Revises provisions relating to mental health services for children. (BDR 39-870)
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SB 146 — Revises provisions relating to mental health services for children. (BDR 39-870)
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2021. Enacted.
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Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
68 added · 79 removed68 line(s) added, 79 removed.
(ReprintedSenate withBill amendmentsNo. adopted on April 16, 2021) FIRST REPRINT S.B.
146146–Senator SENATEOhrenschall BILLCHAPTER.......... NO .
146–SENATOR OHRENSCHALL FEBRUARY 25, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to mental health services for children.
(BDR 39-870) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
No.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Existing law authorizes a child to be taken into protective custody and placed outside of his or her home to protect the child from abuse, neglect or abandonment and in certain other circumstances.
(NRS 432B.325-432B.400, 432B.410- 432B.5908) This bill requires the administrative officer or staff of a public or private inpatient psychiatric treatment facility to ask the person or entity having legal custody of a child with an emotional disturbance who is subject to the having jurisdiction of a juvenile court for reasons relating to the protection of the child from abuse or neglect if the child has a treating provider of healthcare when admitting the child.
If the child has a treating provider of health care, this bill requires the administrative officer or staff of the facility to make a reasonable effort to consult with the treating provider of health care concerning the care to be provided to the child.
(1) ask the legal custodian of the child for consent and make a reasonable attempt to obtain consent from the child to allow the facility to coordinate the care of the child with the treating provider of health care on an ongoing basis;
and (2) make a reasonable attempt to coordinatercoordinate of with all treating providers of health care of the child concerning a plan to discharge the child from the facility.
-EXPLANATION *SB146_R1* – 2Matter –in THEbolded PEOPLEitalics OFis THEnew; STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
- 81st Session (2021) – 2 – 2.
(a) Ask the person or entity having legal custody of the child for consent and make a reasonable attempt to obtain the consentconsentld of the child to allow the facility to coordinate the care of the child with the treating provider of health care on an ongoing basis;
and (b) Make a reasonable attempt to coordinate with all treating dischargeproviders theof childhealth fromcare of the facility.concerningchild concerning a plan to 4.discharge the child from the facility.
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As used in this section, “treating provider of health care” means, with respect to any child, a physician, a physician assistant who practices under the supervision of a psychiatrist, an advanced practice registered nurse who has the psychiatric training and experience prescribed by the State Board of Nursing pursuant to - *SB146_R1* – 3 – NRS 632.120 or a psychologist who regularly provides mental or behavioral health treatment to the child.
H~~~~~ 21 - *SB146_R1*81st Session (2021)
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Amendments
1 amendmentClick Show changes on an amendment above to see how it modifies the bill.
Action History
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Chapter 56.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
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In Senate. To enrollment.
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Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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Read second time.
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From committee: Do pass.
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In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
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From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 446.) To printer.
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From printer. To committee.
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Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.
Sponsors
- James Ohrenschall · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 66 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Ohrenschall, James Democratic
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (66)
66 members have not signed on to this bill.
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- SB 146 is sponsored by Ohrenschall, James (Democratic).
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- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2021. Enacted.
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