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S.B. 271
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SENATE BILL NO. 271–SENATOR TITUS
MARCH 4, 2025
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JOINT SPONSOR: ASSEMBLYMEMBER JAUREGUI
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Referred to Committee on Finance
SUMMARY—Makes an appropriation for a nurse apprentice
program. (BDR S-1054)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included
in Executive Budget.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT making an appropriation to the Division of Public and
Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and
Human Services for carrying out a nurse apprentice
program; and providing other matters properly relating
thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State
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General Fund to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the
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Department of Health and Human Services the sum of $12,000,000
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for carrying out a nurse apprentice program.
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2. Money appropriated by subsection 1 may be:
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(a) Granted to another entity to carry out the program.
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(b) Used only for:
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(1) Reimbursement of a health care entity that is enrolled in
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the program for:
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(I) Compensation paid by the health care entity to each
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nurse apprentice who participates in the program and is employed
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by the health care entity;
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(II) The costs of supervising each nurse apprentice who
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participates in the program and is employed by the health care
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entity; and
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(III) Retention bonuses paid by the health care entity to
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each nurse apprentice who participates in the program and enters
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into an employment agreement with the health care entity upon
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graduation and licensure;
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(2) Travel expenses incurred by a nurse apprentice who
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participates in the program and resides more than 50 miles from his
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or her employing health care entity; and
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(3) Administrative costs to carry out the program, except not
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more than $500,000 of the money appropriated by subsection 1 may
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be used for this purpose.
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3. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by
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subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30,
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2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity
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to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise
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transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated
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money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after
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September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was
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appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently
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granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General
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Fund on or before September 17, 2027.
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4. As used in this section:
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(a) “Health care entity” means:
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(1) A medical facility;
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(2) A community health clinic; or
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(3) A health maintenance organization.
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(b) “Nurse apprentice” means a nursing student who performs
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tasks that he or she has successfully demonstrated in his or her
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program of education in accordance with regulations adopted by the
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State Board of Nursing.
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(c) “Nursing student” means a person who is:
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(1) Enrolled in a program of professional nursing or practical
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nursing at an accredited school of nursing;
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(2) Taking at least three credits of nursing theory or clinical
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courses related to nursing in an academic semester; and
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(3) Continuously progressing toward obtaining a certificate
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or degree in nursing.
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Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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