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Amend the bill as a whole by adding a new section designated sec. 7.5, following sec. 7, to read as follows:
“Sec. 7.5. A person who is isolated or quarantined pursuant to sections 6 to 26, inclusive, of this act has the right:
1. To make a reasonable number of completed telephone calls from the place where he is isolated or quarantined as soon as reasonably possible after his isolation or quarantine; and
2. To possess and use a cellular phone or any other similar means of communication to make and receive calls in the place where he is isolated or quarantined.”.
Amend sec. 8, page 4, line 2, by deleting “1 must” and inserting:
“1:
(a) Must”.
Amend sec. 8, page 4, line 6, by deleting “act.” and inserting:
“act; and
(b) May, immediately after his status is changed, seek an injunction or other appropriate process in district court challenging his detention.”.
Amend sec. 8, page 4, between lines 10 and 11, by inserting:
“4. Nothing in this section limits the actions that a public or private medical facility may take to prevent or limit the transmission of communicable diseases within the medical facility, including, without limitation, practices for the control of infections.”.
Amend sec. 9, page 4, line 24, by deleting:
“3 or 4,” and inserting:
“3, 4 or 5,”.
Amend sec. 9, page 4, line 38, after “3.” by inserting:
“A person who is involuntary isolated or quarantined under subsection 1 may, immediately after he is isolated or quarantined, seek an injunction or other appropriate process in district court challenging his detention.
4.”.
Amend sec. 9, page 4, line 42, by deleting “4.” and inserting “5.”.
Amend sec. 14, page 7, by deleting lines 41 and 42 and inserting:
“the district court of the county where the person is to be isolated or quarantined. The petition may be pled in the”.
Amend sec. 19, page 10, by deleting lines 41 through 43 and inserting:
“which the application is filed.”.
Amend sec. 20, page 11, by deleting lines 11 through 15 and inserting:
“determined by the court to be fair and reasonable. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the compensation must be charged against the estate of the person for whom the counsel was appointed or, if the person is indigent, against the county in which the application for involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine was filed. In any proceeding before the district court relating to involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine, if the person for whom counsel was appointed is challenging his isolation or quarantine or any condition of his isolation or quarantine and the person succeeds in his challenge, the compensation must be charged against the county in which the application for involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine was filed.”.
Amend sec. 22, page 11, line 43, before “In” by inserting “1.”.
Amend sec. 22, page 11, line 45, by deleting “right to” and inserting:
“right:
(a) To”.
Amend sec. 22, page 12, by deleting lines 1 and 2 and inserting:
“conferencing or videoconferencing; and
(b) To testify in his own behalf, to the extent that the court determines he is able to do so without endangering the health of others.
2. A person who is alleged to have been infected”.
Amend sec. 24, page 12, line 29, by deleting “treatment.” and inserting:
“treatment, including, without limitation, the rights set forth in NRS 441A.210, the rights set forth in section 7.5 of this act, the right to counsel set forth in section 20 of this act, and the right of a person to challenge his isolation or quarantine or any condition of his isolation or quarantine.”.
Amend sec. 29, page 14, after line 24, by inserting:
“5. A method for ensuring that any testing, treatment, isolation or quarantine of a person or a group of persons pursuant to this chapter is carried out in the least restrictive manner or environment that is appropriate and acceptable under current medical and public health practices.”.