SB 44 — Revises provisions related to dental and oral health care. (BDR 38-221)

(ReprintedSenate withBill amendmentsNo. adopted on April 13, 2023) FIRST REPRINT S.B.

4444–Committee SENATEon BILLHealth NOand .Human Services CHAPTER..........

44–COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND H UMAN SERVICES (O N BEHALF OF THE D IVISION OFPUBLIC AND B EHAVIORAL H EALTH OF THE D EPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND H UMAN SERVICES ) P REFILED NOVEMBER 16, 2022 ____________ Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services SUMMARY—Revises provisions related to dental and oral health care.

(BDR 38-221) 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 requires the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services to appoint, with the consent of the Director of the Department, a State Dental Health Officer and prescribesprescribesthe the qualifications and duties of the State Dental Health Officer.

Existing law also dentistryrequires issuedthe pursuantState toDental chapterHealth 631Officer ofto: NRS;

and(1) (2)hold bea appointedcurrent onlicense theto basisepractice ofdentistry hisissued orpursuant herto education,chapter training631 andof experienceNRS; and his or her interest in public dental health and related programs.

Finally,and existing(2) lawbe requiresappointed on the Statebasis Dental Health Officer to devote all of his or her timeeducation, totraining theand businessexperience ofand his or her officeinterest -in *SB44_R1*public –dental 2health –and anyrelated otherprograms. office of profit.

(NRSFinally, 422.239)existing Sectionlaw 1requires the State Dental Health Officer to devote all of thishis billor transfersher time to the dutybusiness toof his or her office and prohibits him or her from pursuing any other business or vocation or holding appoint the State Dental Health Officer from the Division of Health Care FinancingFinancingy to and Policy to the Director of the Department.

Finally, section 1 eliminates the requirement that the State Dental Health Officer devote all of his or her time to the business of his or her office and the prohibition on the purExistingpursuit lawof requiresany theother Divisionbusiness ofor Publicvocation andor Behavioralholding Healthany other office of thefit.profit.

Department of Health and Human Services to appoint, with the consent of thethehe Director of the Department, a State Public Health Dental Hygienist, who must:

Existing law also requires the State Public Health Dental Hygienist to devote all of his or her time to theHygienist businessfrom ofpursuing hisany orother herbusiness officeor andvocation prohibitsor theholding Stateany Publicother Healthoffice Dental of profit.

(NRS 439.279) Section 2 of this bill transfers the duty to appoint the State Public Health Dental Hygienist to the Department and provides that the State Public Health Dental Hygienist may, but is not required to, hold a current license to practice dental hygiene issued pursuant to chapter 631 of NRS with a special - 82nd Session (2023) – 2 – endorsement to practice public health dental hygiene.

Existingof lawPublic establishesand theBehavioral StateHealth. Program for Oral Health within the Division that Program to the Department..

(NRS 439.2791) Section 3 of this bill transferstransferson Existingthat law:Program to the Department.

Existing law:

and (2) requires the Advisory Committee to annually submit a written report to the Administrator of the Division summarizing the activities of the Advisory Committee and its recommendations.Committee to the Department;

(NRSand 439.2792)(2) Sectionrequires 4the Advisory Committee to submitsory its annual report to the Director of thisthe bill:Department.

(1)Existing transferslaw prescribes certain duties for the AdvisoryDivision Committeeof Public and Behavioral Health to perform with the Department;advice and recommendations of the Advisory Committee.

and (2) requires the Advisory Committee to submit its annual report to the Director of the Department.

Existing law prescribes certain duties for the Division of Public and Behavioral Committee.

Existing law authorizes the Division of Public and Behavioral Health to take certain actions and sets forth certain requirements and duties for the administration of money accepted to carry out the State Program for Oral Health.

-EXPLANATION *SB44_R1* – 3Matter –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:

(b)- Provide82nd theSession Advisory(2023) Committee– [,3 the– Division of Health Care Financing and Policy] and the [Division of Public andandealth Behavioral Health] Department with advice regarding public dental health;

and (e) Seek such information and advice from the Advisory Committee or from any dental education program in this State, including any such programs of the Nevada System of Higherte,Higher Education, as necessary to carry out his or her duties.

4.] As used in this section, “Advisory Committee” means the Advisory Committee on the State Program for Oral Health created by NRS 439.2792.

The [Division] Department shall appoint [, with the consent of the Director,] a State Public Health Dental Hygienist, who may serve in the unclassified service of the State or as a - *SB44_R1* – 4 – contractor for the [Division.] Department.

2.

The State Public Health Dental Hygienist:

and (2) [Perform] If he or she holds a license to practice dental hygiene issued pursuant to chapter 631 of NRS with a special - 82nd Session (2023) – 4 – endorsement issued pursuant to NRS 631.287, perform any acts authorized pursuant to NRS 631.287.

[The State Public Health Dental Hygienist shall devote all of his or her time to the business of his or her office and shall not pursueprofit.any any other business or vocation or hold any other office of profit.4.] The [Division] Department may solicit and accept gifts and grants to pay the costs associated with the position of State Public Health Dental Hygienist.

4.] The [Division] Department may solicit and accept gifts and grants to pay the costs associated with the position of State Public Health Dental Hygienist.