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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 417.147, subsection 2 Leaves veterans home room rates to an annual decision of the State Board of Examiners

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Standing provision

NRS 417.147, subsection 2 requires the Director, with the advice of the Nevada Veterans Services Commission, to recommend to the State Board of Examiners on or before April 1 of each calendar year a schedule of rates to be charged for occupancy of rooms at each veterans home for the following fiscal year. The Board establishes the schedule and "is not bound to follow the recommendations of the Director". Subsection 1(b) separately leaves the management, maintenance and operation of the homes, including admission criteria, to rules, policies and procedures the Director establishes, and the section states no service, discharge, disability or residency test for admission. Tracked because no figure for the cost of a Nevada veterans home appears anywhere in statute, the figure changes every fiscal year on a decision taken each spring by a body composed of the Governor, the Secretary of State and the Attorney General rather than by the veterans department, and the rate is set per home so the southern and northern homes can differ. Any published cost or eligibility figure for a Nevada veterans home is administrative and must be confirmed with the home. The gift accounts in NRS 417.145, fed by tax exemptions donated under NRS 361.0905 and NRS 371.1035 up to a combined $2,000,000 per account per fiscal year, sit alongside the operating account and are subject to an annual report of expenditures.