8 through 12 as sections 1 through 5.
Amend sec. 8, page 6, lines 38 and 39, by deleting:
“4th Edition, 3rd Printing,” and inserting “5th edition,”.
Amend sec. 8, page 6, by deleting line 45 and inserting “5th edition;”.
Amend sec. 8, page 7, line 3, by deleting “Impairment.” and inserting “Impairment; and”.
Amend sec. 8, page 7, between lines 3 and 4, by inserting:
“(c) Must not consider any factors other than the degree of physical impairment of the whole man in calculating the entitlement to compensation.”.
Amend sec. 8, page 7, line 6, by deleting:
“4th Edition, 3rd Printing,” and inserting “5th edition,”.
Amend sec. 8, page 7, line 8, by deleting “and printing”.
Amend sec. 9, page 7, line 19, after “shall” by inserting “not”.
Amend sec. 9, page 7, by deleting lines 21 through 23 and inserting:
“NRS, unless the [insurer can prove] physician or chiropractor proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the subsequent injury described in paragraph (b) is [not a substantial contributing] the major cause of the resulting condition.”.
Amend sec. 9, page 7, line 30, after “shall” by inserting “not”.
Amend sec. 9, page 7, by deleting lines 32 through 34 and inserting:
“NRS, unless the [insurer can prove] physician or chiropractor proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the injury described in paragraph (a) is [not a substantial contributing] the major cause of the resulting”.
Amend sec. 11, page 8, line 26, by deleting “be dismissed” and inserting:
“not be granted”.
Amend sec. 11, page 8, line 33, by deleting “A” and inserting:
“If applicable, a”.
Amend sec. 11, page 8, line 43, after “must” by inserting:
“include the information required pursuant to subsection 2 and must”.
Amend sec. 12, page 9, line 29, by deleting:
“letter of determination” and inserting:
“decision of the hearing officer”.
Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 13 through 18 and adding a new section designated sec. 6, following sec. 12, to read as follows:
“Sec. 6. 1. This section and sections 4 and 5 of this act become effective upon passage and approval.
2. Section 3 of this act becomes effective upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting regulations and on October 1, 2003, for all other purposes.
3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective on January 1, 2004.”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; requiring the adoption of certain medical standards for evaluating permanent impairments to injured employees; revising various provisions relating to the payment of compensation to injured employees; revising certain procedures and establishing certain requirements relating to the adjudication of contested claims; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.