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admin April 24, 2020

Please use these links to help you when you need to find informaiton on COVID-19.

4/21/2020 – Governor Sisolak Announces Nevada School Buildings will not Re-Open During the 2019-20 School Year

http://www.doe.nv.gov/News__Media/Press_Releases/2020/Governor_Sisolak_Announces_Nevada_School_Buildings_will_not_Re-Open_During_the_2019-20_School_Year/

Nevada Health Response

Note on test results: This data changes rapidly as labs conduct tests and discover new cases. The numbers may not always match the most recent reports released by local health jurisdictions since statewide cases will be updated as lab data are available. Additionally, these are laboratory-based data which may reflect some results on patients that live outside of Nevada. Those cases will be removed once the epidemiological investigation is performed. Click here for information on facilities in Nevada with COVID-19 cases

Schools & Families

The links below provide guidance to schools, students, and their families on how to prepare, prevent, and respond to COVID-19.

Consumers

The information below provides COVID-19-related guidance to Nevada consumers.

Patient Privacy Laws

In order to protect public health and safety, there are state and federal laws in place regarding patient privacy. Though we are all concerned about our own health, we need to recognize that these laws are in place to protect private citizens and we should respect their personal information.

What Laws Govern a Patient’s Private Health Information?

NRS 441A.220 prohibits disclosing personal health information without the consent of the individual except in limited circumstances. This information cannot be disclosed even with a search warrant, subpoena or discovery proceeding in a lawsuit. The health authority can only disclose the information necessary to assist the public in controlling or preventing communicable disease without violating the rights of any individual to their own personal health information. Regulations and policies of local health districts further implement this law.

Additional federal laws, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), may also apply. The HIPAA Privacy Rule is a national standard to protect individuals’ medical records and other personal health information. Entities that must follow the HIPAA regulations include health insurance companies, government programs that pay for health care (Medicare and Medicaid), and health care providers (doctors, nurses, hospitals, etc.). Some local health districts and public health authorities provide direct health care services, so they also comply with HIPAA.

What Information Can the Health Authority Disclose About a Case or Suspected Case of COVID-19?

The public health authority can publicly provide statistical information as long as the information does not identify any person who has or has been exposed to COVID-19. [NRS 441A.220(2)]

The public health authority can disclose specific, limited personal health information to the following:

  • Any person who has been exposed to COVID-19 [NAC 441A.300(1)(a)];
  • The parent, guardian or caregiver of a person who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 or has a person exposed to COVID-19 [NAC 441A.300(1)(b)];
  • Health care providers treating an individual who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 or a person who has been exposed to COVID-19 [NAC 441A.300(1)(c)];
  • Employers of a person diagnosed with COVID-19 if that person is employed in a sensitive occupation and the health authority determines that the potential for transmission of the disease is enhanced by his or her employment [NAC 441A.300(1)(d)]; and
  • Any person who has a medical need to know the information for their own protection or well-being as determined by the health authority. [NRS 441A.220(6)]

If an exception allows disclosure, it is limited. The health authority may only disclose information to those who have been exposed or are likely to be exposed sufficiently to acquire COVID-19. Only information which is necessary to protect another person’s health may be disclosed. [NAC 441A.300(2-3)]

The protection of first responders, including emergency medical service personnel, police officers, and firefighters, is critical to the protection of the community. Due to the recent spread of the disease, COVID-19 is not specifically listed as a communicable disease in the regulation which directly authorizes disclosure to first responders upon an exposure likely to cause transmission. [NAC 441A.305(1)(b) and (2)] First responders who have been exposed, however, fall under the exception as a person who has a medical need to know the information for their own protection or well-being. Whether someone has a medical need to know another person’s health information is determined by the relevant health authority and may be subject to federal privacy laws. [NRS 441A.220(6); NAC 441A.300(1)(a)]

Why do Public Health Authorities Protect the Personal Information of Individuals Who Have or May Have Been Exposed to COVID-19?

They must do so under the law. The public health authority must comply with the law to maintain the confidentiality of personal information.

It is critical that people are honest and accurate about where they have been and what they have done so that the public health authorities can identify all persons who may be exposed. Individuals would be less likely to cooperate with public health officials and provide personal information if they fear their personal information will be released to the public.

