The Board may:
1. Use its assets only to pay the expenses of health care for its members and covered dependents, to pay its employees’ salaries and to pay administrative and other expenses.
2. Enter into contracts relating to the administration of the Program, including, without limitation, contracts with licensed administrators and qualified actuaries. Each such contract with a licensed administrator:
(a) Must be submitted to the Commissioner of Insurance not less than 30 days before the date on which the contract is to become effective for approval as to the licensing and fiscal status of the licensed administrator and status of any legal or administrative actions in this State against the licensed administrator that may impair his or her ability to provide the services in the contract.
(b) Does not become effective unless approved by the Commissioner.
(c) Shall be deemed to be approved if not disapproved by the Commissioner within 30 days after its submission.
3. Enter into contracts with physicians, surgeons, hospitals, health maintenance organizations and rehabilitative facilities for medical, surgical and rehabilitative care and the evaluation, treatment and nursing care of members and covered dependents. The Board shall not enter into a contract pursuant to this subsection unless:
(a) Provision is made by the Board to offer all the services specified in the request for proposals, either by a health maintenance organization or through separate action of the Board.
(b) The rates set forth in the contract are based on:
(1) For active and retired state officers and employees and their dependents, the commingled claims experience of such active and retired officers and employees and their dependents for whom the Program provides primary health insurance coverage in a single risk pool; and
(2) For active and retired officers and employees of public agencies enumerated in NRS 287.010 that contract with the Program to obtain group insurance by participation in the Program and their dependents, the commingled claims experience of such active and retired officers and employees and their dependents for whom the Program provides primary health insurance coverage in a single risk pool.
4. Enter into contracts for the services of other experts and specialists as required by the Program.
5. Charge and collect from an insurer, health maintenance organization, organization for dental care or nonprofit medical service corporation, a fee for the actual expenses incurred by the Board or a participating public agency in administering a plan of insurance offered by that insurer, organization or corporation.
6. Charge and collect the amount due from local governments pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 4 of NRS 287.023. If the payment of a local government pursuant to that provision is delinquent by more than 90 days, the Board shall notify the Executive Director of the Department of Taxation pursuant to NRS 354.671.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 325; A 1991, 660; 1999, 2821, 3032; 2001, 204, 2711; 2003, 3253, 3267; 2007, 2877, 2878; 2011, 905)
The Board may:
1. Use its assets only to pay the expenses of health care for its members and covered dependents, to pay its employees’ salaries and to pay administrative and other expenses.
2. Enter into contracts relating to the administration of the Program, including, without limitation, contracts with licensed administrators and qualified actuaries. Each such contract with a licensed administrator:
(a) Must be submitted to the Commissioner of Insurance not less than 30 days before the date on which the contract is to become effective for approval as to the licensing and fiscal status of the licensed administrator and status of any legal or administrative actions in this State against the licensed administrator that may impair his or her ability to provide the services in the contract.
(b) Does not become effective unless approved by the Commissioner.
(c) Shall be deemed to be approved if not disapproved by the Commissioner within 30 days after its submission.
3. Enter into contracts with physicians, surgeons, hospitals, health maintenance organizations and rehabilitative facilities for medical, surgical and rehabilitative care and the evaluation, treatment and nursing care of members and covered dependents. The Board shall not enter into a contract pursuant to this subsection unless:
(a) Provision is made by the Board to offer all the services specified in the request for proposals, either by a health maintenance organization or through separate action of the Board.
(b) The rates set forth in the contract are based on:
(1) For active and retired state officers and employees and their dependents, the commingled claims experience of such active and retired officers and employees and their dependents for whom the Program provides primary health insurance coverage in a single risk pool; and
(2) For active and retired officers and employees of public agencies enumerated in NRS 287.010 that contract with the Program to obtain group insurance by participation in the Program and their dependents, the commingled claims experience of such active and retired officers and employees and their dependents for whom the Program provides primary health insurance coverage in a single risk pool.
(c) For a contract with a physician, surgeon, hospital or rehabilitative facility, the physician, surgeon, hospital or rehabilitative facility has also complied with the requirements of NRS 695K.230.
