A.B.Assembly Bill No.

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430–C OMMITTEE ON H EALTH AND H UMAN SERVICES M ARCH 26, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to disabilities.

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(Chapter 435 of NRS)Department Existingof lawHealth authorizesand theHuman AgingServices andto Disabilityoperate Servicesa Divisionresidential offacility thefore Departmentgroups ofto Healthcare for and Humanmaintain Servicespersons towith operateintellectual adisabilities residentialor facilitypersons forwith developmental disabilities until they can live in a more normal situation.

(NRSns(NRS with 435.060) Section 1 of this bill revises the terms used to describe the transition of persons residing in such a facility by replacing obsolete language with “reside in an appropriate community-based setting that is not a facility.” Existing law requires the Administrator of the Division to establish a fee schedule, in consultation with the State Association of Retarded Citizens and the board, subject to the approval of the Director of the Department of Health andthe Human Services, for services rendered to persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with developmental disabilities.

(NRS 435.115) Section 2 of this billesbill and removes the obsolete references to the State Association of Retarded Citizens and the board so that the fee scheduled is established by the Administrator of the Division, subject to the approval of the Director of the Department.

Existing law authorizes certain persons and entities to provide jobs and day training services to persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with developmental disabilities.

(NRS 435.130-435.310) The declaration of the intent of the Legislature in enacting such provisions is to aid persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with developmental disabilities who are not served bylby existing programs in receiving high quality care and training in an effort to help - *AB430* – 2 – them become useful citizens.

(NRS 435.130) Section 3 of this bill revises the “increasedeclaration independence.”tof the intent of the Legislature by replacing obsolete language with THE“increase PEOPLEindependence.” OFEXPLANATION THE– STATEMatter OFin NEVADA,bolded REPRESENTEDitalics INis SENATEnew; AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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

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435.115 The Administrator shall establish a fee schedule, [in consultation with the State Association for Retarded Citizens and] subject to the approval of the [Board and the] Director of the Department, for services rendered to persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with developmental disabilities by the Division.

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