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A 14-member panel has approved recommendations to strengthen an outdated law requiring casinos to submit emergency plans.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