What is the Penalty for Unauthorized Disclosure of Personal Health Information?

Violating Nevada’s patient privacy laws is a crime punishable as a misdemeanor. [NRS 441A.910]

Home Care

The following documents provide guidance for individuals deemed close contacts, people under monitoring, or confirmed cases.

Travelers & Visitors

Visitors Traveling to Nevada and Nevadans Traveling Outside Nevada

On March 30, 2020, Governor Steve Sisolak issued a travel advisory for the State of Nevada, urging visitors or returning Nevadans to self-quarantine and
monitor their health for 14 days after arriving or returning to Nevada to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in Nevada.

Travelers are urged to self-quarantine and monitor their health for 14 days or the duration of their stay in Nevada, whichever is shorter. Travelers and returning Nevadans should not visit any public place or come into contact with those who are not members of their household unit.

The Governor is also strongly urging Nevadans to avoid non-essential travel during this time period, especially to places where the CDC has issued travel advisories. For Nevada residents who live in communities that border other states, please practice aggressive social distancing if you must cross state lines for essential daily matters. This advisory does not apply to healthcare, public health, public safety, transportation,and food supply essential employees. For more information, click on the links above.

CDC Travel Health Notices inform travelers and clinicians about current health issues that impact travelers’ health, like disease outbreaks, special events or gatherings, and natural disasters, in specific destinations. For updated CDC guidance on current travel advisories, visit the CDC Coronavirus Disease 2019 Information for Travel page.

For additional resources and travel advisories, and to inform your personal travel decisions, please visit:

Nevada Department of Transportation

When driving to, from, and throughout Nevada you can find updated Nevada highway conditions – including any potential weather-related closures – by logging onto www.nvroads.com or dialing 511 before driving. Also, you can download the NVRoads app on your mobile device for state highway updates. For additional information about the Nevada Department of Transportation you can visit their main site, here.

Healthcare Facilities and Laboratories

The following documents provide guidance to healthcare facilities, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, acute care facilities, and skilled nursing facilities, as well as medical laboratories.

Healthcare Facilities

Hospitals

Acute Care Facilities

Skilled Nursing Facilities

Long Term Care Facilities

Hospice Agencies

Medical Laboratories

Healthcare Providers and First Responders

The following documents provide guidance to healthcare providers—including home health care providers—and first responders.

Healthcare Workers

Home Healthcare Providers

Behavioral Health Providers

First Responders

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Local Public Health Care Authorities & Tribes

The following documents and links provide identification, monitoring, and containment guidance to local public health authorities and tribal governments.

Rev Up Nevada

admin August 15, 2018
  • Become a REVUP Volunteer!
  • Pick up a information packet!
  • Help spread the word to your consumers about becoming registered to vote, and the steps to take to become registered.
  • Help spread the word to other agencies ,who assist persons with disabilities, on what their rights are to become registered to vote and how they can vote.
  • For more information you can also visit
  • REVUP helps the community of persons with disabilities. For too long, persons with disabilities have been on the back burner of attempting to let their voice be heard. This is in regards to obtaining the necessary resources they need, including housing, transportation, access to buildings that are not up to ADA accessibility standards, etc.

–https://www.aapd.com/advocacy/voting/

Join Rev Up Nevada

 

Privacy Policy

admin September 6, 2017
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

 

What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?
We do not collect information from visitors of our site.

or other details to help you with your experience.

When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form or enter information on our site.

 

How do we use your information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

      • To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.

 

How do we protect your information?

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

We do not use Malware Scanning.

We do not use an SSL certificate
      • We do not need an SSL because:

 

Do we use ‘cookies’?
We do not use cookies for tracking purposes
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

 

If you turn cookies off, Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly.that make your site experience more efficient and may not function properly.

 

Third-party disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information.

 

Third-party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

 

Google

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en

We have not enabled Google AdSense on our site but we may do so in the future.

 

California Online Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf
According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
Users can visit our site anonymously.
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes:
      • On our Privacy Policy Page
Can change your personal information:
      • By emailing us
How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?
We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?
It’s also important to note that we do not allow third-party behavioral tracking

 

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.
Do we let third-parties, including ad networks or plug-ins collect PII from children under 13?

