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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.0155 - Establishment and enforcement of standards for receipt of federal money for programs concerning juveniles and child welfare and child welfare services; development and enforcement of state plans by Administrator of Division; deposit of money.

1. The Department, through the Division, is the sole state agency for the establishment of standards for the receipt of federal money in the field of:
(a) Juvenile development and for programs to prevent, combat and control delinquency; and
(b) Child welfare and child welfare services.
The Department, through the Division, shall enforce such standards.
2. The Administrator, with the approval of the Director, may develop and enforce state plans, make reports to the Federal Government and comply with such other conditions as may be imposed by the Federal Government for the receipt of assistance for such programs and services described in subsection 1. In developing and revising state plans, the Administrator shall consider, among other things, the amount of money available from the Federal Government for such programs and services, the conditions attached to that money and the limitations of legislative appropriations for the programs and services.
3. The Administrator shall cause to be deposited with the State Treasurer all money allotted to this State by the Federal Government for the purposes described in this section and shall cause to be paid out of the State Treasury the money therein deposited for those purposes.
4. As used in this section, "child welfare services" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.044.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 43; A 2007, 1500)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.016 - Nevada Children’s Gift Account.

1. All gifts of money that the Division is authorized to accept must be deposited in the Nevada Children’s Gift Account in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Gift Fund.
2. Money in the Gift Account may be used to benefit the children to whom shelter and care is provided by the Division. Each gift must be expended in accordance with the terms of the gift.
3. The interest and income earned on the money in the Nevada Children’s Gift Account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Gift Account.
4. The Division may transfer each fiscal year from the Nevada Children’s Gift Account to the Nevada Children’s Gift Revolving Account created pursuant to NRS 432.0165 an amount not to exceed the amount of interest and income earned for that fiscal year on the money in the Nevada Children’s Gift Account.
5. Each claim against the Nevada Children’s Gift Account must be approved by the Administrator or the designee of the Administrator before it is paid.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 43)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.0165 - Nevada Children’s Gift Revolving Account.

1. The Nevada Children’s Gift Revolving Account is hereby created. All money in the Nevada Children’s Gift Revolving Account must be deposited in a financial institution qualified to receive deposits of public money and must be secured with a depository bond that is satisfactory to the State Board of Examiners, unless it is otherwise secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund or a private insurer approved pursuant to NRS 672.755.
2. The money in the Nevada Children’s Gift Revolving Account may be distributed by the Division to foster parents, upon request, on the basis of need, to pay the costs associated with participation by a child in foster care in intramural, recreational, social, school and sports-related activities, including, without limitation, uniforms and equipment, the rental of musical instruments, registration fees and art lessons.
3. All requests for distributions of money from the Nevada Children’s Gift Revolving Account must be made to the Division in writing. The person making the request must demonstrate that all other resources for money to pay for the activity have been exhausted.
4. The Division shall develop policies for the administration of this section.
5. Purchases made by the Division pursuant to this section are exempt from the provisions of the State Purchasing Act.
6. The balance in the Nevada Children’s Gift Revolving Account must be carried forward at the end of each fiscal year.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 43)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.017 - Account to Assist Persons Formerly in Foster Care; regulations.

1. The Account to Assist Persons Formerly in Foster Care is hereby created in the State General Fund.
2. The Account must be administered by the Administrator.
3. The money in the Account must be used to assist persons who attained the age of 18 years while children in foster care in this State to make the transition from foster care to economic self-sufficiency, and may, consistent with that purpose, be:
(a) Disbursed on behalf of such persons, on the basis of need, to obtain goods and services, including, without limitation:
(1) Job training;
(2) Housing assistance; and
(3) Medical insurance;
(b) Granted to nonprofit community organizations; or
(c) Expended to provide matching money required as a condition of any federal grant.
4. A request for the disbursement of money from the Account pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 3 must be made to the Division in writing. The request must include information to demonstrate that all other resources for money to pay for the goods and services have been exhausted.
5. The Division shall adopt such regulations as necessary for the administration of this section.
6. Any money remaining in the Account at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund, and the balance in the Account must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 44; A 2013, 2758)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.0175 - Contract for provision of shelter and care for certain children: Limitations; regulations.

