Senate Bill No. 412–Committee on Finance

 

(On Behalf of the Department of Administration)

 

March 24, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

 

SUMMARY—Authorizes State Board of Health to allow or require payment of fees for licensing medical and other related facilities in installments. (BDR 40‑1244)

 

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 medical and other related facilities; authorizing the State Board of Health to allow or require the payment of fees for licensing such facilities in installments; 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 449.050 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  449.050  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2,

1-3  each application for a license must be accompanied by such fee as

1-4  may be determined by regulation of the Board. The Board may, by

1-5  regulation, allow or require payment of a fee for a license in

1-6  installments and may fix the amount of each payment and the date

1-7  that the payment is due.

1-8  2.  A facility for the care of adults during the day is exempt

1-9  from the fees imposed by the Board pursuant to this section.

1-10      Sec. 2.  NRS 449.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-11      449.060  1.  Each license issued pursuant to NRS 449.001 to

1-12  449.240, inclusive, expires on December 31 following its issuance

1-13  and is renewable for 1 year upon reapplication and payment of [the

1-14  fee provided in NRS 449.040 and] all fees required pursuant to

2-1  NRS 449.050 unless the Health Division finds, after an

2-2  investigation, that the facility has not:

2-3  (a) Satisfactorily complied with the provisions of NRS 449.001

2-4  to 449.240, inclusive, or the standards and regulations adopted by

2-5  the Board;

2-6  (b) Obtained the approval of the Director of the Department of

2-7  Human Resources before undertaking a project, if such approval is

2-8  required by NRS 439A.100; or

2-9  (c) Conformed to all applicable local zoning regulations.

2-10      2.  Each reapplication for an agency to provide nursing in the

2-11  home, a residential facility for intermediate care, a facility for

2-12  skilled nursing or a residential facility for groups must include,

2-13  without limitation, a statement that the facility or agency is in

2-14  compliance with the provisions of NRS 449.173 to 449.188,

2-15  inclusive.

2-16      Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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