AB 367 — Revises provisions governing persons affected by addictive disorders. (BDR 17-690)

A.B.Assembly Bill No.

367367–Assemblymen AYeager, SSEMBLYKrasner Band ILLNMunk O.Joint Sponsor:

367–ASSEMBLYMENSenator YEAGERPickard ,CHAPTER.......... K RASNER AND M UNK M ARCH 20, 2019 ____________ JOINT SPONSOR :

ENATOR PICKARD ____________ Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing persons affected by addictive disorders.

(BDR 17-690) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

No.

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This bill establishes the preferred manner of referring to persons affected by addictive disorders and other terms related to such persons in the Nevada Revised Counsel, to the extent practicable, to ensure that persons affected by addictive disorders are referred to in Nevada Revised Statutes using language that is commonly viewed as respectful and sentence structure that refers to the person before referring to his or her disorder, and provides that it is the policy of this State that such persons are referred to in a similar manner in the Nevada Administrative Code.

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

Section 1.

The Legislative Counsel shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that persons with physical, mental or cognitive disabilities are referred to in Nevada Revised Statutes using - *AB367* – 2 – language that is commonly viewed as respectful and sentence structure that refers to the person before referring to his or her disability [.] as follows:

The Legislative Counsel shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that terms related to persons affected by addictive disorders - 80th Session (2019) – 2 – are referred to in Nevada Revised Statutes using language that is commonly viewed as respectful and sentence structure that refers to the person before referring to his or her disorder as follows:

(a) Words and terms that are preferred for use in Nevada Revised Statutes include, without limitation, “addictive disorder,” “persons with addictive disorders,” “person with an addictive disorder,” “person with an addictive disorder related to gambling” and “substance use disorder.” (b) Words and terms that are not preferred for use in Nevada Revised Statutes include, without limitation, “addict,” “alcoholic,” “alcohol abuse,” “alcohol abuser,” “alcohol and drug abuser,”abuser,”holic,” abuse”“drug andabuse,” “substance“drug abuser.”problemaddict,” “problem gambler,” “substance abuse” and “substance abuser.” Sec.

(a) Persons with physical, mental or cognitive disabilities are to be referred to in the Nevada Administrative Code using language that is commonly viewed as respectful and sentence structure that -anders *AB367* – 3 – refers to the person before referring to the person’s disability [,] ;

and (b) Terms related to persons affected by addictive disorders are referred to in Nevada Revised Statutes using language that is commonly viewed as respectful and sentence structure that refers to the person before referring to his or her disorder,  in the same manner as provided in NRS 220.125 for Nevada Revised Statutes.

and (b) Distribute in the same manner as the Nevada Administrative Code each emergency or temporary regulation, - 80th Session (2019) – 3 –  that is required to be adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and which is adopted by an entity other than an agency.

In preparing the reprint and supplements to Nevada Revised Statutes in 2019, appropriately change any words and terms in Nevada Revised Statutes in the manner that the Legislative Counsel determines necessary to conform those words and terms to the provisions of NRS 220.125, as amended by section 1 of this act.

In preparing supplements to the Nevada Administrative Code, appropriately change any words and terms in the Nevada Administrative Code in the manner that the Legislative Counsel determines necessary to conform those words and terms to the provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 233B.062, as amended by section 2 of this act.

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