1. The Department may enter into a contract with a person for the provision of shelter and care to children who are placed in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services.
2. The Department may not enter into a contract pursuant to this section unless it is satisfied that the person is qualified and has the necessary facilities and money to provide adequate shelter and care to the children.
3. The Department shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to ensure that the person provides adequate shelter and care for the children placed in the care of the person.
4. The person shall comply with all regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 44)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.0177 - Transfer of child to out-of-state facility: Initial inspection of facility; annual inspection, review of services and interview of child.

1. Before or at the time the Division transfers a child who has been committed to the custody of the Division to a facility located outside this State, the Administrator or the designee of the Administrator shall physically inspect the facility to determine whether the facility:
(a) Provides the services or treatment necessary for the child;
(b) Is either accredited or licensed and in good standing with the entity which accredits or licenses the facility; and
(c) Is subject to health inspections and the results of any such health inspections conducted within the immediately preceding 3 years.
2. If a child is placed in a facility that is located outside this State, the Administrator of the Division or the designee of the Administrator shall, at least one time each year, to ensure the continued appropriateness of the placement:
(a) Physically inspect the facility;
(b) Review the services being provided to the child at the facility and any treatment plan established for the child; and
(c) Interview the child.
3. The provisions of this section apply to any child committed to the custody of the Division pursuant to title 5 of NRS, chapter 432B or 433B of NRS or pursuant to any other authority.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 1190)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.020 - Duties of agencies which provide child welfare services.

An agency which provides child welfare services shall:
1. Provide, to the extent that support is not otherwise required by court order or pursuant to specific statute, maintenance and special services to:
(a) Unmarried mothers and children awaiting adoptive placement.
(b) Children who are placed in the custody of the agency which provides child welfare services, and who are placed in foster homes, homes of relatives other than parents or other facilities or institutions. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, if any child is to be placed in the custody of the agency which provides child welfare services, pursuant to any order of a court or request made by a person or agency other than the agency which provides child welfare services, this order or request may be issued or made only after an opportunity for a hearing has been given to the agency which provides child welfare services after 3 days’ notice, or upon request of the agency which provides child welfare services.
2. Except as otherwise provided by court order or specific statute, return a child to his or her natural home or the home of a competent relative for a probationary period any time after the expiration of 60 days after the placement of the child in the custody of the agency which provides child welfare services, with notification to but without formal application to a court, but the agency which provides child welfare services retains the right to custody of the child during the probationary period, until a court of competent jurisdiction determines proper custody of the child.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 327; A 1961, 360; 1963, 932; 1967, 1366; 1973, 458, 1612, 1633; 1977, 109; 1985, 1385; 1989, 1157; 1993, 2701; 2001 Special Session, 29)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.025 - Limitations on use of federal payments for maintenance of children in foster care.

Not more than 60 percent of the total number of children for whom maintenance is provided pursuant to Part E of Title IV of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 670 et seq., may have been in foster care for more than 24 months.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1600; A 1991, 707)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.027 - Agency which provides child welfare services to provide notice of whether person will be considered for approval as adoptive parent or provider of foster care.

As soon as practicable after an agency which provides child welfare services receives an application by a person to receive the placement of a child, the agency which provides child welfare services shall notify the person in writing as to whether the person will be considered for approval as an adoptive parent or as a provider of foster care.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2028; A 2001 Special Session, 29)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.028 - Authority of director of agency which provides child welfare services to request education records; confidentiality of education records disclosed to agency; memorandum of understanding.

