reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.185 - Levy of tax ad valorem for remittance to Fund.

1. In addition to the taxes levied pursuant to NRS 428.050 and 428.285 and any tax levied pursuant to NRS 450.425, the board of county commissioners of each county shall levy an ad valorem tax at a rate which must be calculated by:
(a) First multiplying the tax rate of 1.5 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation by the assessed valuation of all taxable property in this State, including new real property, possessory interests and mobile homes, during the next fiscal year.
(b) Then subtracting the amount of unencumbered money in the Fund on May 1 of the current fiscal year.
(c) Then setting the rate so that the revenue from the tax does not exceed the amount resulting from the calculations made in paragraphs (a) and (b).
2. The tax so levied and its proceeds must be excluded in computing the maximum amount of money which the county is permitted to receive from taxes ad valorem and the highest permissible rate of such taxes.
3. The proceeds of this tax must be remitted in the manner provided for in NRS 361.745 to the State Controller for credit to the Fund.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1942; A 1987, 208; 1989, 1860; 1991, 481; 1993, 2789; 2001, 2926)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.195 - Board of Trustees of Fund: Composition; terms; vacancies; designees.

1. The Fund must be administered by a Board of Trustees composed of five members appointed by the Governor as follows:
(a) Four county commissioners; and
(b) One director of a social services agency of a county.
2. The members of the Board of Trustees must be appointed by the Governor from a list of nominees submitted by the Board of Directors of the Nevada Association of Counties. The list of nominees must include six nominees who are county commissioners and three nominees who are directors of a social services agency of a county.
3. Each member of the Board of Trustees shall serve a term of 2 years or until a successor has been appointed and has qualified.
4. The position of a member of the Board of Trustees shall be considered vacated upon the loss of any of the qualifications required for the appointment of the member and in that event the Governor shall appoint a successor from a list of nominees submitted by the Board of Directors of the Nevada Association of Counties. The list of nominees must include two county commissioners if the member of the Board is a county commissioner or two directors of a social services agency if the member of the board is the director of a social services agency of a county.
5. The director of a social services agency who is appointed to the Board of Trustees may designate a person to carry out his or her duties on the Board of Trustees when the director is unavailable, and any such designee has the same power as any other member of the Board of Trustees for the period in which he or she is designated to act on behalf of the director.
6. As used in this section, "social services agency" means any public agency or organization that provides social services in this State, including, without limitation, providing welfare and health care services.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1941; A 2011, 345)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.205 - Board of Trustees of Fund: Powers.

The Board shall administer the Fund and for that purpose may:
1. Enter into all necessary contracts and agreements, including, without limitation, contracts and agreements to obtain the services of consultants, attorneys, auditors, accountants, actuaries and managers of risk.
2. Purchase appropriate insurance to cover that portion of a claim for which the Fund is liable and which exceeds an amount agreed upon by the Board and the insurer.
3. Employ personnel as necessary and prescribe their compensation and working conditions.
4. Rent, lease, purchase or otherwise procure or receive real or personal property.
5. Adopt regulations necessary for carrying out the provisions of NRS 428.115 to 428.255, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1941; A 2013, 2883; 2015, 362)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.206 - Agreement to transfer money from Fund to Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of Department of Health and Human Services to include in State Plan for Medicaid enhanced rate of reimbursement for hospital care provided to Medicaid recipients or to make supplemental payments to hospitals for such care.