 

Fair Information Practices

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify you via email
      • Within 1 business day
We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

Privacy Statement

Website Copyright:

© 2017 NV Disability Coalition Content on all NV Disability Coalition website pages may not be reproduced without the express written permission of NV Disability Coalition. This website was developed Loops Media Group.

All photos and artwork on NV Disability Coalition website are protected by the website copyright. They may not be used or reproduced without the express written permission of NV Disability Coalition Photos and artwork have been provided via istock Photography and/or LMG Web. In addition, some photos have been provided with consent by NV Disability Coalition partners, or those individuals supported and/or supported persons’ families and teams.

NV Disability Coalition Privacy Statement:

NV Disability Coalition is a general audience web site, intended for users of all ages.
NV Disability Coalition welcomes your visit to our website. We know that you care about how personal information is used and shared. We appreciate your trust that we are committed to handling your personal information carefully and appropriately. NV Disability Coalition takes your privacy seriously.

This notice defines our privacy policy. Personal information of all users may be collected, used and disclosed as described in this statement of privacy. By visiting www.dungarvin.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

This privacy policy covers NV Disability Coalition treatment of personally identifiable information that NV Disability Coalition collects when you are on the NV Disability Coalition site, and when you use NV Disability Coalition online services. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that NV Disability Coalition does not own or control, or to people that NV Disability Coalition does not employ or manage.

Information collection and use:

NV Disability Coalition collects your personal information when you fill out any online form, such as the application for employment, testimonial submission or “contact us” forms. NV Disability Coalition uses this information to research your request for employment and/or to contact you about important NV Disability Coalition information. NV Disability Coalition will not disclose sensitive personal information without your explicit consent.

NV Disability Coalition may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to act under circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of NV Disability Coalition services or web pages.

Use of Cookies and other Web Technologies:

Like many websites, NV Disability Coalition  does not uses automatic data collection tools, such as cookies, embedded web links and web beacons.

Security:

The information you provide NV Disability Coalition is only collected via mail chimp and is secure.

Changes to this Privacy Policy:

NV Disability Coalition may amend this policy at any time. NV Disability Coalition encourages visitors of this site to periodically review this policy to be informed of how NV Disability Coalition is protecting your information.

External Links:

Any links to external websites that are available on the NV Disability Coalition website are for visitor convenience and information only. NV Disability Coalition disclaims any liability or responsibility for the content, security or privacy standards of these external sites.

Linking to the NV Disability Coalition Site:

We encourage other organizations providing human services to link to the NV Disability Coalition site. You may establish a hypertext link to the NV Disability Coalition Web site from your WWW site so long as the link is attributed to NV Disability Coalition and does not imply NV Disability Coalition’s sponsorship of your site. You may not republish, redistribute or otherwise make any copies of the materials and information on the NV Disability Coalition site as part of the link without obtaining NV Disability Coalition’s written permission. Please notify the NV Disability Coalition NVdisability@gmail.com in advance of creating a link to the NV Disability Coalition site.

Questions & Suggestions:

If you have questions or suggestions, please send an email to the NVdisability@gmail.com

 

Nevada Disability Organization

admin August 18, 2017

The Nevada Disability Organization is an alliance of organizations and individuals joined to promote the full and equal participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of life.

To support this mission, the Coalition offers the following programs:

  • Public Policy Program
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Network
  • Disability Issues for Nevadans with Disabilities
  • Inclusion for Employment Opportunities for Nevadans with Disabilities
  • Voter Registration with Rev Up.

We rely on grassroots support from individuals and organizations across Nevada. The NDC is a network on individuals and organizations for success of our combined goals.

The Coalition and its member organizations represent Nevadans of every age, economic background, political persuasion and disability. Some are disability-specific groups based on the type of disability while others are cross-disability and may focus on specific issues such as independent living, employment, or assistive technology. Each is committed to collaboration toward improving the lives of all Nevadans who are touched by a disability.

We ask that a representative from each of our member organizations serve on our Board of Directors. This governing body serves an essential role in guiding our current efforts in Nevada.