SB207

Existing federal law authorizes a state to establish a program, commonly known as a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly or PACE program, to provide services to certain recipients of Medicare and Medicaid who are 55 years of age or older. (42 U.S.C. §§ 1395eee, 1396u-4) Existing state law authorizes the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish and administer a PACE program. (NRS 427A.255, 427A.260) Sections 2 and 8 of this bill eliminate the authority of the Division to establish a PACE program, and sections 2-4 of this bill remove references in existing law to such a PACE program. Instead, section 1 of this bill requires the Department through any of its divisions to establish and administer a PACE program. Section 6 of this bill makes a conforming change to require the Director of the Department to administer the provisions of section 1 in the same manner as the provisions of existing law governing Medicaid and certain other programs administered by the Department. Existing law: (1) creates the Office of the Community Advocate within the Division; and (2) requires the Community Advocate to assist in coordinating resources and services available to aging persons within their respective communities, including any PACE program established by the Division. (NRS 427A.300, 427A.310) Section 4 replaces the reference to the PACE program established by the Division with a reference to the PACE program estab