NRS 608.630: Home care employment standards board: Director to fix date for first meeting; Director and Labor Commissioner to conduct preliminary investigation and present results.

1. As soon as practicable after the appointment of the members of a home care employment standards board pursuant to NRS 608.610, the Director shall fix a date for the first meeting of the board. If a home care employment standards board is established upon the petition of 50 or more home care employees pursuant to NRS 608.610, the first meeting of the board must be held not later than 60 days after the date of the meeting described in NRS 608.620.

2. Before the first meeting of a home care employment standards board, the Director and the Labor Commissioner shall conduct a preliminary investigation into the wages and working conditions of home care employees in this State and the compliance of home care employers with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Director and the Labor Commissioner shall coordinate with the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department, the Medicaid Division of the Nevada Health Authority and the Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division of the Nevada Health Authority as necessary to complete the investigation.

3. The Director and the Labor Commissioner shall present the results of the preliminary investigation conducted pursuant to subsection 2 to the home care employment standards board at the first meeting of the board.

4. As used in this section, “Department” means the Department of Human Services.