Section 1 of Article 13 of the Nevada Constitution requires that institutions for the benefit of the insane, blind and deaf and dumb be fostered and supported by the State. This joint resolution proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to replace the term “institutions” with “entities” and to revise the description of the persons who benefit from these entities from: (1) “insane” to “persons with significant mental illness”; (2) “blind” to “persons who are blind or visually impaired”; and (3) “deaf and dumb” to “persons who are deaf or hard of hearing.” This joint resolution also proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to add entities for the benefit of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities to the types of entities that shall be fostered and supported by the State.