Nevada § 449.520 - Reports to Governor and legislative committees; development of comprehensive plan by Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services

§ 449.520. Reports to Governor and legislative committees; development of comprehensive plan by Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services

1. On or before October 1 of each year, the Director shall prepare and transmit to

the Governor, the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services and

the Interim Finance Committee a report of the Department's operations and activities

for the preceding fiscal year. 2. The report prepared pursuant to subsection 1 must include: (a) Copies of all reports, summaries, compilations and supplementary reports required

by NRS 449.450 to 449.530 , inclusive, together with such facts, suggestions and policy recommendations as the

Director deems necessary; (b) A summary of the trends of the audits of hospitals in this State that the Department

required or performed during the previous year; (c) An analysis of the trends in the costs, expenses and profits of hospitals in this

State; (d) An analysis of the methodologies used to determine the corporate home office allocation

of hospitals in this State; (e) An examination and analysis of the manner in which hospitals are reporting the

information that is required to be filed pursuant to NRS 449.490 , including, without limitation, an examination and analysis of whether that information

is being reported in a standard and consistent manner, which fairly reflect the operations

of each hospital; (f) A review and comparison of the policies and procedures used by hospitals in this

State to provide discounted services to, and to reduce charges for services provided

to, persons without health insurance; (g) A review and comparison of the policies and procedures used by hospitals in this

State to collect unpaid charges for services provided by the hospitals; and (h) A summary of the status of the programs established pursuant to NRS 439A.220 and 439A.240 to increase public awareness of health care information concerning the hospitals

and surgical centers for ambulatory patients in this State, including, without limitation,

the information that was posted in the preceding fiscal year on the Internet website

maintained for those programs pursuant to NRS 439A.270 . 3. The Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services shall develop

a comprehensive plan concerning the provision of health care in this State which includes,

without limitation: (a) A review of the health care needs in this State as identified by state agencies,

local governments, providers of health care and the general public; and (b) A review of the capital improvement reports submitted by hospitals pursuant to

subsection 2 of NRS 449.490 .