1. The director of an agency which provides child welfare services or a designee thereof who is responsible for the supervision of the case plan maintained for a child in the custody of the agency may request from a public or private school or school district any education records, including, without limitation, electronic education records, maintained by the school or school district concerning the child.
2. A person who requests education records pursuant to subsection 1 shall not disclose the education records except to the extent authorized by applicable federal and state laws and regulations, including, without limitation, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g and 34 C.F.R Part 99.
3. If education records are requested pursuant to subsection 1, the agency which provides child welfare services requesting the education records and the board of trustees of the school district in which the school is located, the governing body of the charter school or the governing body of the private school, as applicable, must enter into a memorandum of understanding concerning the use of such education records which must set forth, without limitation:
(a) The manner in which the education records will be used;
(b) What constitutes misuse of the education records, which would result in revocation of any access by the agency to such education records; and
(c) The required training concerning the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Education records" has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(4).
(b) "Private school" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 394.103.
(c) "Public school" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 385.007.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 388)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.030 - Restriction on provision of maintenance and special services by employee of agency which provides child welfare services.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee of an agency which provides child welfare services may, if otherwise qualified, provide maintenance and special services to any child other than a child who:
(a) Is included as a client in the caseload of the employee at the time of the provision of the maintenance or special services; or
(b) Has been included as a client in the caseload of the employee within the 3 years immediately preceding the provision of the maintenance or special services.
2. An employee of an agency which provides child welfare services may provide maintenance and special services to any child:
(a) Pursuant to court order or request; or
(b) Upon referral of appropriate law enforcement officials for emergency care.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 327; A 1961, 361; 1963, 932; 1977, 110; 1993, 2701; 2001 Special Session, 29; 2003, 827)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.0305 - Duties of Department.

The Department, through the Division, shall:
1. Observe and study the changing nature and extent of the need for child welfare services and develop through tests and demonstrations effective ways of meeting those needs.
2. Cooperate with the Federal Government in adopting state plans, in all matters of mutual concern, including the adoption of methods of administration found by the Federal Government to be necessary for the efficient operation of programs for child welfare, and in increasing the efficiency of those programs by prompt and judicious use of new federal grants which will assist the Division in carrying out the provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, 432.400, 432.410 and 432.420. The Department shall consider any request for a change in the state plan submitted by an agency which provides child welfare services.
3. Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states relative to services for child welfare and institutional care, when deemed necessary or convenient by the Administrator.
4. Enter into agreements with an agency which provides child welfare services in a county whose population is 100,000 or more when deemed necessary or convenient by the Administrator.
5. Accept money from and cooperate with the United States or any of its agencies in carrying out the provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, 432.400, 432.410 and 432.420 and of any federal acts pertaining to public child welfare and youth services, insofar as authorized by the Legislature.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2699; A 2001 Special Session, 30; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 45; 2011, 1777)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.031 - Department designated agency for administration of federal money for child welfare; acceptance of increase in benefits from Federal Government; certain agencies which provide child welfare services required to enter into agreements to maximize federal money.

1. The Department, through the Division, shall act as the single state agency of the State of Nevada and its political subdivisions in the administration of any federal money granted to the State to aid in the furtherance of any services and activities for child welfare.
2. If the Congress of the United States passes any law increasing the participation of the Federal Government in a Nevada Program for Child Welfare, either as relates to eligibility for assistance or otherwise, the Director is authorized to accept, with the approval of the Governor, the increased benefits of that legislation. The Division may adopt such standards as are required by the Congress of the United States as a condition to the acceptance of those benefits.
3. An agency which provides child welfare services in a county whose population is 100,000 or more shall enter into such agreements with the Division as are necessary to maximize the amount of money that this State may obtain from the Federal Government for the provision of child welfare services throughout this State.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2698; A 2001 Special Session, 30; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 45)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.032 - Regulations.

The Division, in consultation with each agency which provides child welfare services, shall adopt regulations for the administration of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, which are binding upon all recipients and local units.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2699; A 1999, 2029; 2001 Special Session, 30; 2017, 388)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.033 - Division authorized to prescribe forms for reports and records.