1. The Board of Trustees of the Fund for Hospital Care to Indigent Persons may enter into an agreement with the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services whereby:
(a) The Board agrees to transfer an agreed upon amount of money each year from the Fund to the Division;
(b) The Division agrees to use the money so transferred to:
(1) Include in the State Plan for Medicaid an enhanced rate of reimbursement for hospital care provided to recipients of Medicaid or to make supplemental payments to the hospital for the provision of such hospital care through increased federal financial participation;
(2) Offset any decrease in savings generated by any component of the upper payment limit program established under the State Plan for Medicaid that results from providing supplemental payments to hospitals from the Fund pursuant to subparagraph (1); and
(3) Satisfy any portion of the obligation of a county to pay the nonfederal share of expenditures pursuant to NRS 422.272;
(c) The Division agrees to return any money transferred to the Division pursuant to the agreement if the Federal Government does not approve the enhanced rate of reimbursement or supplemental payments included in the State Plan;
(d) The Board agrees to continue to transfer not less than the same amount of money as the previous year if the State Plan is approved by the Federal Government until the Board has requested the Division to exclude the enhanced rate of reimbursement or supplemental payments from the State Plan and the Federal Government approves the State Plan without such enhanced rates or supplemental payments; and
(e) The Division agrees to exclude the enhanced rate of reimbursement or supplemental payments from the State Plan when it is next submitted to the Federal Government for approval if so requested by the Board.
2. Any money transferred from the Fund to the Division pursuant to this section must not be used to replace or supplant funding available from other sources for the same purpose.
3. As used in this section, "upper payment limit program" means a program providing for supplemental payments, not to exceed a limit calculated in the manner prescribed in the State Plan for Medicaid, to hospitals owned or operated by a governmental entity other than this State or an agency of this State.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2881; A 2019, 2432)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.209 - Application by counties to Board for reimbursement for charges for care furnished to certain patients; procedure for application; review of application; payment to county from Fund; reimbursement of provider of care by county; Board subrogated to right of county; lien on proceeds of recovery.

1. The Board may authorize counties to apply to the Board for reimbursement or partial reimbursement of unpaid charges for hospital care in excess of $25,000 to any one person which have been incurred by a person certified as indigent by the board of county commissioners pursuant to this chapter.
2. The Board shall set forth the circumstances under which and the manner in which counties may apply for reimbursement pursuant to this section, including, without limitation, any amount of money that the county must expend before it may apply for reimbursement pursuant to this section.
3. The Board may review an application it receives pursuant to this section and approve or disapprove reimbursement of all or part of the unpaid charges in excess of $25,000. If reimbursement or partial reimbursement is approved, payment to the county must be made from the Fund, to the extent money is available in the Fund, and the county must reimburse the provider of care for the care given to any one indigent person which exceeds $25,000 but only to the extent of the money reimbursed or partially reimbursed to the county from the Fund on account of that patient.
4. Upon payment to the county, the Board:
(a) Is subrogated to the right of the county to recover unpaid charges from the indigent person or from other persons responsible for the support of the indigent person, to the extent of the reimbursement or partial reimbursement paid; and
(b) Has a lien upon the proceeds of any recovery by the county from the indigent person or other person responsible for the support of the indigent person, to the extent of the reimbursement or partial reimbursement paid from the Fund.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1674)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.215 - Collection of charges for care by hospital; request for determination of indigency.

Whenever hospital care is furnished to a person on account of an injury suffered by the person in a motor vehicle crash, the hospital shall use reasonable diligence to collect the amount of the charges for that care from the patient or any other person responsible for the support of the patient. The hospital may request the board of county commissioners of the county in which:
1. The crash occurred, if the person is not a resident of this state and the crash occurred in this state; or
2. The person resides, if the person is a resident of this state,
to determine whether the person who received the care is an indigent person.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1940; A 1989, 758; 2015, 1674)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.225 - Certification of indigency.

1. If, after investigation, the board of county commissioners determines that the person is an indigent person, the board of county commissioners shall so certify in writing to the hospital and to the Board of Trustees of the Fund.
2. For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed an indigent person and unable to pay for the hospital care furnished if it appears that, upon diligent search and inquiry, neither the person nor any other person responsible for his or her support can be found for service of process or that, if an action were brought and judgment secured against the person, or against any person responsible for his or her support, for the amount of the unpaid charges, execution on the judgment would be unavailing.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1940)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.235 - Application for reimbursement of charges; hospitals eligible for reimbursement.

