Assembly Bill No. 183-Committee on Elections,
Procedures, and Ethics
February 18, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
SUMMARY--Requires payment by counties of nonfederal share of expenditures for certain medically indigent persons covered by state plan for assistance to the medically indigent. (BDR 38-296)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to public welfare; requiring payment by counties of the nonfederal share of expenditures for certain medically indigent persons covered by the state plan for assistance to the medically indigent; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 Chapter 428 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
Each county shall pay the nonfederal share of expenditures for the medical, administrative and transaction costs of persons residing in the county who are covered by the state plan for assistance to the medically indigent and who have a net countable income of more than $800 per month.
Sec. 2 Section 1 of this act is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1. Each county shall pay the nonfederal share of expenditures for the medical, administrative and transaction costs of persons residing in the county who are covered by the state plan for assistance to the medically indigent and who have a net countable income of more than [$800] $850 per month.
Sec. 3 The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.
Sec. 4 1. This section and sections 1 and 3 of this act become effective on July 1, 1997.
2. Section 2 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 1998.