To secure accuracy, uniformity and completeness in statistics and information, the Division, in consultation with each agency which provides child welfare services, may prescribe forms of reports and records to be kept by an agency which provides child welfare services and all persons subject to supervision by the Division or investigation pursuant to NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2699; A 2001 Special Session, 30)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.034 - Written statements of responsible relatives of applicants or recipients not required to be sworn under oath; perjury.

Written statements of information required from responsible relatives of applicants for or recipients of assistance pursuant to NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, need not be under oath, but any person who signs such a statement and willfully states therein as true any material matter which the person knows to be false is guilty of perjury which is a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2699; A 1995, 1276; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 46)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.035 - Custody, use, preservation and confidentiality of records, files and communications concerning applicants for and recipients of services for child welfare; regulations.

1. To safeguard and restrict the use or disclosure of any information concerning applicants for and recipients of services for child welfare to purposes directly connected to the administration of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, by the Division, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Social Security Act, the Division shall, in consultation with each agency which provides child welfare services, establish and enforce reasonable regulations governing the custody, use and preservation of the records, files and communications filed with the Division and any agency which provides child welfare services.
2. Whenever, pursuant to the provisions of law or regulations of the Division, names and addresses of, or information concerning, applicants for and recipients of services for child welfare are furnished to or held by an agency which provides child welfare services or any other agency or department of government, that agency or department shall comply with the regulations of the Division prohibiting the publication of information and its use for purposes not directly connected with the administration of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, by the Division.
3. Except for purposes directly connected with the administration of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, no person may publish, disclose, use or permit or cause to be published, disclosed or used any confidential information pertaining to a recipient of services under the provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2700; A 2001 Special Session, 31; 2017, 388)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.036 - Assistance not assignable or subject to process or bankruptcy law; assistance subject to future amending and repealing acts.

Assistance awarded pursuant to the provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, is:
1. Not transferable or assignable at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable pursuant to those provisions is subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment or other legal process, or to the operation of any law regarding bankruptcy or insolvency.
2. Awarded and held subject to any legislative enactment amending or repealing those provisions, and no recipient has any claim for assistance or otherwise by reason of the assistance being affected in any way by such a legislative enactment.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2699)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.037 - Creation of Trust Fund for Child Welfare; duties of Division; deposit of money in trust fund for child welfare established in county treasury in certain counties and disbursement from fund.

1. The Trust Fund for Child Welfare is hereby created. All benefits for survivors or other awards payable to children receiving child welfare services pursuant to NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, in a county whose population is less than 100,000 must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Fund.
2. The Division shall:
(a) Keep a separate account for each child who receives money.
(b) Deduct from the account any services to the child provided by public money. Any surplus remaining may be expended for extraordinary items deemed beneficial to the child.
(c) Remit any surplus balance to the parent or legal guardian of the child, or to the child if the child is emancipated or has reached the age of 18 years, when the Division is no longer legally responsible for the child.
3. The Division shall pay interest to each child’s separate account maintained in the Trust Fund for Child Welfare at the end of each interest period. Interest must be paid at a rate equal to the average of the interest rates quoted by at least three banking institutions for interest-bearing savings accounts of $3,000 or less on the first day of each interest period. Interest must be paid on the child’s account commencing with the first interest period that the Division is legally responsible for the child. Interest must not be paid for the interest period during which the child ceases to be the legal responsibility of the Division.
4. All benefits for survivors or other awards payable to children receiving child welfare services in a county whose population is 100,000 or more pursuant to NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, must be deposited in the trust fund for child welfare established in the county treasury. A disbursement from the benefits for survivors or other awards of a child which is deposited in the fund may be made to the agency which provides child welfare services for any child welfare services provided to the child with public money.
5. As used in this section, "interest period" means that period not less frequent than quarterly, as determined by the State Treasurer, for which interest must be paid.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2700; A 1995, 721; 2001 Special Session, 31)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.038 - Division and agency which provides child welfare services authorized to maintain account for purchase of records of vital statistics to perform work.

