Nevada SB207: Requires the establishment of a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly. (BDR 38-763)

What the bill says

An act relating to health care; transferring the authority to establish and administer a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly from the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department; requiring the Department to establish such a program; requiring the Community Advocate within the Division to provide certain services relating to the program; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…

From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:

AN ACT relating to health care; transferring the authority to establish and administer a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly from the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department; requiring the Department to establish such a program; requiring the Community Advocate within the Division to provide certain services relating to the program; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing federal law authorizes a state to establish a program, commonly known as a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly or PACE program, to provide services to certain recipients of Medicare and Medicaid who are 55 years of age or older. (42 U.S.C. §§ 1395eee, 1396u-4) Existing state law authorizes the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish and administer a PACE program. (NRS 427A.255, 427A.260) Sections 2 and 8 of this bill eliminate the authority of the Division to establish a PACE program, and sections 2-4 of this bill remove references in existing law to such a PACE program. Instead, section 1 of this bill requires the Department through any of its divisions to establish and administer a PACE program. Section 6 of this bill makes a conforming change to require the Director of the …

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Sponsors

• Angela Taylor (D, 15) · primary sponsor