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.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3649)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 223.020 - Election; term of office.
NRS 223.025 - Governor-elect: Payment of expenses for clerical and research assistance.
NRS 223.040 - Office and residence.
NRS 223.121 - Portrait of Governor.
NRS 223.140 - Power to close banks and other financial institutions.
NRS 223.150 - Governor may order military force to assist sheriff in executing process.
NRS 223.160 - Governor may order armed force when unlawful or riotous assembly.
NRS 223.170 - Armed force to obey Governor’s order.
NRS 223.180 - Governor may proclaim county in insurrection.
NRS 223.190 - Governor to advise Legislature of appointments made to fill vacancies.
NRS 223.400 - Creation; composition.
NRS 223.410 - Director: Appointment; classification; other employment or occupation prohibited.
NRS 223.420 - Director: Powers and duties.
NRS 223.425 - Deputy Director: Appointment; classification; restrictions on other employment.
NRS 223.440 - Administrator of the Division of Internal Audits: Appointment; classification.
NRS 223.460 - Definitions. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.462 - "Director" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.464 - "Federal assistance" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.466 - "Local agency" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.468 - "Office" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.470 - "State agency" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.472 - Creation; budget; offices. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.488 - "Program" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.490 - Creation; duties. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.492 - Grant Matching Account: Creation; administration; sources. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.494 - Development and administration of grant process. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.496 - Eligibility for grant. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.498 - Biennial report to Legislature. [Effective July 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.680 - Report regarding broadband services and infrastructure. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
NRS 223.800 - Creation; responsibility and accountability for apprenticeship.
NRS 223.810 - Executive Director: Appointment; classification.
NRS 223.820 - Executive Director: Duties.
NRS 223.900 - "State agency" defined.
NRS 223.920 - Duties of Director.