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Bill would align local nursing-home ordinances with state statute
Summary
Senate Bill 330 would require county and city ordinances defining skilled nursing facilities to conform to state statutory language. The sponsor told the Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services the change applies to new facilities and will not affect existing facilities.
Senate Bill 330 was presented May 5 to the Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services to make local ordinances’ definitions of skilled nursing facilities conform with state law.
Senator Lehi, sponsor of SB 330, told the committee a rural portion of the senator’s district has pursued ordinance changes since 2011 and that the bill “makes conforming changes to what is considered a skilled nursing facility and includes the word inpatient.” The bill would amend Nevada Revised Statutes governing county ordinances (NRS 244) and city ordinances (NRS 268) to align those definitions with NRS 449.0039.
Senator Lehi said the bill’s July 1 effective date means existing facilities are not affected; only new facilities created after that date would have to meet the statutory definition. Committee members asked no substantive questions at the hearing, and no public testimony or opposition was recorded in the hybrid hearing transcript.
The committee opened and closed the SB 330 hearing on May 5; the transcript shows no committee vote during that session.
