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AN ACT relating to dementia; requiring the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish and administer a dementia care specialist program; setting forth certain requirements for the program; providing for the establishment of the Nevada Memory Network for the diagnosis of dementia and the care of patients with dementia; setting forth certain requirements for the Nevada Memory Network; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to dementia; requiring the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish and administer a dementia care specialist program; setting forth certain requirements for the program; providing for the establishment of the Nevada Memory Network for the diagnosis of dementia and the care of patients with dementia; setting forth certain requirements for the Nevada Memory Network; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Monday, March 3, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services
Public exhibits
4
Support 2 · Opp 0 · Neutral 0
Auditor findings
0
recusal 0 · QPQ 0
AN ACT relating to dementia; requiring the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human
Existing law requires the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish and administer a program to provide the community-based services necessary to enable a frail elderly person to remain in his or her home and avoid being placed in a facility for long-term care. (NRS 427A.250) Existing law also authorizes the Division to establish and administer a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly. (NRS 427A.255) Section 1 of this bill requires the Division to establish and administer a program for dementia care specialists in this State. Section 1 requires the goals of the program to include: (1) developing and providing certain crisis intervention services for persons with dementia and their families and caregivers; (2) proactively supporting persons with dementia and their families and caregivers; and (3) providing access to the program through translation and interpretation services for persons with dementia and their families and caregivers where such persons have limited English proficiency. Within the limits of legislative appropriations and any other money available for this purpose, section 1 requires the Division to: (1) prepare requests for proposals for the provision of services by dementia care specialists employed by local governmental agencies or nonprofit organizations to carry out the program; and (2) partner or contract with an appropriate educational organization to provide training to dementia care special
NELIS exhibits (4 on file)
Support (2)
- Jessica Padron (Testimony)
- Mathilda Guerrero Miller (Testimony)
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