4. Enter into contracts for the services of other experts and specialists as required by the Program.
5. Charge and collect from an insurer, health maintenance organization, organization for dental care or nonprofit medical service corporation, a fee for the actual expenses incurred by the Board or a participating public agency in administering a plan of insurance offered by that insurer, organization or corporation.
6. Charge and collect the amount due from local governments pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 4 of NRS 287.023. If the payment of a local government pursuant to that provision is delinquent by more than 90 days, the Board shall notify the Executive Director of the Department of Taxation pursuant to NRS 354.671.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 325; A 1991, 660; 1999, 2821, 3032; 2001, 204, 2711; 2003, 3253, 3267; 2007, 2877, 2878; 2011, 905; 2021, 3633, effective January 1, 2026)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees
NRS 287.0205 - Reinstatement of insurance by retired public officer or employee or surviving spouse.
NRS 287.0404 - "Board" defined.
NRS 287.0405 - "Participating local governmental agency" defined.
NRS 287.04052 - "Participating public agency" defined.
NRS 287.04054 - "Participating state agency" defined.
NRS 287.0406 - "Program" defined.
NRS 287.04062 - "Program Fund" defined.
NRS 287.04064 - "Retirees’ Fund" defined.
NRS 287.041 - Creation; composition; qualifications; terms; vacancies; removal.
NRS 287.042 - Compensation; administrative leave from service of State.
NRS 287.0422 - Reimbursement of expenses of witnesses.
NRS 287.0425 - Executive Officer: Reports.
NRS 287.043 - Powers and duties.
NRS 287.04345 - Procedure for awarding contracts to vendors.
NRS 287.0436 - Creation; purpose.
NRS 287.04364 - Uses; fiduciary duty of Board.
NRS 287.0438 - Records of Program deemed public records; exception.
NRS 287.0475 - Reinstatement of insurance by retired public officer or employee or surviving spouse.
NRS 287.0485 - No inherent right to certain benefits.
NRS 287.049 - Costs of premiums or contributions to be budgeted.
NRS 287.050 - Declaration of legislative policy.
NRS 287.060 - "Employee" defined.
NRS 287.070 - "Employee tax" defined.
NRS 287.080 - "Employment" defined.
NRS 287.090 - "Federal Insurance Contributions Act" defined.
NRS 287.100 - "Political subdivision" defined.
NRS 287.110 - "Secretary" defined.
NRS 287.120 - "Social Security Act" defined.
NRS 287.130 - "State agency" defined.
NRS 287.140 - "Wages" defined.
NRS 287.150 - Federal-state agreement: Provisions.
NRS 287.160 - Interstate instrumentality: Powers.
NRS 287.170 - Contributions by state employees.
NRS 287.180 - Plans for coverage of employees of political subdivisions.
NRS 287.210 - Social Security Administration Fund: Creation; sources; disbursements.
NRS 287.220 - Regulations of state agency.
NRS 287.230 - Studies of state agency.
NRS 287.260 - "Committee" defined.
NRS 287.270 - "Deferred compensation" defined.
NRS 287.275 - "Executive Officer" defined.
NRS 287.300 - "Investment" defined.
NRS 287.310 - "Program" defined.
NRS 287.335 - Interest and income earned on money in deferred compensation account.
NRS 287.337 - Employment of staff or consultants by Executive Officer.
NRS 287.338 - Procedure for awarding contracts to vendors.
NRS 287.340 - Deferrals of compensation: Deductions from payroll; limitation on amount deferred.
NRS 287.360 - Program additional to other retirement, pension and benefit systems.
NRS 287.370 - Use of appropriated money in administration of Program.
NRS 287.391 - "Committee" defined.
NRS 287.401 - "Deferred compensation" defined.
NRS 287.411 - "Program" defined.
NRS 287.420 - Employer may agree with employee to defer compensation; investment of withheld money.
NRS 287.440 - Governing body may appoint committee to administer program; powers of committee.
NRS 287.450 - Deferrals of compensation: Deductions from payroll; limitation on amount deferred.
NRS 287.470 - Program additional to other retirement, pension and benefit systems.
NRS 287.480 - Use of appropriated money in administration of program.
NRS 287.510 - Contracts authorized; payment.
NRS 287.520 - Duties of employee organization.
NRS 287.530 - Employee organization as trustee of money collected; claims.