1. If the hospital receives a certification that the person is an indigent person and it has complied with the procedures for collection established by the Board of Trustees of the Fund, it may apply to the Board for reimbursement or partial reimbursement of the unpaid charges for hospital care furnished to the indigent person.
2. The application must be in such form and contain such information as the Board requires.
3. If such an indigent patient is transferred, within 3 days after the first admission of the indigent patient, from one hospital to another, both hospitals are entitled to reimbursement in full for their unpaid charges.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1940; A 1987, 1663)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.245 - Review of application; payment to hospital from Fund; reimbursement of physician by hospital; Board subrogated to right of hospital or physician; lien on proceeds of recovery.

1. The Board shall review the application and approve or disapprove reimbursement of all or part of the unpaid charges. If reimbursement or partial reimbursement is approved, payment to the hospital must be made from the Fund, to the extent money is available in the Fund for this purpose, and the hospital must reimburse pro rata any private physician whose charges were included in the application.
2. Upon payment to the hospital:
(a) The Board is subrogated to the right of the hospital or physician to recover the unpaid charges from the patient or other person responsible for the support of the patient, to the extent of the reimbursement or partial reimbursement paid, and may maintain an independent action therefor; and
(b) The Board has a lien upon the proceeds of any recovery by the hospital or physician from the patient or other person responsible for the support of the patient, to the extent of the reimbursement or partial reimbursement paid.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1940; A 1987, 1664)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.255 - Reimbursement of Fund by counties.

1. Any reimbursement or partial reimbursement made from the Fund for unpaid charges for hospital care furnished to a person which are not greater than $3,000, is a charge upon the county in which:
(a) The crash occurred, if the person is not a resident of this state and the crash occurred in this state; or
(b) The person resides, if the person is a resident of this state,
and must be paid to the Fund upon a claim presented by the Board as other claims against the county are paid.
2. Money paid by a county pursuant to this section must be accounted for separately and expended in accordance with the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 428.175.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1941; A 1987, 1664; 1989, 758; 2011, 346; 2015, 1675)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.265 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 428.265 to 428.295, inclusive, "fund" means the fund for medical assistance to indigent persons.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 2031; A 1987, 91; 1991, 1769; 2005, 1675; 2015, 362)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.275 - Fund for medical assistance to indigent persons.

1. The board of county commissioners of a county shall before July 1, 1985, by ordinance, create in the county treasury a fund to be designated as the fund for medical assistance to indigent persons.
2. The money in the fund must be used in the manner set forth in NRS 428.295.
3. All money collected or recovered pursuant to this section and NRS 428.285, and the interest earned on the money in the fund must be deposited for credit to the fund. Claims against the fund must be paid on claims approved by the board of county commissioners. Any money remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year does not revert to the county general fund.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 2031; A 1987, 91, 1308; 2005, 1675; 2011, 2502)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.285 - Levy of tax ad valorem for remittance to fund and Intergovernmental Transfer Account; certain smaller counties to remit certain amount of money to allow State Plan for Medicaid to include payment of certain expenditures relating to long-term care; certain counties to remit certain amount for credit to Fund for Hospital Care to Indigent Persons.

1. The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish a tax rate of at least 6 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation for the purposes of the tax imposed pursuant to subsection 2. A board of county commissioners may increase the rate to not more than 10 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation.
2. In addition to the levies provided in NRS 428.050 and 428.185 and any tax levied pursuant to NRS 450.425, the board of county commissioners shall levy a tax ad valorem at a rate necessary to produce revenue in an amount equal to an amount calculated by multiplying the assessed valuation of all taxable property in the county by the tax rate established pursuant to subsection 1, and subtracting from the product the amount of unencumbered money remaining in the fund on May 1 of the current fiscal year.
3. For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 1989, the board of county commissioners of each county shall remit to the State Controller from the money in the fund an amount of money equivalent to the amount collected from 1 cent on each $100 of assessed valuation of all taxable property in the county for credit to the Intergovernmental Transfer Account in the State General Fund.
4. For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2013, in a county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of county commissioners shall, pursuant to an interlocal agreement with the State, remit to the State Controller an amount of money determined by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to be adequate for the State Plan for Medicaid to include the payment of the nonfederal share of expenditures set forth in NRS 422.272. In such a county, the amount of money that the board of county commissioners may be required to remit, as determined by the Director pursuant to this subsection, must not exceed an amount of money equivalent to the amount collected from 8 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation of all taxable property in the county.
5. Not later than January 1, 2014, and not later than January 1 of each year thereafter, the board of county commissioners of each county shall remit to the State Controller an amount equal to the amount collected by the board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 439B.340 for the previous fiscal year for credit to the Fund for Hospital Care to Indigent Persons created by NRS 428.175.
6. The tax so levied and its proceeds must be excluded in computing the maximum amount of money which the county is permitted to receive from taxes ad valorem and the highest permissible rate of such taxes.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 2031; A 1987, 91; 1989, 1860; 1991, 481; 2001, 2926; 2005, 1675; 2013, 2865, 2883; 2015, 362)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.295 - Allocation of money in budget; payment of excess from fund.