1. Subject to the approval and regulations of the State Board of Examiners, the Division may maintain an account in a bank or credit union for the purchase of birth certificates, death certificates and other records of vital statistics necessary to perform eligibility and other case-work functions of the Division in a county whose population is less than 100,000 pursuant to NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive.
2. Subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners of the county, an agency which provides child welfare services in a county whose population is 100,000 or more may maintain an account in a bank or credit union for the purchase of birth certificates, death certificates and other records of vital statistics necessary to perform eligibility and other case-work functions of the agency pursuant to NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2700; A 1999, 1496; 2001 Special Session, 32)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.039 - Agency which provides child welfare services authorized to petition for appointment as guardian of child in its lawful custody; waiver of fees, charges and bond for appointment as guardian.

1. When in the judgment of the court it is in the best interests of a child in the lawful custody of an agency which provides child welfare services, such an agency may petition for appointment as guardian of the person and estate of the child in the manner provided by chapter 159A or 432B of NRS.
2. The clerk of the district court, county clerk, county recorder or other county officer shall not require the payment of any fees or charges by the agency which provides child welfare services for appointment as guardian pursuant to this section, and the district court shall waive the furnishing of a bond by the agency which provides child welfare services if it is appointed guardian.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the agency which provides child welfare services shall comply with all applicable provisions of chapter 159A or 432B of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2699; A 2001 Special Session, 32; 2003, 588; 2017, 894)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.040 - State participation in payment of expenses of maintenance and special services.

The nonfederal share of all expenses for special services and maintenance provided to children and unmarried mothers pursuant to NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, must be paid from money which may be provided to the Division by direct legislative appropriation.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 327; A 1961, 361; 1963, 933; 1977, 110; 1979, 605; 1993, 2702)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.050 - State Child Welfare Services Account.

All money appropriated by the Legislature pursuant to the provisions of NRS 432.040 must be accounted for in the State Child Welfare Services Account, and all money received from the United States pursuant to Parts B and E of Title IV of the Social Security Act, or for programs of child welfare administered by the Division pursuant to NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, must be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to the Account, out of which must be paid the expenses incurred in providing maintenance and special services under the provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 327; A 1975, 123; 1981, 262; 1993, 2702)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.070 - Administrator required to furnish list of claimants in certain counties entitled to payments and amounts to be paid from State Child Welfare Services Account to State Controller; payment to claimants.

1. The Administrator shall furnish to the State Controller a full, true and correct list of claimants in each county whose population is less than 100,000 who are entitled to payment for the care and services provided for in NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, and of the amount to be paid to each of them from the State Child Welfare Services Account, certified to by the Administrator as being a full, true and correct list of such claimants in that county and the amount to which each of them is entitled pursuant to NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive. The list is subject to revision by the Administrator to make it conform to such changes as may be made pursuant to the terms of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive.
2. Upon receiving the certified list, the State Controller shall promptly draw a warrant upon the State Child Welfare Services Account payable to each claimant in the amount to which the claimant is entitled, and the State Treasurer shall pay the same. Every warrant must be for the total amount of federal and state money to which each claimant is entitled pursuant to the provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive.
3. Immediately after the warrants have been drawn, the State Controller shall deliver or mail them to the Division. Immediately thereafter, the Division shall mail them to the individual recipients. The facilities of the central mailing room must be used.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 328; A 1961, 104; 1963, 933; 1965, 114; 1969, 255; 1973, 196; 1975, 124; 1979, 606; 1981, 262; 1993, 2702; 2001 Special Session, 32)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.075 - Agencies which provide child welfare services in certain counties required to furnish list of claimants entitled to payments and amounts to county comptroller and Administrator of Division; payment to claimants.

