Senator Sponsors Legislation to Reform Local Government PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

(Carson City)—Senator Terry Care testified in favor of two pieces of legislation targeting local government reform, SB 11 and SB 224.  SB 11 would require a member of the board of county commissioners of a county whose population is greater than 400,000—currently only Clark County—to hold the Commission position as an exclusive full time job.  The legislation exempts temporary and part-time teaching duties on a university campus. 
“Clark County Commissioners represent 2 million Nevadans,” said Senator Terry Care, the bill’s sponsor.  “It’s a full time job that deserves their full and undivided attention.”
As other advocates have pointed out, a full-time commission would have more time to meet with the public and learn about issues on their own, instead of relying on staff for information about county issues, Care said.

Meanwhile, SB 224 eliminates a loophole in the law that allows members of local government to abstain from votes that come before that body.
 
“First and foremost, elected representatives should, absent extraordinary circumstances, should vote on the measure that come before them,” said Senator Care.  “The people of Clark County deserve to know the opinion of their elected officials on matters that affect them.  Moreover, those representatives owe it to those who elected them to be certain their voices are heard on all matters.”
 
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Requires certain offices of physicians and related facilities to obtain a permit under certain circumstances and requires annual inspections of surgical centers for ambulatory patients
SB 70
Sponsored by: Committee on Health and Education
BILL STATUS: April 8, 2009- Referred to Committee on Finance. May 1, 2009- Passed in Senate (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1), in Assembly. May 2, 2009- Referred to Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services.

Since the Hepatitis scare, it is time Nevada enforce more inspections at medical facilities. Existing law requires certain medical facilities, including hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, community triage centers and surgical centers for ambulatory patients, to be licensed by the Health Division of the Dept. of Health and Human Services.

This bill require offices of physicians or other facilities providing health care that are not licensed as a medical facility by the Health Division to obtain a permit from the Division before offering to patients services of general anesthesia, conscious sedation or deep sedation and prescribe the procedure for obtaining such a permit. This bill also requires the Health Division to conduct annual, unannounced inspections of those offices and facilities.

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