Nevada 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 96 — Revises provisions relating to emergency response employees. (BDR 40-96)

Last action — Chapter 84.

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 19, 2021) FIRST REPRINT A.B.
Assembly Bill No.
96 A SSEMBLY B ILLN O.
96–Assemblywoman Cohen CHAPTER..........
96–A SSEMBLYWOMAN C OHEN FEBRUARY 4, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to emergency response employees.
(BDR 40-96) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State:
Yes.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
LegiExisting law prescribes certain requirements relating to employers of emergency response employees.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
(NRS 450B.340-450B.390) Existing law defines the term “emergency response employee” to include persons who perform certain duties or who respond to emergencies in this State.
Existing law prescribes certain requirements relating to employers of emergency response employees.
(NRS 450B.0703) Section 6 of this bill authorizes a governmental entity which licenses and enter into a contract with a nonprofit organization to establish a program to provide peer support counseling to emergency response employees.
(NRS 450B.340-450B.390) Existing law defines the term “emergency response employee” to include persons who perform certain dutiSection 6 of this bill authorizes a governmental entity which licenses and regulates emergency response employees, within the limits of available money, to enter into a contract with a nonprofit organization to establish a program to provide peer support counseling to emergency response employees.
(1) establish and operate a toll-free hotline for emergency response employees who are experiencing mental health issues as a result of the nature of their work;
(1) establish and operate a toll-free hotline for emergency response employees who are experiencing mental network of peer support counselors to provide peer support counseling to personsn a who call the hotline;
(2) establish and maintain a - *AB96_R1* – 2 – network of peer support counselors to provide peer support counseling to persons who call the hotline;
and (3) establish and maintain an Internet website that provides certain information relating to mental health issues associated with emergency response work.
and (3) establish and maintain an Internet website that provides certain information relating to mental health issues associated with Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to post on an Internet website maintained by the Division certain information concerning support groups for mental health issues and the telephone number of each toll-free hotline established as part of a program to provide peer support counseling to emergency response employees.
Section 6 requires the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to post on an Internet website maintained by the Division certain information concerning support established as part of a program to provide peer support counseling to emergencyne response employees.
Section 6 also requires the Division, to the extent money is emergency response employees;
Section 6 also requires the Division, to the extent money is available, to:
and (2) report any information collected to thee among Chief Medical Officer.
(1) collect information regarding suicide and attempted suicide among emergency response employees;
Section 11.5 of this bill expands the types of employees to whom certain provisions of law relating to emergency response employees, including section 6, apply to include emergency medical dispatchers and law enforcement dispatchers.
and (2) report any information collected to the Chief Medical Officer.
Section 11.5 of this bill expands the types of employees to whom certain provisions of law relating to emergency response employees, enforcement dispatchers.ly to include emergency medical dispatchers and law - 81st Session (2021) – 2 – EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
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A nonprofit organization that establishes a program to provide peer support counseling to emergency response employees pursuant to subsection 1 must:
A nonprofit organization that establishes a program to provide peer support counseling to emergency response employees pur(a) Establish and operate a toll-free hotline for emergency response employees to call if such employees are experiencing mental health issues as a result of the nature of their work.
(a) Establish and operate a toll-free hotline for emergency response employees to call if such employees are experiencing mental health issues as a result of the nature of their work.
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To the extent money is available, the Division shall collect information regarding suicide and attempted suicide among emergency response employees and report that information to the Chief Medical Officer or his or her designee.
To the extent money is available, the Division shall collect information regarding suicide and attempted suicide among emergency response employees and report that information to the not include any confidential or privileged information.port must Secs.
Such a report must not include any confidential or privileged information.
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450B.0703 “Emergency response employee” means a firefighter, attendant, volunteer attendant, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, emergency medical dispatcher, paramedic, law enforcement officer, correctional officer, other peace officer or person who is employed by an agency of criminal justice, including, without limitation, a law enforcement dispatcher, county coroner or medical examiner or any of their employees, any other public employee whose duties may require him or her to come into contact with human blood or bodily fluids or any other person who, in the course of his or her professional duties, responds to emergencies in this State.
450B.0703 “Emergency response employee” means a firefighter, attendant, volunteer attendant, emergency medical medicalian,dispatcher,meparamedic,icallawchnenforcementgencofficer, correctional officer, other peace officer or person who is employed by an agency of criminal justice, including, without limitation, a law enforcement dispatcher, county coroner or medical examiner or any of their employees, any other public employee whose duties may require him or her to come into contact with human blood or bodily fluids or any other person who, in the course of his or her professional duties, responds to emergencies in this State.
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The bill authorizes governmental entities to create peer support counseling programs for emergency response employees and expands the definition of emergency response employees.

  • NRS 450B.0703

    any other public employee whose duties → emergency medical dispatchers and law enforcement dispatchers, any other public employee whose duties

    This change includes emergency medical dispatchers and law enforcement dispatchers in the definition of emergency response employees.

  • Chapter 450B

    A governmental entity which licenses and regulates emergency response employees may, within the limits of available money, enter into a contract with a nonprofit organization to establish a program to provide peer support counseling to emergency response employees.

    This addition allows governmental entities to contract with nonprofits to create peer support programs for emergency response employees.

  • Chapter 450B

    A nonprofit organization that establishes a program to provide peer support counseling to emergency response employees shall: (a) Establish and operate a toll-free hotline for emergency response employees to call if such employees are experiencing mental health issues as a result of the nature of their work. (b) Establish and maintain a network of peer support counselors to provide peer support counseling to persons who call the toll-free hotline established pursuant to paragraph (a). (c) Establish and maintain an Internet website that provides: (1) Information on mental health issues associated with emergency response work, including, without limitation, stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, addictive disorders and self-medication; and (2) Information concerning local and national support groups for mental health issues.

    This change mandates that nonprofit organizations establish specific support resources, including hotlines and web resources, for emergency response employees.

  • Chapter 450B

    The Division shall post on an Internet website maintained by the Division: (a) The telephone number of each toll-free hotline established pursuant to subsection 2; and (b) Information concerning local and national support groups for mental health issues.

    This addition requires the Division of Public and Behavioral Health to make information about peer support hotlines and mental health resources publicly available online.

  • Chapter 450B

    To the extent money is available, the Division shall collect information regarding suicide and attempted suicide among emergency response employees and report that information to the Chief Medical Officer.

    This mandates the collection and reporting of data regarding suicide among emergency response employees to improve mental health understanding and support.

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Action History

  1. Chapter 84.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. To enrollment.

  5. Read second time.

  6. From committee: Do pass.

  7. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.

  8. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 31, Nays: 11.) To printer.

  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 62.) Dispensed with reprinting.

  10. Notice of eligibility for exemption.

  11. From printer. To committee.

  12. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.

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