Nevada AB 337: Requires the Board of the Public Employees' Benefits Program to create a certain pilot program in certain circumstances. (BDR 23-710)

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 15, 2025)
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 337–COMMITTEE ON
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

(ON BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON SENIOR
CITIZENS, VETERANS AND ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS)

MARCH 3, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

SUMMARY—Creates programs related to dementia.
(BDR 38-456)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: Yes.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

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.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law requires the Aging and Disability Services Division of the 1
Department of Health and Human Services to establish and administer a program to 2
provide the community-based services necessary to enable a frail elderly person to 3
remain in his or her home and avoid being placed in a facility for long-term care. 4
(NRS 427A.250) Existing law also authorizes the Division to establish and 5
administer a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly. (NRS 427A.255) 6
Section 1 of this bill requires the Division to establish and administer a 7
program for dementia care specialists in this State. Section 1 requires the goals of 8
the program to include: (1) developing and providing certain crisis intervention 9
services for persons with dementia and their families and caregivers; (2) proactively 10
supporting persons with dementia and their families and caregivers; and (3) 11
providing access to the program through translation and interpretation services for 12
persons with dementia and their families and caregivers where such persons have 13
limited English proficiency. Within the limits of legislative appropriations and any 14

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other money available for this purpose, section 1 requires the Division to: (1) 15
prepare requests for proposals for the provision of services by dementia care 16
specialists employed by local governmental agencies or nonprofit organizations to 17
carry out the program; and (2) partner or contract with an appropriate educational 18
organization to provide training to dementia care specialists and evaluate the 19
program. 20
Existing law creates the Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease within the 21
Department of Health and Human Services and requires the Task Force to develop 22
a state plan to address Alzheimer’s disease. (NRS 439.508-439.5085) Section 2 of 23
this bill authorizes the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Medicine and 24
the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, in collaboration with the 25
Department, to establish the Nevada Memory Network as a system for the early 26
detection and diagnosis of dementia and the ongoing management of care for 27
patients with dementia. If the Network is established, section 2 requires the 28
Universities and the Department to establish clinics, or contract with clinics who 29
meet certain criteria, in order to: (1) train providers of primary care in screening for 30
and treating dementia; (2) diagnose dementia in patients referred to such clinics; 31
and (3) create plans of care for patients with dementia, using telehealth when 32
appropriate, in order to provide such services. Section 2 requires the Network, if 33
established, to: (1) employ or contract with community health workers who 34
specialize in dementia care for the provision of certain services; and (2) contract 35
with community-based organizations for the provision of certain other services, 36
including crisis intervention and support services for persons diagnosed with 37
dementia and their families and caregivers. 38

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Chapter 427A of NRS is hereby amended by 1
adding thereto a new section to read as follows: 2
1. The Division shall establish and administer a program for 3
dementia care specialists in this State. 4
2. The program established pursuant to this section must 5
have as its goals, without limitation: 6
(a) To develop and provide crisis intervention services for 7
persons with dementia and their families and caregivers, 8
including, without limitation, services that provide an initial crisis 9
response, crisis stabilization and long-term care for persons with 10
dementia who exhibit behavioral problems. 11
(b) To proactively support persons with dementia and their 12
families and caregivers to ensure the highest qual