1. The head of the agency which provides child welfare services in a county whose population is 100,000 or more shall furnish to the county comptroller and the Administrator of the Division a full, true and correct list of claimants in the county who are entitled to payment for the care and services provided for in NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, and of the amount to be paid to each of them, certified to by the head of the agency which provides child welfare services as being a full, true and correct list of such claimants in that county and the amount to which each of them is entitled pursuant to NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive. The list is subject to revision by the head of the agency which provides child welfare services to make it conform to such changes as may be made pursuant to the terms of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive.
2. The total amount of federal and state money to which each claimant is entitled pursuant to the provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, must be paid in the manner provided in NRS 244.210.
(Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 28)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.080 - Administrative expenses of Division.

All administrative expenses incurred by the Division in carrying out the provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, must be paid out of money which may be appropriated by the Legislature from the State General Fund and out of such other money as may be made available to the Division for the payment of administrative expenses. Disbursements must be made upon claims filed and allowed in the same manner as other money in the State Treasury is disbursed. All claims must be approved by the Administrator before they are paid.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 329; A 1963, 933; 1975, 125; 1993, 2702; 2003, 629; 2007, 1190)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.085 - Liability of parents for maintenance and special services provided to child placed in custody of agency which provides child welfare services; schedules for repayment; regulations; enforcement; deposit of money.

1. The parents of a child placed in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services pursuant to the provisions of NRS 62A.380 or 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, or chapter 432B of NRS are liable to the agency which provides child welfare services for the cost of maintenance and special services provided to the child.
2. The Division shall establish by regulation reasonable schedules for the repayment of money owed by parents pursuant to subsection 1.
3. An agency which provides child welfare services may waive all or any part of the amount due pursuant to this section if it determines that the parents of the child do not have the ability to pay the amount.
4. If a parent refuses to pay an agency which provides child welfare services for money owed under this section, the agency which provides child welfare services may bring a civil action to recover all money owed with interest thereon at the rate of 7 percent per year commencing 30 days after an itemized statement of the amount owed is submitted to the parents.
5. All money collected pursuant to this section must be deposited:
(a) In a county whose population is less than 100,000, with the State Treasurer for credit to the State Child Welfare Services Account.
(b) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, with the county treasurer for credit to a fund or account established by the board of county commissioners.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1156; A 1993, 2703; 2001 Special Session, 33; 2003, 1148)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.091 - Provisions inapplicable to Program for Child Care and Development.

The provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, do not apply to the Program for Child Care and Development administered by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department pursuant to chapter 422A of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2266; A 2005, 22nd Special Session, 46; 2017, 389)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.095 - Creation and administration of Placement Prevention Revolving Account; authorization of boards of county commissioners in certain counties to establish account for payment of claims of recipients of goods or services from agency which provides child welfare services.

1. There is hereby created the Placement Prevention Revolving Account in the amount of $25,000 to be used for the payment of claims in a county whose population is less than 100,000 of recipients of goods or services from the Division and vendors providing goods or services to those recipients pursuant to procedures established by the Division.
2. Upon written request from the Administrator, the State Controller shall draw a warrant from money already authorized for the use of the Division in the sum of $25,000. When the warrant is paid, the Administrator shall deposit the money in a financial institution qualified to receive deposits of public money. All money deposited in the Placement Prevention Revolving Account pursuant to this section must be secured with a depository bond that is satisfactory to the State Board of Examiners, unless it is otherwise secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund or a private insurer approved pursuant to NRS 672.755.
3. After an expenditure of money from the Placement Prevention Revolving Account, the Administrator shall present a claim to the State Board of Examiners to maintain a balance of $25,000. If the claim is approved by the State Board of Examiners, the State Controller shall draw a warrant from money already authorized for the use of the Division in the amount of the claim in favor of the Placement Prevention Revolving Account, and the State Treasurer shall pay the warrant.
4. Money in the Placement Prevention Revolving Account created pursuant to subsection 1 does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of the fiscal year, and the balance in the Account must be carried forward.
5. Purchases made by the Division pursuant to this section are exempt from the State Purchasing Act.
6. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population is 100,000 or more may establish a fund or account to be used for the payment of claims of recipients of goods or services from the agency which provides child welfare services and vendors providing goods or services to those recipients pursuant to procedures established by the agency which provides child welfare services.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3058; A 1999, 1496; 2001 Special Session, 33)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.100 - Establishment, maintenance and contents; release of information under certain circumstances; access to information.

