Existing law creates the Fund for a Healthy Nevada and requires the State Treasurer to deposit into the Fund a portion of any proceeds that the State of Nevada receives from settlement agreements with and civil actions against manufacturers of tobacco products. (NRS 439.620) Existing law requires the Department of Human Services to allocate money in the Fund for certain purposes relating to public health. Existing law also requires the Department to establish a process to evaluate the health and health needs of the residents of this State and submit an annual report on the results of that evaluation to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services. (NRS 439.630) This bill instead requires the report to be submitted on or before June 30 of each even-numbered year. Under existing law, the Joint Interim Standing Committees of the Legislature are not authorized to meet later than August 31 of the even-numbered year unless otherwise ordered by the Legislative Commission. (NRS 218E.325)
Existing law requires the Department to: (1) develop a plan to determine the percentage of available money in the Fund to be allocated for certain purposes; and (2) submit the plan as part of the proposed budget submitted on or before September 1 of each even-numbered year to the Chief of the Budget Division of the Office of Finance in the Office of the Governor. (NRS 353.210, 439.630) This bill removes the requirement that, on or before September 30 of each even-numbered year, the Department submit to the Grants Management Advisory Committee, the Nevada Commission on Aging and the Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities a report on the funding plan submitted to the Chief of the Budget Division.