NRS 449.250 – Short title.
NRS 449.250 to 449.430, inclusive, may be cited as the Nevada Health Facilities Assistance Act. [1:219:1949; 1943 NCL § 5285.01]—(NRS A 1965, 983; 2011, 3575)
NRS 449.260 – Definitions.
As used in NRS 449.250 to 449.430, inclusive: 1. “Community mental health center” means a facility providing services for the prevention or diagnosis of mental illness, or care and treatment of patients with mental illness, or rehabilitation of such persons, which services are provided principally for persons residing in a particular community in or near […]
NRS 449.270 – State Department to constitute sole agency of State for certain purposes.
The State Department shall constitute the sole agency of the State for the purpose of: 1. Inventorying existing health facilities, surveying the need for construction of health facilities, and developing programs of health facilities construction as provided in NRS 449.250 to 449.430, inclusive. 2. Developing and administering state plans for the construction of public and […]
NRS 449.280 – Duties of State Department.
In carrying out the purposes of NRS 449.250 to 449.430, inclusive, the State Department is authorized and directed: 1. To require such reports, make such inspections and investigations, and prescribe such regulations as it deems necessary. 2. To provide such methods of administration, appoint all necessary officers and other personnel and take such other action […]
NRS 449.300 – Inventory of existing health facilities; development of program for construction of facilities.
The State Department is authorized and directed to inventory existing health facilities, including public, nonprofit, and proprietary health facilities, to survey the need for construction of health facilities, and, on the basis of such inventory and survey, to develop programs for the construction of such public and other nonprofit health facilities as will, in conjunction […]
NRS 449.310 – Requirements of program for construction of health facilities.
The construction programs must provide, in accordance with NRS 449.250 to 449.430, inclusive, and the regulations thereunder, for adequate health facilities for the people residing in this State, and, insofar as possible, must provide for their distribution throughout the State in such manner as to make the services of all types of health facilities reasonably […]
NRS 449.320 – Application for federal money; deposit of money.
1. The State Department may apply to the federal agency for federal money to assist in carrying out the surveys, planning and construction activities provided for in NRS 449.250 to 449.430, inclusive. 2. The money must be deposited in the State Treasury and must be available to the State Department for expenditure for carrying out […]
NRS 449.340 – State Department to prescribe minimum standards; standards to supersede local ordinances and regulations; penalty.
1. The State Department may, by regulation, establish standards for the maintenance and operation of health facilities, which supersede all local ordinances and regulations inconsistent therewith. 2. A copy of the regulations, giving the date that they take effect, must be issued in pamphlet form. 3. Any health facility that applies for and accepts federal […]
NRS 449.345 – Restriction on adoption of regulations concerning construction, maintenance, operation or safety of building, structure or other property.
Before the State Department may adopt any regulation concerning the construction, maintenance, operation or safety of a building, structure or other property in this State, the State Department shall consult with the Deputy Administrator of the Public Works – Compliance and Code Enforcement Section for the purposes of subsection 9 of NRS 341.100. (Added to […]
NRS 449.360 – Application for construction of health facility: Filing; compliance with federal and state requirements.
1. Applications for health facility construction projects for which federal funds are required must be submitted to the appropriate health systems agency and the State Department. They may be submitted by the State or any political subdivision thereof or by any public or nonprofit agency authorized to construct and operate a health facility. 2. Each […]
NRS 449.370 – Application for construction of health facility: Notice and hearing; approval and forwarding.
1. The State Department shall afford to every applicant for assistance for a construction project an opportunity for a fair hearing before the State Department upon 10 days’ written notice to the applicant. 2. If the State Department, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and presentation of applications in the order of relative need, finds […]
NRS 449.380 – Inspection of construction of health facility; certification by State Department.
From time to time, the State Department shall inspect each construction project approved by the federal agency and, if the inspection so warrants, the State Department shall certify to the federal agency that work has been performed upon the project, or that purchases have been made, in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, and […]
NRS 449.390 – Authority to receive and distribute federal money; Health Facilities Assistance Fund; deposits, use and controls.
1. The State Department is hereby authorized to receive federal funds in behalf of, and transmit them to, applicants. 2. There is hereby established a nonreverting trust fund designated as the Health Facilities Assistance Fund. Money received from the Federal Government for a construction project approved by the federal agency shall be transmitted to the […]
NRS 449.400 – State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance Fund: Creation; administration.
1. In order to provide state assistance for construction projects for publicly owned hospitals, hospitals for the chronically ill and impaired, facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities, community mental health facilities, diagnostic or diagnostic and treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes and other facilities financed in part by federal funds in accordance with NRS 449.250 […]
NRS 449.410 – State assistance for construction of certain projects; eligibility of project for assistance.
1. Money in the State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance Fund must be used to supplement money from the Federal Government and money provided by the sponsor of a project for approved projects for the construction of publicly owned hospitals, hospitals for the chronically ill or impaired, facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities, community mental […]
NRS 449.420 – Amount of state assistance: Allocations; payments.
Money in the State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance Fund must be allocated and paid to construction projects on the basis of relative need in accordance with the need identified in the state health plan and in accordance with a ratio between state money and federal money determined by the State Department. In no event […]
NRS 449.430 – Money from State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance Fund to be paid in installments.
Moneys in the State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance Fund allocated to a particular approved project shall be paid out in installments at the same times and in the same manner as installments of federal funds are paid out from the Health Facilities Assistance Fund pursuant to NRS 449.390. [17.4:219:1949; added 1956, 47]—(NRS A 1965, […]