1. For each fiscal year the board of county commissioners shall, in the preparation of its final budget, allocate money for assistance to indigents pursuant to this chapter.
2. In a county whose population is less than 700,000, the amount allocated must be calculated by multiplying the amount allocated for that purpose for the previous fiscal year by 104.5 percent.
3. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the board of county commissioners may allocate money from its fund for medical assistance to indigent persons to make an intergovernmental transfer of money to the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 422.390 and for any or all of the following purposes:
(a) If an upper payment limit program is established in the State Plan for Medicaid, to provide supplemental payments to any public hospital located in the county that is eligible for supplemental payments under the program.
(b) If authorized under any other supplemental payment program administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, to:
(1) Provide an enhanced rate of reimbursement to any public hospital located in the county for the hospital care provided to recipients of Medicaid; or
(2) Make supplemental payments to any public hospital located in the county for the provision of such hospital care through increased federal financial participation.
4. When, during any fiscal year, the amount of money expended by the county for any program of medical assistance for those persons eligible pursuant to this chapter exceeds the amount allocated for that purpose in its budget, the board of county commissioners shall, to the extent that money is available in the fund, pay claims against the county from the fund for that purpose.
5. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the board of county commissioners may by resolution allocate money from the fund in any fiscal year, in an amount not to exceed the equivalent of the amount collected from 2 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation of all taxable property in the county, to make grants to any public hospital located in the county. Such a grant may be used by a hospital only to:
(a) Construct or acquire capital assets, including, without limitation, land, improvements to land and major items of equipment; and
(b) Renovate existing facilities of the hospital. Money granted for the renovation of facilities must not be used for the normal, recurring maintenance of the facilities.
6. As used in this section, "upper payment limit program" means a program providing for supplemental payments, not to exceed a limit calculated in the manner prescribed in the State Plan for Medicaid, to hospitals owned or operated by a governmental entity other than this State or an agency of the State.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 2032; A 1987, 91, 1242; 1989, 1861; 2011, 1254; 2013, 2883; 2017, 1009; 2023, 196)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.355 - Definitions.

As used in this section and NRS 428.365 and 428.375, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Community Services Block Grant Act" means the federal act set forth in 42 U.S.C. §§ 9901 et seq.
2. "Director" means the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services.
3. "Eligible entity" has the meaning ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C. § 9902.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1665; A 1993, 1621; 2001, 1019; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 39)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.365 - Director to administer allotment; expenditure of allotment; money not obligated for expenditure.

1. The Director shall administer any federal allotment received by this State pursuant to the Community Services Block Grant Act for the amelioration of the causes of poverty within this State.
2. The Director shall not spend more than 5 percent of each federal allotment, or $55,000, whichever is greater, for the administrative expenses of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to the allotment. The Director shall grant not less than 90 percent of the allotment to eligible entities for the purposes specified in the Community Services Block Grant Act. The Director may spend the remainder of the allotment in any manner not inconsistent with the terms of the federal grant.
3. Money granted to an eligible entity and not obligated for expenditure before the end of the year of the grant may be recaptured and redistributed by the Director to the extent and in the manner set forth in 42 U.S.C. § 9907.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1665; A 1993, 1621; 2001, 1019)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 428 - Indigent Persons › NRS 428.375 - Plan for statewide use and distribution of money; public hearings on proposed plans; preparation and filing of final plan; distribution of allotment; applications for grants.

