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Chapter 439B - Restraining Costs of Health Care
Chapter 439B - Restraining Costs of Health Care
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. [Effective through December 31, 2019.]
NRS 439B.225 - Committee to review certain regulations proposed or adopted by licensing boards; recommendations to Legislature. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.227 - Committee to review certain new provisions of law; recommendations to Legislature concerning mandated reporters.
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, accidents and motor vehicle crashes.
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 provisions.
NRS 439B.600 - Definitions.
NRS 439B.605 - “Manufacturer” defined.
NRS 439B.610 - “Pharmacy” defined.
NRS 439B.615 - “Pharmacy benefit manager” defined.
NRS 439B.620 - “Wholesale acquisition cost” defined.
NRS 439B.625 - Organization representing interests of retail merchants to prepare and update list of most commonly prescribed drugs or generic equivalents.
NRS 439B.630 - Department to annually compile lists of certain prescription drugs essential for treating asthma and diabetes.
NRS 439B.635 - Manufacturer of certain essential diabetes drugs to prepare and submit annual report.
NRS 439B.640 - Manufacturer of essential diabetes drug that has undergone significant price increase to submit report.
NRS 439B.645 - Pharmacy benefit manager to submit annual report concerning essential diabetes drugs.
NRS 439B.650 - Department to compile report concerning price of essential asthma and diabetes drugs.
NRS 439B.655 - Pharmacies to provide to Department contact information, electronic mail address and address of Internet website; exceptions.
NRS 439B.660 - Manufacturer required to provide list of its pharmaceutical sales representatives; electronic access to list; prohibition against unlisted person marketing prescription drugs; reports.
NRS 439B.665 - Report by certain nonprofit organizations that receive items of value from manufacturer.
NRS 439B.670 - Department to place on Internet website certain information concerning pharmacies, nonprofit organizations and prescription drugs and certain reports by Department; additional or alternative procedures for obtaining information concerning pharmacies, nonprofit organizations and prescription drugs.
NRS 439B.675 - Manner of presentation of information.
NRS 439B.680 - Immunity from civil and criminal liability.
NRS 439B.685 - Regulations.
NRS 439B.690 - Suspension of components of program or duties of Department if sufficient money not available; acceptance of gifts and grants.
NRS 439B.695 - Penalty for failure to provide information to Department.
NRS 439B.700 - Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.703 - “Covered person” defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.706 - “Independent center for emergency medical care” defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.709 - “In-network emergency facility” defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.712 - “In-network provider” defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.715 - “Medically necessary emergency services” defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.718 - “Out-of-network emergency facility” defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.721 - “Out-of-network provider” defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.724 - “Provider contract” defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.727 - “Provider of health care” defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.730 - “Prudent person” defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.733 - “Screen” defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.736 - “Third party” defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.739 - “To stabilize” and “stabilized” defined. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.742 - Inapplicability of provisions to certain hospitals, persons and health care services. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.745 - Limitation on amount out-of-network provider may collect from covered person; duties of out-of-network emergency facility upon providing services. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.748 - Payment to out-of-network emergency facility by third party. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.751 - Payment to out-of-network provider, other than emergency facility, by third party. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.754 - Determination of amount owed when no recent contract exists between out-of-network provider and third party; arbitration to resolve dispute; no interest pending resolution of dispute; confidentiality of arbitration. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.757 - Election by certain entities and organizations not otherwise covered to submit to provisions; regulations. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
NRS 439B.760 - Reports; confidentiality of information. [Effective January 1, 2020.]