Title 18

NRS 232.496 Definitions. As used in NRS 232.496 to 232.4969, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 232.4961 to 232.4965, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2019, 688)

NRS 232.4961 “Council” defined. “Council” means the Council on Food Security created by NRS 232.4966. (Added to NRS by 2019, 688)

NRS 232.4962 “Food donor” defined. “Food donor” means a person or entity, including, without limitation, a restaurant, grocery store or retail or wholesale business, that gives or otherwise provides food, directly or indirectly, to persons in need of food. (Added to NRS by 2019, …

NRS 232.4963 “Food security” defined. “Food security” means the ability of a person to access enough food for an active and healthy life. (Added to NRS by 2019, 688)

NRS 232.4964 “Plan” defined. “Plan” means the “2013 Food Security in Nevada: Nevada’s Plan for Action” issued by the Department of Human Services. (Added to NRS by 2019, 688)

NRS 232.4965 “Program” defined. “Program” means the Food for People, Not Landfills Program created by NRS 232.4969. (Added to NRS by 2019, 688)

NRS 232.4966 Creation; composition; Chair; terms of members; vacancies; removal from office; compensation; administrative support; meetings; gifts, grants, donations and contributions. 1. The Council on Food Security is hereby created within the Department. The Council consists o…

NRS 232.4967 Authority to appoint subcommittees. 1. The Chair of the Council on Food Security created by NRS 232.4966 may appoint subcommittees composed of members of the Council, former members of the Council and members of the public who have relevant experience or knowledge to…

NRS 232.4968 Duties. The Council on Food Security created by NRS 232.4966 shall: 1. Develop, coordinate and implement a food system that will: (a) Partner with initiatives in economic development and social determinants of health; (b) Increase access to improved food resource pro…

NRS 232.4969 Food for People, Not Landfills Program: Establishment; administration; official seal; regulations; annual report to Legislature. 1. The Food for People, Not Landfills Program is hereby established within the Department for the purposes of increasing food security by …

NRS 232.498 “Council” defined. As used in NRS 232.498 to 232.4983, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “Council” means the Nevada Interagency Advisory Council on Homelessness to Housing created by NRS 232.4981. (Added to NRS by 2019, 2107)

NRS 232.4981 Creation; composition; Chair; terms of members. 1. The Nevada Interagency Advisory Council on Homelessness to Housing is hereby created. The Council consists of: (a) The following ex officio members: (1) The Chief of Staff to the Governor or his or her designee; (2) …

NRS 232.4982 Meetings; quorum; compensation; members holding public office or employed by governmental entity; administrative support. 1. The Council shall meet at the call of the Chair at least four times each year. A majority of the members of the Council constitutes a quorum a…

NRS 232.4983 Duties; requirement of state and local agencies to collaborate with Council. 1. The Council shall: (a) Collaborate with state and local agencies on their responses to homelessness and promote cooperation among federal, state and local agencies to address homelessness…

NRS 232.49903 Definitions. As used in NRS 232.49903 to 232.49945, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 232.49905 and 232.49907 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2025, 3586)

NRS 232.49905 “Authority” defined. “Authority” means the Nevada Health Authority. (Added to NRS by 2025, 3586)

NRS 232.49907 “Director” defined. “Director” means the Director of the Authority. (Added to NRS by 2025, 3586)

NRS 232.4991 Creation; purposes; composition; responsibility for administering law. 1. The Nevada Health Authority is hereby created as a department within the Executive Department of the State Government. 2. The purposes of the Authority are to: (a) Improve access to health care…

NRS 232.49913 Director: Appointment; classification; other employment prohibited; qualifications. The Director: 1. Is appointed by, is responsible to, and serves at the pleasure of the Governor. 2. Is in the unclassified service of the State. 3. Except as otherwise provided in NR…

NRS 232.49915 Director: Employment of staff. 1. The Director may employ, within the limits of legislative appropriations, such staff as is necessary to the performance of the Director’s duties. 2. Any provider of health care who is employed by the Authority for purposes related t…

NRS 232.49917 Director: Appointment and titles of Deputy Directors; classification; other employment prohibited. 1. The Director shall appoint, with the consent of the Governor, the following Deputy Directors: (a) The Deputy Director of Operations, who shall oversee the operation…

NRS 232.4992 Director: Appointment of administrators of divisions; classification; other employment prohibited. 1. The Director shall appoint, with the consent of the Governor, administrators of the divisions of the Authority, who are respectively designated as follows: (a) The A…

NRS 232.49923 Deputies and officers of administrators of divisions. 1. The Administrator of the Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division shall appoint, with the consent of the Director: (a) The Deputy Administrator of Licensure and Compliance, who shall administer activitie…

NRS 232.49925 Applicability of certain purchasing provisions; procurement of commodities and services; regulations; confidentiality of certain information and proposals. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 287.04345 and 695I.210 or other specific statute, the …

NRS 232.49927 Limitations on sharing confidential information by officers and divisions. 1. The officers and divisions of the Authority, in the performance of their official duties, may share information in their possession amongst themselves which is otherwise declared confident…