1. The Director, after consulting with eligible entities, shall develop a plan for the statewide use and distribution of the money to be provided through the Community Services Block Grant Act as set forth in 42 U.S.C. § 9908.
2. The Director shall hold at least one public hearing to receive public comment on each proposed plan for the statewide use and distribution of the money to be provided through the Community Services Block Grant Act.
3. The Interim Finance Committee shall hold a public hearing to receive public comment on each proposed plan for the statewide use and distribution of the money to be provided through the Community Services Block Grant Act.
4. After reviewing the comments made at the public hearings held pursuant to subsections 2 and 3, the Director shall prepare the final plan for the statewide use and distribution of the money to be provided through the Community Services Block Grant Act and file a copy of the plan with the Interim Finance Committee.
5. The proposed distribution of the portion of each allotment set aside for eligible entities must allocate, as nearly as practicable:
(a) A base amount for each community action agency which was authorized pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2790 before that section was repealed and which received money from the allotment for the previous federal fiscal year;
(b) A uniform base amount for each of the other eligible entities in the state; and
(c) The remainder among all eligible entities based on the comparative number of persons in the respective counties whose income is at or below the federally designated level signifying poverty.
6. To apply for a grant, an eligible entity must submit an application to the Director in the manner established by the Director. The application must include a detailed description of the proposed use of the grant.
7. The Director shall provide for assistance and instruction for all potential applicants, including eligible entities, in the preparation of applications and the requirements related to the use of the grants.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1665; A 2001, 1020)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 430A.015 to 430A.080, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2765; A 2005, 467)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.020 - "At-risk community" defined.

"At-risk community" means a geographic area that the Director has declared to be in need of social and economic assistance and social service programs because of the number of families who reside there who:
1. Have low incomes;
2. Are transient or at imminent risk of homelessness; or
3. Have members whose ability to excel in academics, work and social situations is impaired by the educational, economic and social situation of the family as a unit.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2766; A 2005, 467; 2015, 978)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.040 - "Family resource center" defined.

"Family resource center" means a facility within an at-risk community where families may obtain:
1. An assessment of their eligibility for social services;
2. Social services directly from the family resource center; and
3. Referrals to obtain social services from other social service agencies or organizations.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2766; A 2005, 467; 2015, 978)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.100 - Solicitation and acceptance of gifts and grants by Director; accounting; grants of money to family resource centers; duties of Grants Management Advisory Committee concerning allocation of money.

1. The Director may solicit and accept gifts and grants of money and other property, including real property, from any public or private source and may use the property and expend the money, subject to any limitations contained in the gift or grant, to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
2. Money received by the Director pursuant to this section must be accounted for separately in the State General Fund. The money in the account does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year and must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
3. The Director may make grants of money from the account to family resource centers to pay for any expenses incurred by those centers in carrying out their responsibilities, and may place such conditions on the acceptance of those grants as the Director determines are necessary, including requiring a center to provide matching money.
4. The Advisory Committee shall review all requests for grants of money to family resource centers and shall make recommendations to the Director concerning the allocation of money in the account.
5. As used in this section, "Advisory Committee" means the Grants Management Advisory Committee created by NRS 232.383 or a working group of the Grants Management Advisory Committee that is appointed pursuant to NRS 232.387.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2768; A 2005, 468)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.120 - Director to adopt regulations.

The Director shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The regulations must provide:
1. Criteria for evaluating and determining the geographic boundaries for at-risk communities.
2. A method for establishing family resource centers, which must include the option of designating existing organizations as family resource centers.
3. Criteria for evaluating and approving action plans. The criteria must provide that no action plan will be approved unless it is:
(a) Tailored to meet the specific needs of the community;
(b) Developed with input from members of the family resource center council and local and state elected officials who represent the geographic area in which the family resource center is located; and
(c) Feasible in relation to the resources available to the family resource center to which the action plan applies.
4. Criteria for the establishment and composition of a family resource center council.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2769; A 2005, 468; 2015, 978)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.130 - Solicitation and acceptance of gifts and grants by family resource centers and family resource center councils.

