Title 39

NRS 433C.180 County director: Appointment. The county board, with the approval of a majority of the governing body, shall appoint a county director, who must be a person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health. The choice of appointing a physician or on…

NRS 433C.190 County director: Duties. The county director shall: 1. Serve as chief executive officer of the county program and be accountable to the county board. 2. Exercise administrative responsibility and authority over the county program and facilities furnished, operated or…

NRS 433C.200 Establishment of joint community programs by counties. The governing body of any county may by agreement with the governing body or bodies of any other county or counties establish joint community mental health programs. (Added to NRS by 1965, 765; A 1971, 1020; 1975…

NRS 433C.210 Agreement for joint program: Provisions. 1. Any agreement between two or more counties for the establishment of joint county programs shall provide: (a) That each county shall bear its share of the cost of the joint county program in proportion to the population of e…

NRS 433C.220 Provisions of chapter applicable to joint programs. Unless otherwise expressly provided or required by the context, the provisions of this chapter relating to county community mental health programs and the appointment of county boards or county directors shall apply…

NRS 433C.230 Contract with hospital, clinic, laboratory or other institution. The county director may, with the approval of a majority of the governing body, contract for services and facilities with any hospital, clinic, laboratory or other similar institution. (Added to NRS by …

NRS 433C.240 Expenses: Charge against county. The expenses incurred under the provisions of this chapter shall be a charge against the county and shall be audited, levied, collected and paid in the same manner as other charges. (Added to NRS by 1965, 766; A 1971, 1021; 1975, 1628…

NRS 433C.250 Legislative appropriations; payment of claims. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter: 1. Funds to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall be provided by direct legislative appropriation from the General Fund. Such funds shall be expended in accordance w…

NRS 433C.260 Reimbursement by State for expenditures by county. Expenditures made by counties for county programs, including services to persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with developmental disabilities, pursuant to this chapter must be reimbursed by the State pur…

NRS 433C.270 Services included in county program. 1. A service operated within a county program must be directed to at least one of the following mental health areas: (a) Mental illness; (b) Intellectual disabilities; (c) Developmental disabilities; (d) Organic brain and other ne…

NRS 433C.280 Eligibility for reimbursement: Requirements. To be eligible for reimbursement a county, or in the case of joint county programs, two or more counties, shall first: 1. Establish one or more of the services provided for in NRS 433C.270. In-service training necessary to…

NRS 433C.290 Reimbursement for expenditures for certain items; investigation and audit of expenditures. Expenditures incurred for the items specified in NRS 433C.270 shall be subject to reimbursement in accordance with the regulations of the Division whether incurred by direct or…

NRS 433C.300 Amount of reimbursement; disbursements through Division. 1. Money provided by direct legislative appropriation for purposes of reimbursement as provided by NRS 433C.260 to 433C.290, inclusive, must be allotted to the governing body as follows: (a) The State shall pay…

NRS 433C.310 Reimbursement for joint programs. Where counties have established joint county programs, expenditures subject to reimbursement are the prorated expenditures of such counties as provided by the agreement establishing the joint program. (Added to NRS by 1965, 767; A 19…

NRS 433C.320 Expenditures subject to reimbursement; reimbursement prohibited for certain expenditures. 1. Expenditures subject to reimbursement include: (a) Expenditures for the items specified in NRS 433C.270; (b) Salaries of personnel; (c) Approved facilities and services provi…

NRS 433C.330 Claims for reimbursement. 1. Claims for state reimbursement shall be made in such form, at such times, and for such periods as the Administrator shall determine. 2. When certified by the Administrator, claims for state reimbursement shall be presented to the State Bo…

NRS 433C.340 Fees charged according to ability to pay; limitation. Fees for mental health services, including services to persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with developmental disabilities, rendered pursuant to an approved county plan must be charged in accordance …

NRS 433C.350 Nevada Conference of County Community Mental Health Programs: Establishment; organization; meetings; purposes. 1. There is hereby established the Nevada Conference of County Community Mental Health Programs. The Division shall take appropriate steps to effectuate the…

NRS 435.005 Applicability of chapter. Unless specifically excluded by law, the provisions of this chapter apply to all facilities within the Division offering services to persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with developmental disabilities. (Added to NRS by 1975, 162…

NRS 435.006 Person’s legal rights; application of various provisions of chapter 433 of NRS and all of chapter 433A of NRS to persons with intellectual disabilities. 1. Nothing in this chapter purports to deprive any person of any legal rights without due process of law. 2. Unless…

NRS 435.007 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Administrative officer” means a person with overall executive and administrative responsibility for those state or nonstate intellectual and developmental disability centers designated by…

NRS 435.009 Policy concerning persons with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities. It is the policy of this State that persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with developmental disabilities: 1. Receive services in a considerate and respectful manner;…