1. There is hereby established a Statewide Central Registry for the Collection of Information Concerning the Abuse or Neglect of a Child. This Central Registry must be maintained by the Division.
2. The Central Registry must contain:
(a) The information in any substantiated report of child abuse or neglect made pursuant to NRS 392.303 or 432B.220;
(b) The information in any substantiated report of a violation of NRS 201.540, 201.553, 201.560, 392.4633 or 394.366 made pursuant to NRS 392.303;
(c) Statistical information on the protective services provided in this State; and
(d) Any other information which the Division determines to be in furtherance of NRS 392.275 to 392.365, inclusive, 432.097 to 432.130, inclusive, and 432B.010 to 432B.400, inclusive.
3. The Division may release information contained in the Central Registry to an employer if:
(a) The person who is the subject of a background investigation by the employer provides written authorization for the release of the information; and
(b) Either:
(1) The employer is required by law to conduct the background investigation of the person for employment purposes; or
(2) The person who is the subject of the background investigation could, in the course of his or her employment, have regular and substantial contact with children or regular and substantial contact with elderly persons who require assistance or care from other persons,
but only to the extent necessary to inform the employer whether the person who is the subject of the background investigation has been found to have abused or neglected a child.
4. Except as otherwise provided in this section or by specific statute, information in the Central Registry may be accessed only by:
(a) An employee of the Division;
(b) An agency which provides child welfare services;
(c) An employee of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department who is obtaining information in accordance with NRS 432A.170; and
(d) With the approval of the Administrator, an employee or contractor of any other state or local governmental agency responsible for the welfare of children who requests access to the information and who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator a bona fide need to access the information. Any approval or denial of a request submitted in accordance with this paragraph is at the sole discretion of the Administrator.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 790; A 1977, 738; 1979, 546; 1985, 1385; 1993, 2704; 1999, 2029; 2005, 2029; 2015, 1097; 2017, 2057; 2023, 1722, 2490)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.110 - Maintenance of records concerning request or receipt of information.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Division shall maintain a record of:
(a) The names and identifying data, dates and circumstances of any persons requesting or receiving information from the Central Registry; and
(b) Any other information which might be helpful in furthering the purposes of NRS 392.275 to 392.365, inclusive, 432.097 to 432.130, inclusive, and 432B.010 to 432B.400, inclusive.
2. The Division is not required to maintain a record of information concerning requests for information from or the receipt of information by employees of an agency which provides child welfare services.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 790; A 1977, 738; 1985, 1386; 1993, 2704; 2005, 2030; 2017, 2058)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.120 - Release of information; deletion of information; regulations.

1. Information contained in the Central Registry must not be released unless the right of the applicant to the information is confirmed, the information concerning the report of abuse or neglect of the child or a violation of NRS 201.540, 201.553, 201.560, 392.4633 or 394.366 has been reported pursuant to NRS 392.337 or 432B.310, as applicable, the released information discloses the disposition of the case and, if the information is being provided pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 432.100, the person who is the subject of the background investigation provides written authorization for the release of the information.
2. The information contained in the Central Registry concerning cases in which a report of abuse or neglect of a child has been substantiated by an agency which provides child welfare services must be deleted from the Central Registry not later than 10 years after the child who is the subject of the report reaches the age of 18 years.
3. The Division shall not release information from the Central Registry regarding a report of child abuse or neglect made pursuant to NRS 392.303 or 432B.220 that received a disposition other than substantiated to any person or entity except for an agency which provides child welfare services.
4. The Division shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 790; A 1977, 738; 1985, 1386; 1993, 2704; 2005, 2030; 2017, 2058; 2021, 786; 2023, 2491)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.130 - Unlawful release of data or information; penalty.

