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Task Force Closer To Overhauling Casino Emergency Response Plans

A state task force is a step closer to overhauling how Nevada tracks casino emergency response plans - in the wake of  the Oct. 1 mass shooting outside Mandalay Bay.

A 14-member panel has approved recommendations to strengthen an outdated law requiring casinos to submit emergency plans.

The recommendations would allow Nevada gaming regulators to discipline resorts that do not submit or update plans.

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While it doesn’t appear that oversight lapses contributed to the shooting deaths or injuries at  Mandalay Bay, an investigation found that the state’s emergency management division had not reviewed the plans for most  Las Vegas Strip casinos, including  Mandalay Bay, for nearly five years.