Assembly Bill No. 447

Assembly Bill No. 447-Committee on Ways and Means

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AN ACT relating to state financial administration; extending the prospective reversion date for the appropriation previously made for perinatal care; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved June 30, 1997]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 629, Statutes of Nevada 1995, at page 2385, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 3. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the health division of the department of human resources the sum of $100,000 for the establishment of the perinatal care and obstetrical access pilot program.

2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, [1997,] 1999, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.

Sec. 2. 1. Any money remaining, after June 30, 1997, from the appropriation for which the prospective reversion was extended by section 1 of this act must be expended solely for direct client service and related programs. The money must not be expended to pay for any administrative cost.
2. The health division of the department of human resources shall, on or before January 15, 1999, submit a written report to the director of the legislative counsel bureau for transmittal to the legislature that contains information which assesses and measures whether the pilot program supported by the appropriation was successful.
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval or on June 30, 1997, whichever occurs earlier.
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