Any person who willfully releases data or information contained in the Central Registry to unauthorized persons in violation of NRS 392.317 to 392.337, inclusive, 432.120 or 432B.290 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 791; A 1977, 739; 1985, 1387; 2005, 2031; 2017, 2058)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.131 - Creation; uses; interest and income to remain in Account; nonreversion.

1. The Children’s Trust Account is hereby created in the State General Fund. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the money in the Account must be used to prevent the abuse or neglect of children.
2. No more than 5 percent of the money credited to the Account each year may be used for the expenses:
(a) Of administering the Account; and
(b) For travel of members of the Grants Management Advisory Committee created by NRS 232.383 or members of a working group of the Grants Management Advisory Committee that is appointed pursuant to NRS 232.387.
3. The interest and income earned on the money in this Account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Account.
4. 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.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 615; A 2005, 470)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.133 - Administration by Director; awards of money; report to Legislature by Director; review of requests for awards by Grants Management Advisory Committee.

1. The Director is responsible for administering the Children’s Trust Account.
2. The Director shall make awards of money, by contract or grant, from the Children’s Trust Account to agencies of the State or its political subdivisions and nonprofit community organizations or educational institutions which provide or will provide services for the prevention of the abuse or neglect of children. The duration of an award granted pursuant to this subsection must not exceed 3 years.
3. The Director shall report to each regular session of the Legislature regarding the agencies, organizations or institutions that have been awarded money from the Children’s Trust Account, the money credited to the Account, the interest and income on the money in the Account, any unexpended money in the Account and the general expenses of administering the Account.
4. Requests for awards of money from the Children’s Trust Account must be reviewed by the Grants Management Advisory Committee created by NRS 232.383.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 615; A 1993, 2704; 2005, 471; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 46)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.140 - Creation of card; limitations on possession and use of card; standards required for fingerprints.

1. A parent or guardian of a child may request that the child be fingerprinted by any law enforcement agency of this State. If the law enforcement agency agrees to perform the service and accepts payment of the same fee charged to others for this service, if any, the law enforcement agency shall fingerprint the child and give the fingerprint card to the parent or guardian. A law enforcement agency which fingerprints a child under this section shall not retain a fingerprint card or any other copy of the child’s fingerprints prepared pursuant to this section.
2. The fingerprint card must include in a conspicuous place on the card a statement that the card may be used for identification purposes only and may not be used in any juvenile or criminal investigation or proceeding conducted against the child.
3. A fingerprint card prepared pursuant to this section may be used by a law enforcement agency only to help identify a child who is lost, kidnapped or killed. The card may not be used by anyone in any investigation or proceeding conducted against the child under title 5 of NRS or under the criminal laws of this State.
4. Any other person, firm or corporation that fingerprints children for identification purposes shall take the fingerprints in a manner which meets the standards set by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as those standards exist on July 1, 1983.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1122; A 2003, 1148)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.150 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 432.150 to 432.220, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Clearinghouse" means the program established by the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 432.170.
2. "Director" means the Director of the Clearinghouse.
3. "Exploited child" means a person under the age of 18 years who has been:
(a) Used in the production of pornography in violation of the provisions of NRS 200.710;
(b) Subjected to sexual exploitation as defined in NRS 432B.110; or
(c) Employed or exhibited in any injurious, immoral or dangerous business or occupation in violation of the provisions of NRS 609.210.
4. "Missing child" means a person under the age of 18 years who has run away or is otherwise missing from the lawful care, custody and control of a parent or guardian.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 2165; A 1991, 1420; 1993, 1373; 1995, 1666; 2011, 2530)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.154 - Account for License Plates for Support of Missing or Exploited Children.

1. The Account for License Plates for the Support of Missing or Exploited Children is hereby created in the State General Fund. The Director shall administer the Account.
2. The money in the Account does not lapse to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.
3. The money in the Account must only be used to carry out the provisions of NRS 432.150 to 432.220, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1666)