Each family resource center and family resource center council may solicit and accept gifts and grants of money and other property, including real property, from any public or private source and may use the property and expend the money, subject to any limitations contained in the gift or grant, to carry out its functions.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2769; A 2005, 468)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.140 - Family resource center required to submit action plan to Director for approval.

1. Before a family resource center may obtain a grant from the Director, the family resource center:
(a) Must submit to the Director an action plan created by the family resource center with input from the family resource center council and local and state elected officials who represent the geographic area in which the family resource center is located; and
(b) Must obtain approval from the Director of that action plan.
2. An action plan must be resubmitted to the Director for approval:
(a) On or before July 1 of each year; and
(b) Any time the family resource center adopts a proposed amendment to the action plan.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2767; A 2005, 469; 2015, 978)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.150 - Establishment of family resource center council required; compliance with Open Meeting Law.

1. Each family resource center shall establish a family resource center council. The composition of the family resource center council must be consistent with the criteria set forth by regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 430A.120.
2. All meetings of a family resource center council must be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2767; A 2005, 469)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.160 - Services provided.

1. Each family resource center shall provide referrals to obtain, if available, the following services:
(a) Education on caring for infants and day care services for infants;
(b) Education on parenting;
(c) Health care services for children, including all required immunizations;
(d) Programs to identify and assist infants and young children with developmental disabilities up to 5 years of age;
(e) Day care for children who are old enough to attend school, both before and after school;
(f) Programs to assist senior citizens;
(g) Programs to supplement formal education, including, without limitation, mentor programs for pupils in elementary and secondary schools, literacy programs, programs that encourage parental involvement in school, programs that teach English as a second language, programs to assist in the naturalization process and other alternative educational programs;
(h) Programs to teach adults and children skills for employment and self-sufficiency;
(i) Services that will assist families with physical and mental health issues, the special needs of children, food and nutritional needs, recreational needs, housing problems, domestic violence and substance use disorders;
(j) Programs designed to reduce the rate of pregnancies in unmarried teenage girls;
(k) Programs designed to assist pupils who are truant from school and to reduce the rate at which pupils drop out of school;
(l) Transportation services, particularly to assist people in traveling to the social service agencies from which they may be receiving services pursuant to this section;
(m) Classes that teach alternative means of resolving disputes that arise in the family; and
(n) Any other services for which the communities that the family resource center serves have a need.
2. Each family resource center may offer services directly through its own employees and resources or contract with social service agencies to provide services, or may do both.
3. Any family resource center that offers services directly through its own employees and resources shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations regarding the delivery of the services.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2767; A 2005, 469; 2007, 1820)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.170 - Case manager and administrative staff; training of case managers; duties of case manager.

1. Each family resource center must have a case manager and may have a coordinator to handle administrative matters. If a family resource center does not employ a separate person to act as coordinator, the case manager shall also act as coordinator.
2. The Director shall provide training for all case managers on how to assess the needs of families using the family resource center.
3. The case manager shall, for each family that seeks services from the center:
(a) Develop a plan with the family which specifies:
(1) The services for which the family is eligible;
(2) Whether the family will receive services from the family resource center or a social service agency, or both;
(3) The responsibilities the family members must fulfill to remain eligible for the services; and
(4) The manner in which the performance of responsibilities by the agency and the family members will be monitored; and
(b) Collect and analyze data to monitor the performance by the family members of the responsibilities prescribed in the plan.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2767; A 2015, 979)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.180 - Prohibited services and procedures; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when providing services on behalf of a family resource center which has received a grant from the Director pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, an employee or volunteer at the family resource center shall not administer drugs or contraceptives to or perform medical or dental procedures for a minor unless written consent to administer those drugs or contraceptives or to perform those procedures has been obtained from the minor’s parent, guardian or legal custodian.
2. A licensed physician, physician assistant, registered nurse or pharmacist who is an employee or volunteer at a family resource center which has received a grant from the Director pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may provide the services described in NRS 129.060 under the conditions authorized by that section.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2768; A 2023, 1124)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.190 - Privileged communications.

