Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of medical facilities, which include facilities for skilled nursing. (NRS 449.029-449.240) Existing law defines a “facility for skilled nursing” to mean an establishment, except for a hospital, which provides continuous skilled nursing and related care to a patient who is not in an acute episode of illness and whose primary need is the availability of such care on a continuous basis. (NRS 449.0039) Section 1 of this bill amends the definition of “facility for skilled nursing” to clarify that facilities for skilled nursing provide inpatient care. Section 2 of this bill requires that each county and city adopt an ordinance using the preceding term in the Nevada Revised Statutes to describe a facility for skilled nursing. However, a county or city would not be required to include a specified term in the ordinance if a facility of that type does not exist in the county or city or if the ordinances do not otherwise refer to a facility of the type corresponding to the term. Section 4 of this bill deems any facility that is operating on June 30, 2025, that is considered to be a facility for skilled nursing or similar facility under a previously adopted ordinance to be a facility for skilled nursing under an ordinance required by section 2 or 3.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 449.0039
Reprint 1: 449.0039, 244.3549, 268.0193
As Enrolled: 449.0039, 244.3549, 268.0193
BDR: 449.0039