Nevada § 433.708 Surcharge on certain communications lines; Crisis Response Account; use of money in Account; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations; report

Nevada Statutes

§ 433.708 — Surcharge on certain communications lines; Crisis Response Account; use of money in Account; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations; report

Nevada § 433.708

Title 39MENTAL HEALTH

Ch. 433General

SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE PROGRAM

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Bluebook

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 433.708 (2026).

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1. The State Board of Health shall impose a surcharge of 35 cents for each line on:

(a)Each access line of each customer of a company that provides commercial mobile communication services or IP-enabled voice services in this State in accordance with 47 U.S.C. § 251a; and

(b)Each access line or trunk line of each customer to the local exchange of any telecommunications provider providing those lines in this State. 2. The companies and providers described in subsection 1 shall:

(a)Collect the surcharge described in subsection 1 from their customers; and

(b)Transfer the money collected to the Division on or before the last day of the month immediately following the month to which the surcharge applies. 3. The Crisis Response Account is hereby created in the State General Fund. Any money

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1. The State Board of Health shall impose a surcharge of 35 cents for each line on:
(a) Each access line of each customer of a company that provides commercial mobile communication services or IP-enabled voice services in this State in accordance with 47 U.S.C. § 251a; and
(b) Each access line or trunk line of each customer to the local exchange of any telecommunications provider providing those lines in this State.
2. The companies and providers described in subsection 1 shall:
(a) Collect the surcharge described in subsection 1 from their customers; and
(b) Transfer the money collected to the Division on or before the last day of the month immediately following the month to which the surcharge applies.
3. The Crisis Response Account is hereby created in the State General Fund. Any money collected from the surcharge imposed pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Account. The Division shall administer the Account. The money in the Account:
(a) Must be used by the Division to carry out the provisions of NRS 433.702 to 433.710 , inclusive, to the extent authorized by 47 U.S.C. § 251a; and
(b) Must not be used to supplant existing methods of funding that are available for those purposes.
4. The interest and income earned on the money in the Account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Account.
5. Any money remaining in the Account at the end of each fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund but must be carried over into the next fiscal year.
6. The Division may accept gifts, grants and donations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of NRS 433.702 to 433.710 , inclusive.
7. On or before April 1 of each year, the companies and providers described in subsection 1 shall report to the Division the average number of access lines and trunk lines in service which were subject to the surcharge imposed pursuant to subsection 1 for each calendar month of the immediately preceding year. Such information shall be deemed proprietary information regarding a trade secret which is subject to the provisions of NRS 333.333 .
8. As used in this section:
(a) “Access line” means any voice connection between a customer and a carrier that provides the customer with access to telecommunication in this State and allows a customer to access the hotline described in NRS 433.704 by dialing the digits 9-8-8.
(b) “Commercial mobile communication service” means commercial mobile service, as that term is defined in 47 U.S.C. § 251a, which is provided to a customer within this State as determined by the place of primary use, as that term is defined in 4 U.S.C. § 124.
(c) “IP-enabled voice service” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 U.S.C. § 251a.
(d) “Trunk line” means a line which provides a channel between a switchboard owned by a customer of a telecommunications provider and the local exchange of the telecommunications provider.