Except as otherwise provided by a specific statute, any communications made to or documents received by an employee or volunteer at a family resource center from a person to obtain the services of the center are privileged and may not be disclosed without the person’s consent or unless so ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2768)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.200 - Reports by family resource centers; reports by Director.

1. On or before August 1 of each year, each family resource center shall submit a report to the Director summarizing its achievements and accounting for the expenditure of any money provided to it by the Director for the previous fiscal year.
2. On or before September 30 of each year, the Director shall provide a written report to the Interim Finance Committee concerning the expenditure during the preceding fiscal year of all money received by the Director for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2769; A 2005, 470)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 430A - Family Resource Centers › NRS 430A.210 - Social service agencies required to cooperate with family resource centers.

All social service agencies shall cooperate with family resource centers in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, to the extent that doing so does not conflict with federal law or a specific state statute or administrative regulation.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2769; A 2005, 470)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.011 - Division: Purposes; duties.

1. The purposes of the Division are to:
(a) Provide a comprehensive state system for the coordination and provision of services to children and families who need assistance relating to juvenile justice and the care, welfare and mental health of children.
(b) Aid in the preservation, rehabilitation and reunification of families.
(c) Ensure that children are placed in the least restrictive environment available which is appropriate to their needs.
(d) Coordinate and provide services for youth who are in need of residential care or in need of treatment, or both.
2. In accomplishing its purposes, the Division shall:
(a) Establish and coordinate a system for:
(1) The diagnosis and assessment of the needs of particular children and families, including those in need of multiple services;
(2) The referral of children and families to appropriate services; and
(3) The management and monitoring of cases in which children and families are referred to multiple services.
(b) Plan and coordinate the provision of services for the support of families to:
(1) Maintain the integrity of families;
(2) Ensure that children are not unnecessarily removed from their homes; and
(3) Ensure that families are reunited as soon as practicable after the removal of children from their homes.
(c) Ensure that a sufficient range of services is available to provide care and treatment to children and families in the least restrictive setting appropriate to their needs.
(d) Work closely with other governmental agencies and with public and private agencies providing the same or similar services.
3. The Division shall develop standards for carrying out programs aimed toward the prevention of delinquent acts of children and programs for the treatment of those brought to its attention. It shall assist in the development of programs for the predelinquent children whose behavior tends to lead them into contact with law enforcement agencies.
4. The Division shall develop and assist in carrying out programs for the diversion of juveniles out of the judicial system and programs for the aftercare of juveniles who have been released from state institutions, who have been brought before the juvenile court or family court or who have otherwise come into contact with law enforcement agencies. The Administrator shall observe and evaluate the success of those programs.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 40)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.0115 - Division: Composition.

The Division consists of an Administrator and:
1. The Nevada Youth Training Center Bureau;
2. The Caliente Youth Center Bureau;
3. The Youth Parole Bureau; and
4. Within the limits of legislative appropriation, such additional administrative sections as the Administrator determines are necessary to perform the functions of the Division.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 40)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.0125 - Appointment of chiefs of bureaus of Division; powers and duties of Administrator of Division.

1. The Administrator shall appoint, with the approval of the Director, a chief of each of the bureaus in the Division. The chiefs are designated respectively as:
(a) The Superintendent of the Nevada Youth Training Center;
(b) The Superintendent of the Caliente Youth Center; and
(c) The Chief of the Youth Parole Bureau.
2. The Administrator is responsible for the administration, through the Division, of the provisions of chapters 63, 424 and 433B of NRS, NRS 127.220 to 127.310, inclusive, and 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, and all other provisions of law relating to the functions of the Division, but is not responsible for the professional activities of the components of the Division except as specifically provided by law.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 41; A 2011, 3547; 2017, 23; 2019, 874)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.013 - Classifications of superintendents of youth centers and facilities for detention of children; classification of Chief of Youth Parole Bureau.