NRS 435.010 County commissioners to make provision for support, education and care of children. 1. The boards of county commissioners of the various counties shall make provision for the support, education and care of the children with intellectual disabilities and children with …

NRS 435.020 Children entitled to provision of support, education, care and transportation by county commissioners. All children with intellectual disabilities and children with developmental disabilities are entitled to benefits under this section and NRS 435.010 and 435.030: 1. …

NRS 435.030 Application for services; certificate of county commissioners; transportation of child. 1. A parent, relative, guardian or nearest friend of any child with an intellectual disability or any child with a developmental disability who is a resident of this State may file…

NRS 435.060 Operation of facilities by Division. The Division may operate a residential facility for groups to care for and maintain persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with developmental disabilities until such a person is able to reside in an appropriate community…

NRS 435.070 Administration of facilities; regulations. The Division is responsible for the administration of all residential facilities for groups established pursuant to NRS 435.060 to 435.120, inclusive, and may enter into such agreements with public and private agencies and ad…

NRS 435.077 Regulations for transfer of persons from one facility to another; discharge or leave; notice to committing court. 1. The Administrator shall adopt regulations for the transfer of persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with developmental disabilities from on…

NRS 435.081 Admission of persons to division facility; examination or evaluation of persons without admission; discharge of persons voluntarily admitted. 1. The Administrator or the Administrator’s designee may receive a person of this State with an intellectual disability or a p…

NRS 435.085 Transfer of person from division facility to hospital; payment of expenses. The administrative officer of a division facility may authorize the transfer of a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability to a hospital for necessary…

NRS 435.090 Responsibility of estate, parent or guardian for support of child committed to division facility; recovery by legal action. 1. When any child with an intellectual disability or any child with a developmental disability is committed to a division facility by a court of…

NRS 435.100 Continuation or initiation of contributions for support upon transfer of person from one division facility to another. 1. When any person with an intellectual disability or any person with a developmental disability is transferred from one care facility operated by th…

NRS 435.110 Agreement for contributions of support between Division and parents or guardian of child admitted to division facility upon request; recovery by legal action; payments from estate of child. 1. When any child with an intellectual disability or any child with a developm…

NRS 435.115 Schedule of fees for services. The Administrator shall establish a fee schedule, subject to the approval of the Director of the Department, for services rendered to persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with developmental disabilities by the Division. (Ad…

NRS 435.120 Disposition of money collected by Division. Any money collected by the Division under NRS 435.060 to 435.110, inclusive, must be deposited in the State Treasury, accounted for separately by the Division and must be expended for the augmentation of the intellectual dis…

NRS 435.121 Types of admission; forms for admission. 1. There are two types of admissions of persons with intellectual disabilities or persons with developmental disabilities to an intellectual and developmental disability center: (a) Voluntary admission. (b) Involuntary admissio…

NRS 435.122 Voluntary admission. 1. Any person with an intellectual disability or any person with a developmental disability may apply to any intellectual and developmental disability center for admission as a voluntary consumer. The person’s parent or guardian or another respons…

NRS 435.123 Involuntary admission: Petition to district court; certificate of professional who examined person stating conclusions. Whenever a person is alleged to be a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability and is alleged to be a clear…

NRS 435.124 Involuntary admission: Hearing on petition; notice. Immediately after receiving the petition, the clerk of the district court shall transmit the petition to the district judge, who shall: 1. Determine whether appropriate space and programs are available for the person…

NRS 435.125 Involuntary admission: Examination or evaluation of person. 1. After the petition is filed, the court may cause a physician or licensed psychologist promptly to examine the person who is the subject of the petition or request an evaluation from the intellectual and de…

NRS 435.126 Involuntary admission: Right to counsel; appointment of counsel; compensation of appointed counsel. 1. The person alleged to be a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability, or any relative or friend acting on the person’s behal…

NRS 435.127 Involuntary admission: Evidence; rights of person. In proceedings for involuntary admission of a person to an intellectual and developmental disability center: 1. The court shall hear and consider all relevant evidence, including the certificate, signed by a physician…

NRS 435.128 Involuntary admission: Findings and order; expiration and renewal of certificate of eligibility for involuntary admission. 1. Upon completion of the proceedings for involuntary admission of a person to an intellectual and developmental disability center, if the court …

NRS 435.129 Discharge of consumer; notice to consumer, consumer’s representative and court. 1. If the administrative officer of an intellectual and developmental disability center finds that a consumer is no longer in need of the services offered at the center, the administrative…

NRS 435.130 Declaration of legislative intent. The intent of the Legislature in the enactment of NRS 435.130 to 435.310, inclusive, is to aid persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with developmental disabilities who are not served by existing programs in receiving hi…

NRS 435.140 Definitions. As used in NRS 435.130 to 435.310, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 435.172 to 435.179, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1008; A 1975, 1622; 2009, 2…