SB 342 — Enacts provisions relating to veterinary medicine. (BDR 34-1012)

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342342–Senators SGoicoechea, ENATETitus, BILLSeevers NGansert, O.Buck, Stone;

342–SDaly, ENATORSDonate, GDondero OICOECHEALoop, ,Flores, TITUS,Hammond, SEEVERSHansen, GKrasner ANSERTand ,Pazina BUCKCHAPTER.......... , TONE ;

DALY , DONATE , DONDERO L OOP , FLORES , HAMMOND , HANSEN , KRASNER AND PAZINA M ARCH 20, 2023 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Enacts provisions relating to veterinary medicine.

(BDR 34-1012) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Existing law requires the three Commissioners from the Nevada Office of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education to choose applicants who apply for a program administered by the Nevada Office which provides financial support to assist the applicants in attending colleges and universities located within the states and territories that are signatories to the Western Regional Education Compact.

(NRS 397.020, 397.060) Existing law further requires a participant who receives a stipend from such a program to complete a practice obligation in a health professional shortage area or an area with a medically underserved population inalthin thisnot State.apply to a participant who receives a stipend to participate in a program to earn a degree of doctor of veterinary medicine.

(NRS 397.0645) Section 12 of this bill providesmakes thatan thisappropriation requirementfrom doesthe notState applyGeneral Fund to athe participantInterim whoFinance receivesCommittee afor stipendallocation to participatethe inNevada Office to enter into a contract with Utah State University for a program to provide stipends for the out- of-state tuition of 70 residents of Nevada to earn a degree of doctor of veterinary medicine.mediSection 3 of this bill makes an appropriation from the State General Fund to the Interim Finance Committee for allocation to the Nevada Office for the salary, benefits and operating costs of a Program Officer I position to assist the Nevada Office in carrying out the program to provide stipends.

SectionEXPLANATION 2 of this bill makes an appropriation from the State General Fund to the Interim Finance Committee for allocation to the Nevada Office to enter into a contract with Utah State University for a program to provide stipends for the out- medicine from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Utah State University.eterinary - *SB342_R1* – 2Matter – Section 3 of this bill makes an appropriation from the State General Fund to the Interim Finance Committee for allocation to the Nevada Office for the salary, Office in carryingbolded outitalics theis programnew; to provide stipends.ition to assist the Nevada THE PEOPLE OF THE 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) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 397.0685, practices, in Nevada, the profession for which the degree, certificate or similar credential- was82nd awardedSession (2023) – 2 – receives a stipend.ded for 1 year for each year the participant receives(c) aExcept stipend.as otherwise provided in NRS 397.069:

(c) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 397.069:

(1) Merely owning a residence in this State does not satisfy the requirement that a participant must maintain a permanent residen(2) A participant who leaves the State for a limited period of time without forming the intent of changing the participant’s permanent residence inis thisnot State.considered to have moved the participant’s residence.

(2) A participant who leaves the State for a limited period of time without forming the intent of changing the participant’s permanent residence is not considered to have moved the participant’s residence.

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(a) Shall convert the stipend into a loan to be repaid in accordance with NRS 397.064 from the first day of the term for whichwhi(b) Shall assess a default charge against the participant if the participant received the stipend.stipend to participate in a program administered by the Nevada Office.

(b) Shall assess a default charge against the participant if the participant received the stipend to participate in a program administered by the Nevada Office.

If the period for the required practice is only partially completed, the three Nevada State Commissioners, acting jointly, may- decrease82nd theSession amount(2023) owed– under3 the– loan for the time the participant practiced his or her profession as required.

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There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Interim Finance Committee for allocation to the Nevada Office of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education the sum of $8,000,000 for entering into a contract with Utah State University to carry out the program required pursuant to subsection 2.

The contract must require the Nevada Office, pursuant to NRS 397.060, and in - *SB342_R1* – 4 – consultation with at least 2 licensed veterinarians, as defined in NRS 638.007, to select from among Nevada residents who apply for the program described in this subsection and who have at least 1 year of residence in this State immediately before applying for the program, those who are most qualified to participate in the program.

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Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, - 82nd Session (2023) – 4 – 2025, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 19, 2025, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 19, 2025.

There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Interim Finance Committee for allocation to the Nevada Office of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education for the salary, benefits and operating costs of a Program Officer I position to assist the Nevada Office in carrying out thethem program required pursuant to subsection 2 of section 2 of this act the following sums:

Money appropriated by subsection 1 may only be allocated by the Interim Finance Committee upon submittal by the Nevada Office of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education of a signed contract between the Nevada Office and Utah State University to carry out the program required pursuant to subsection 2 of section 2 of this act.

Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 20, 2024, and September 19, 2025, respectively, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity - *SB342_R1* – 5 – to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before SepSec.September 20, 2024, and September 19, 2025, respectively.

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