1. The Superintendents of the Nevada Youth Training Center, the Caliente Youth Center and any other state facility for the detention of children that is operated pursuant to title 5 of NRS are in the unclassified service of the State unless federal law or regulation requires otherwise.
2. The Chief of the Youth Parole Bureau is in the classified service of the State.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 41)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.0135 - Duties of chiefs of bureaus of Division; restrictions on other employment.

The chief of each bureau of the Division shall:
1. Administer the provisions of law relating to the bureau, subject to the administrative supervision of the Administrator.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.143, devote his or her entire time and attention to the business of the office and shall not pursue any other business or occupation or hold any other office of profit.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 41)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.014 - Fees for services rendered through programs of Division.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and by specific statute:
(a) The Division shall:
(1) Establish and impose a schedule of fees for services rendered through each of its programs. The highest fee established for a service must approximate the cost of providing the service.
(2) Establish a scale proportionate to income so that a family whose income is low can afford services preventive of greater expense to the family or the public afterward.
(3) Submit the schedule to the Director for approval before enforcement.
(b) The fees collected pursuant to the schedule must be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the State General Fund.
(c) The Administrator may waive any fee established pursuant to the schedule if the Administrator determines that the person required to pay that fee is financially unable to do so.
2. Fees collected pursuant to this section for services provided to juveniles committed to the custody of the Division, the Nevada Youth Training Center, the Caliente Youth Center or any other state facility for the detention of children pursuant to title 5 of NRS must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to a separate account in the State General Fund for expenditure by the Administrator to carry out the powers and duties of the Administrator and the Division.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 41)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.0145 - Gifts and grants to Division: Deposit in Division of Child and Family Services’ Gift and Cooperative Account; use; approval of claims by Administrator.

1. Except for gifts or grants specifically accounted for in another account, any gifts or grants of money which the Division is authorized to accept must be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Division of Child and Family Services’ Gift and Cooperative Account in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Gift Fund.
2. Money in the Account must be expended in accordance with the terms of the gift or grant.
3. All claims must be approved by the Administrator before they are paid.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 42)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 432 - Public Services for Children › NRS 432.015 - Issuance and enforcement of subpoenas for certain hearings.

1. The Department may issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony and the production of books and papers at an administrative hearing conducted pursuant to the provisions of 20 U.S.C. § 1415 on behalf of a party to that hearing. The subpoena must be signed by the Director or a person designated by the Director for this purpose. If a person fails to comply with a subpoena, the Department may apply to the district court for enforcement of the subpoena.
2. The District Court in and for Carson City or the county in which a hearing is being conducted for which such a subpoena was issued may, upon receipt of such an application, compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony and the production of books and papers as required by the subpoena.
3. In case of the refusal of any witness to attend or testify or produce any papers required by the subpoena, the person holding the hearing may report to the district court by petition, setting forth:
(a) That due notice has been given of the time and place of attendance of the witness or the production of the books and papers;
(b) That the witness has been subpoenaed in accordance with this section; and
(c) That the witness has failed or refused to attend or produce the papers required by subpoena before the person holding the hearing named in the subpoena, or has refused to answer questions propounded to the witness in the course of the hearing,
and asking an order of the court compelling the witness to attend and testify or produce the books or papers before the person.
4. The court, upon petition of the person holding the hearing, shall enter an order directing the witness to appear before the court at a time and place to be fixed by the court in the order, the time must not be more than 10 days after the date of the order, and then and there show cause why the witness has not attended or testified or produced the books or papers before the person holding the hearing. A certified copy of the order must be served upon the witness. If it appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly issued by the person holding the hearing, the court shall thereupon enter an order that the witness appear before the person at the time and place fixed in the order and testify or produce the required books or papers, and upon failure to obey the order, the witness must be dealt with as for contempt of court.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 42)