Assembly Bill No. 25–Committee on Health and Human Services

 

(On Behalf of Legislative Committee on Children,
Youth and Families)

 

Prefiled January 29, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

 

SUMMARY—Authorizes employee of agency which provides child welfare services to provide maintenance and special services to certain children under certain circumstances. (BDR 38‑690)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                           Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to children; authorizing an employee of an agency which provides child welfare services to provide maintenance and special services to certain children under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. NRS 432.030 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  432.030  [No]

1-3  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee

1-4  of an agency which provides child welfare services may , if

1-5  otherwise qualified, provide maintenance and special services [for

1-6  any child except as otherwise provided by specific statute or:

1-7  1.  Upon the request of a child whom the agency which

1-8  provides child welfare services determines to be emancipated;

1-9  2.] to any child other than a child who:

1-10      (a) Is included as a client in the caseload of the employee at

1-11  the time of the provision of the maintenance or special services; or

2-1  (b) Has been included as a client in the caseload of the

2-2  employee within the 3 years immediately preceding the provision

2-3  of the maintenance or special services.

2-4  2.  An employee of an agency which provides child welfare

2-5  services may provide maintenance and special services to any

2-6  child:

2-7  (a) Pursuant to court order or request; or

2-8  [3.] (b) Upon referral of appropriate law enforcement officials

2-9  for emergency care.

2-10      Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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