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NevadaSB50483rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET
AN ACT relating to child welfare; authorizing a court to dismiss and reassume jurisdiction over a young adult under certain circumstances for the purpose of obtaining certain federal funding; revising provisions governing eligibility to participate in the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program; revising the manner in which a young adult may elect not to participate in the Program; revising the duties of an agency which provides child welfare services with respect to the Program; revising requirements governing court hearings concerning a participant in the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Senate Committee on Finance
Signed by Governor
BDR 38-1123
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Bill Overview
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5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
More support money and tailored plans
Beginning July 1, 2025, if you are in the program, you are entitled to services and money in your plan, up to the foster care payment rate. The agency can pay foster homes, programs, supervised independent living providers, landlords, or you directly, and can shift payments after talking with you. The agency must work with you on a written plan, arrange placement and services, keep regular contact, meet 30–45 days before you turn 21, and help you get key documents. Your plan must set clear goals: three months of savings, finish high school or GED, postsecondary or work goals (like at least 80 work hours a month), stable housing and income, a trusted adult supporter, and needed mental or developmental services.
Court steps to unlock federal funds
Beginning July 1, 2025, the agency can, with your consent, ask the court to dismiss and immediately take back your case to help you qualify for federal Title IV‑E funding if you were under a foster care order on your 18th birthday and were not IV‑E eligible before 18. While under court jurisdiction, you keep the same decision‑making rights as any adult. For school rules in NRS 392.287, a young adult under this court jurisdiction is not treated as a “child.”
Stronger court reviews and exit protections
Starting July 1, 2025, the court must hold a hearing within 180 days after you sign your agreement and then at least every six months to review your plan and the agency’s efforts. Your plan is reviewed at least every six months, and you and the agency must agree to it at the hearing. Notices go by regular or certified mail, or by email only if you or your lawyer agree. You do not have to attend unless the court orders it, and the court can use a neutral review panel. You and the agency must try to fix issues informally before asking for a hearing. Before ending your participation, the agency must send notice; you have 15 days to request an informal review, and the program cannot end until the court approves your transition plan and you get required documents, or another listed trigger applies.
Young adults: who can join and rejoin
Starting July 1, 2025, you count as a “young adult” if you are 18–20 and were under a foster care order or related court case at 18, or you left kinship guardianship or adoption help after 16 and are not in a guardian’s or adoptive parent’s care. You can ask to join the program any time before you turn 21, even if you opted out or left before. If you had an agreement to live on your own before 18, you still have full program rights. To participate, you must sign a written agreement and meet one condition: be in high school or GED, in college or vocational school, in a job program, work at least 80 hours a month, or have a documented medical or cognitive condition. At least 120 days before you turn 18, the agency must meet with you about the program, and the court must refer eligible 17‑year‑olds to a free lawyer to explain choices.
Start date and local cost rule
This law takes effect on July 1, 2025. Extra local government costs tied to this law are not subject to NRS 354.599. Retroactive to May 26, 2025, a committee may vote on this act before the usual fiscal‑note deadline.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Senate Committee on Finance
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/31/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (As Introduced)
Yes: 41 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/29/2025
Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced)
Yes: 20 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 364.
6/6/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/5/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/4/2025legislatureTo enrollment.
6/2/2025SenateIn Senate.
6/1/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
5/31/2025HouseRead second time.
5/30/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/30/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass.
5/30/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
5/29/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/29/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.
5/29/2025SenateRead second time.
5/28/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/28/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
5/28/2025SenateFrom printer. To committee.
5/27/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To printer.
5/26/2025Senate
Bill Text
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