Section 1 of this bill authorizes a board of county commissioners to establish and maintain an electronic database containing information concerning victims of mass casualty incidents to coordinate the provision of reunification and identification services and other appropriate follow-up services for such victims. Section 1 sets forth certain requirements for such an electronic database and requires a board of county commissioners that establishes such an electronic database to determine certain matters concerning the information contained in the database, the reporting of certain information to the database and the persons and governmental entities that may participate in the database. Under sections 1 and 2 of this bill, the information contained in the electronic database is confidential and may be disclosed only by participants in the database for certain purposes. Section 1 grants a county in which the board of county commissioners has established such an electronic database and the officers, employees and agents of the county immunity from civil liability for any act or omission related to the establishment or maintenance of the database not amounting to willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of medical facilities, including hospitals and independent centers for emergency medical care, by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. (Chapter 449 of NRS) Section 3 of this bill requires a hospital or independent center for emergency medical care located in a county in which an electronic database is established pursuant to section 1 and which is notified or becomes aware of a mass casualty incident to report to the database certain information about a victim of the mass casualty incident. Section 3 grants a hospital, an independent center for emergency medical care and their agents and employees immunity from civil liability for any such report made in good faith and for any unauthorized acquisition of the information reported that may occur after a report was made by the hospital or independent center for emergency medical care in accordance with the requirements of section 3. Sections 4-9 of this bill make conforming changes to provide for the administration and enforcement of the requirements of section 3 in the same manner as other requirements imposed on hospitals and independent centers for emergency medical care by existing law. (NRS 449.029, 449.0301, 449.0302, 449.160, 449.163, 449.240)

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 239.010, 449.029, 449.0301, 449.0302, 449.160, 449.163, 449.240
BDR: 239.010, 449.029, 449.0301, 449.0302, 449.160, 449.163, 449.240