Revises provisions relating to emergency management. (BDR 36-237)

Existing law establishes the State Disaster Identification Coordination Committee within the Division of Emergency Management of the Office of the Military. (NRS 414.270) Existing law further authorizes, under certain circumstances, the Chief of the Division to activate the Committee or a subcommittee thereof: (1) during the existence of a state of emergency or a declaration of a disaster or a public health emergency or other health event; or (2) during an emergency in a city or county. If activated, the Committee or subcommittee thereof is required to coordinate the sharing of information among state, local and tribal governmental agencies regarding persons who appear to be injured or killed or contracted an illness. (NRS 414.038, 414.285) Section 2 of this bill clarifies that, under certain circumstances, the Chief of the Division may also activate the Committee or a subcommittee thereof in preparation for an imminent emergency, disaster, public health emergency or other health event. Existing law authorizes a provider of health care to whom a person comes or is brought for the treatment of an injury inflicted during a state of emergency or declaration of disaster or an illness contracted during a public health emergency or other health event to submit a report to the Committee. The report must contain certain information relating to the person who was treated. (NRS 629.043) Section 5 of this bill instead requires providers of health care to submit such a report. Section 5 further provides that: (1) such a report must include certain information including the number of the medical record of the person who was treated; and (2) the information in such a report is confidential and must be securely maintained by each person who has possession, custody or control of such information. Section 4 of this bill makes a conforming change to provide that these reports are not public records. Existing law requires the Committee to notify providers of health care of the provisions of existing law governing the submission of such reports to the Committee. (NRS 414.280) Section 1 of this bill: (1) requires the Committee to share the information from the reports submitted by providers of health care with a county or city upon the request of the county or city for the purpose of reunification or identification services; and (2) makes a member of the Committee immune from civil action for a disclosure concerning the reports submitted by providers of health care that is made in good faith. Existing law requires the Office of the Military to adopt regulations governing the Committee. (NRS 414.300) Section 3 of this bill transfers the requirement to adopt regulations from the Office of the Military to the Division.