Assembly Amendment to Senate Bill No. 288 First Reprint (BDR 38-1028)
Proposed by: Committee on Ways and Means
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Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:
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Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 3, renumbering sections 4 and 5 as sections 2 and 3 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:
"Section 1. 1. A county that is required to provide protective services to children in that county pursuant to NRS 432B.325 may enter into an agreement with the division of child and family services of the department of human resources to establish a pilot program to provide continuity of care for children who receive protective services. A pilot program established pursuant to such an agreement may provide:
(a) For the county and the division of child and family services jointly to furnish services relating to the assessment of a child and planning for the provision of protective services to the child;
(b) For a child to be in the joint custody of the county and the division of child and family services;
(c) For continuity in the placement of a child in foster care;
(d) That the rate of payment by the county for foster care and shelter care must be equal to the rate of payment by the division of child and family services for foster care and shelter care;
(e) For continuity in the management of a case for the provision of protective services to a child; and
(f) For services designed to carry out a plan for the permanent placement of a child established pursuant to NRS 432B.590 or the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, Public Law 105-89.
2. Notwithstanding any specific statute to the contrary, for the purpose of a pilot program established pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to this section, the division of child and family services may deviate from the rate of payment for foster care approved by the legislature.".
Amend sec. 4, page 3, line 18, by deleting "3" and inserting "1".
Amend sec. 5, page 3, line 29, by deleting "1999." and inserting:
"1999, and expires by limitation on June 30, 2001.".
Amend the summary of the bill by deleting the third line and inserting:
"(BDR S-1028)".