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2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 439B - Restraining Costs of Health Care
GENERAL PROVISIONS- NRS 439B.010 - Definitions.
- NRS 439B.030 - Billed charge defined.
- NRS 439B.035 - Children s Health Insurance Program defined.
- NRS 439B.040 - Committee defined.
- NRS 439B.050 - Department defined.
- NRS 439B.060 - Director defined.
- NRS 439B.070 - Discharge form defined.
- NRS 439B.090 - Fiscal year defined.
- NRS 439B.100 - Health facility defined.
- NRS 439B.110 - Hospital defined.
- NRS 439B.115 - Major hospital defined.
- NRS 439B.120 - Medicaid defined.
- NRS 439B.130 - Medicare defined.
- NRS 439B.140 - Net revenue defined.
- NRS 439B.150 - Practitioner defined.
- NRS 439B.160 - Purposes of chapter.
- NRS 439B.200 - Creation; appointment of and restrictions on members; officers; terms of members; vacancies; annual reports.
- NRS 439B.210 - Meetings; quorum; compensation.
- NRS 439B.220 - Powers.
- NRS 439B.225 - Committee to review certain regulations proposed or adopted by licensing boards; recommendations to Legislature.
- NRS 439B.230 - Investigations and hearings: Depositions; subpoenas.
- NRS 439B.240 - Investigations and hearings: Fees and mileage for witnesses.
- NRS 439B.260 - Reduction of billed charges for certain patients and services; notice; resolution of disputes.
- NRS 439B.265 - Collection of deductible or copayment from indigent patient covered by Medicare prohibited. [Effective upon confirmation by the Federal Government that the deductibles and copayments which a hospital is prohibited from collecting from a patient pursuant to this section are deemed uncollectible for the purposes of federal law.]
- NRS 439B.270 - Foundation for hospital nursing practice: Establishment; governing body.
- NRS 439B.275 - Program for provision of technical assistance to rural hospitals.
- NRS 439B.280 - Educational program to promote wellness, physical fitness and prevention of disease and accidents.
- NRS 439B.300 - Legislative findings and declarations; applicability.
- NRS 439B.310 - Indigent defined.
- NRS 439B.320 - Hospital required to provide care for proportionate share of indigent patients; duties of Department and board of county commissioners; reimbursement for care.
- NRS 439B.330 - Eligibility of indigent for assistance; payment of hospital for serving disproportionately large share of patients; discharge forms; appeal from determination of county regarding indigent status.
- NRS 439B.340 - Report on indigent patients treated; verification by Director; compensation for treatment provided in excess of obligation; assessment for failure to fulfill minimum obligation.
- NRS 439B.350 - Department to establish; purpose.
- NRS 439B.360 - Evaluation: Recommendations; report to Interim Finance Committee.
- NRS 439B.370 - Director authorized to contract for certain services.
- NRS 439B.400 - Hospital must maintain and use uniform list of billed charges; exception.
- NRS 439B.410 - Hospital required to provide emergency services and care; unlawful acts of hospital or physician working in hospital emergency room; treating hospital may recover penalty from transferring hospital; exceptions; administrative investigations and sanctions.
- NRS 439B.420 - Prohibited acts of hospitals and related entities; exceptions; submission of contracts to Director; civil penalty.
- NRS 439B.425 - Prohibited referral of patients; exceptions; penalty.
- NRS 439B.430 - Prohibited acts of hospitals; examination by Director; administrative fine; injunctive relief.
- NRS 439B.440 - Director may require hospitals, health facilities and providers of health services to submit information; independent audit; examinations; penalty.
- NRS 439B.450 - Powers and duties of Director.
- NRS 439B.460 - Director authorized to delegate powers and duties.
- NRS 439B.500 - Penalty for violation of chapter.
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