Nevada § 223.950 - Creation; appointment and classification of Public Health Resource Officer; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations; duties

§ 223.950. Creation; appointment and classification of Public Health Resource Officer; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations; duties

1. The Public Health Resource Office is hereby created within the Office of the Governor. 2. The Governor shall appoint a person who is knowledgeable in the field of public

health to serve as the Public Health Resource Officer. The Public Health Resource Officer is not in the classified or unclassified service

of the State and serves at the pleasure of the Governor. 3. The Public Health Resource Office may accept gifts, grants and donations to support

its duties. 4. The Public Health Resource Office shall: (a) Analyze the existing infrastructure for meeting the public health needs of this

State and the relationships between persons and entities involved in the provision

of public health services, including, without limitation, the Division of Public and

Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services, local health authorities,

providers of health care, health care facilities and nonprofit organizations; and (b) Identify and make recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature, the Director

of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Administrator of the Division

of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department concerning: (1) Unmet needs for public health services; (2) Opportunities to obtain federal or private funding to support public health services;

and (3) Ways in which to improve coordination between providers of public health services

and maximize efficiency in the delivery of public health services.