NRS 232.4993 Duties of Authority. 1. The Authority shall administer: (a) The provisions of chapters 446, 449, 449A, 634B, 640D, 640E, 652, 695I and 695K of NRS and NRS 232.4996 to 232.49969, inclusive, 287.0402 to 287.049, inclusive, and 422.001 to 422.410, inclusive, and 422.580…

NRS 232.49933 Requirement to prepare report upon repeal of certain federal laws and regulations; adoption of regulations by State Board of Health. 1. If the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, and any regulations adopted pursuant there…

NRS 232.49935 Plan for certain persons to purchase certain coverage; duties of Authority. [Effective until the effective date of the initial contract entered into between the Nevada Health Authority and the state pharmacy benefit manager pursuant to NRS 422.4053, as amended by se…

NRS 232.49937 Adoption of state plans required by Federal Government. 1. In addition to the adoption of any state plan required pursuant to NRS 422.063 and except where otherwise provided by a specific provision of law, the Director or the Director’s designee shall adopt each sta…

NRS 232.4994 Office of Data Analytics: Creation; duties; appointment of Chief Biostatistician. 1. The Office of Data Analytics is hereby created within the Authority. 2. The Office shall: (a) Oversee the all-payer claims database established pursuant to NRS 439B.835; and (b) Perf…

NRS 232.49943 Assessments on counties; submission to Governor of proposal for exemption; consideration and approval by Interim Finance Committee; regulations. 1. Unless an exemption is approved pursuant to subsection 3, each county shall pay an assessment to the Authority, in an …

NRS 232.49945 Nevada Health Authority Gift Fund: Creation; accounts; deposit of money received by divisions; claims; disposition of property other than money. 1. Except for gifts or grants specifically accounted for in another fund, all gifts or grants of money or other property …

NRS 232.4996 “Division” defined. As used in NRS 232.4996 to 232.49969, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “Division” means the Consumer Health Division of the Nevada Health Authority. (Added to NRS by 2025, 3577)

NRS 232.49961 Establishment; administration; award of grants; procedure for evaluation of applications for grants; regulations. 1. The Division shall establish and administer a Graduate Medical Education Grant Program as a competitive grant program to award grants to institutions…

NRS 232.49963 Advisory Council on Graduate Medical Education: Creation; membership; terms of members; vacancies; meetings; quorum; compensation. 1. The Advisory Council on Graduate Medical Education is hereby created within the Division. The Council consists of: (a) The dean of e…

NRS 232.49964 Advisory Council on Graduate Medical Education: Duties. The Advisory Council on Graduate Medical Education shall: 1. Evaluate applications for competitive grants for the Graduate Medical Education Grant Program established pursuant to NRS 232.49961 and make recommen…

NRS 232.49965 Limitations on elimination or reduction of class size by certain institutions; approval of Division; penalties. 1. An institution that receives a grant through the Graduate Medical Education Grant Program established pursuant to NRS 232.49961 shall not eliminate or …

NRS 232.49967 Account for the Graduate Medical Education Grant Program: Creation; administration; deposits; interest and income; uses of money; nonreversion; payment of claims. 1. The Account for the Graduate Medical Education Grant Program is hereby created in the State General …

NRS 232.49969 Reports to Governor and Director of Legislative Counsel Bureau; contents of reports. 1. On or before October 1 of each year, the Division shall submit a written report to: (a) The Governor; and (b) The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to: (…

NRS 232.505 Definitions. As used in NRS 232.505 to 232.866, inclusive, unless the context requires otherwise: 1. “Department” means the Department of Business and Industry. 2. “Director” means the Director of the Department. (Added to NRS by 1963, 661; A 1987, 395; 1993, 1484; 19…

NRS 232.510 Creation; composition. 1. The Department of Business and Industry is hereby created. 2. The Department consists of a Director and the following: (a) Consumer Affairs Unit within the Office of the Director. (b) Division of Financial Institutions. (c) Housing Division. …

NRS 232.515 Director: Appointment; classification; other employment prohibited; qualifications. The Director: 1. Is appointed by, is responsible to, and serves at the pleasure of the Governor. 2. Is in the unclassified service of the State. 3. Shall not engage in any other gainfu…

NRS 232.520 Director: Appointment and titles of chiefs and executive directors of entities of Department; powers and duties. The Director: 1. Shall appoint a chief or executive director, or both of them, of each of the divisions, offices, commissions, boards, agencies or other en…

NRS 232.521 Director: Duty to provide website link by which employers may verify social security numbers of employees. 1. The Director shall include on the Internet website maintained by the Department a link which connects to the Social Security Administration where an employer …

NRS 232.522 Director: Creation of Office of Business Finance and Planning; creation of Center for Business Advocacy and Services; communication and cooperation among entities within Department. The Director may: 1. Create within the Department, as part of the Office of the Direct…

NRS 232.525 Director: Employment of staff. 1. The Director shall employ a Minority Affairs Management Analyst within the Office of the Director. The Minority Affairs Management Analyst shall: (a) Collect data and perform statistical analysis to support the Nevada Commission on Mi…