1. A receiving center must ensure that each child placed in the care of the receiving center or referred to the receiving center for outpatient care receives, as necessary, the following services:
(a) Mental health triage;
(b) Assessment of basic needs;
(c) Assessment of medical needs;
(d) Psychiatric evaluation;
(e) Referral to detoxification;
(f) Short-term placement;
(g) Mobile crisis response;
(h) Academic support;
(i) Preventive services for children who are at risk of commercial sexual exploitation, as defined in NRS 432C.050;
(j) Therapeutic treatment to assist the child in safely transitioning to a home-based placement; and
(k) Any other services required by the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 424.274.
2. A receiving center may accept referrals to provide outpatient care to a child from an agency which provides child welfare services, a law enforcement agency, a community-based nonprofit organization, a provider of health care or other similar persons and entities.
3. As used in this section, "provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2646, effective January 1, 2022)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 424 - Foster Homes for Children
NRS 424.011 - "Agency which provides child welfare services" defined.
NRS 424.0113 - "Child" defined. [Effective January 1, 2024.]
NRS 424.0115 - "Commercially sexually exploited child" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
NRS 424.012 - "Division" defined.
NRS 424.0135 - "Foster care agency" defined.
NRS 424.014 - "Foster home" defined.
NRS 424.0145 - "Gender identity or expression" defined.
NRS 424.0157 - "Juvenile court" defined.
NRS 424.016 - "Licensing authority" defined.
NRS 424.017 - "Provider of foster care" defined.
NRS 424.0175 - "Receiving center" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
NRS 424.020 - Regulations concerning licensure; minimum standards and rules for regulation.
NRS 424.034 - Maintenance of certain records concerning employees and residents.
NRS 424.036 - Consultation with applicant for license to conduct foster home.
NRS 424.0367 - Licensee to develop and implement plan for care of children during disaster.
NRS 424.050 - Investigation of unlicensed foster home; action by licensing authority.
NRS 424.060 - Removal of child from undesirable foster home.
NRS 424.070 - Placement of child for care or adoption; approval by Division or its designee.
NRS 424.079 - Visitation of child by provider of foster care after child leaves care of provider.
NRS 424.087 - Plan for the recruitment and retention of foster homes.
NRS 424.090 - Exemption from certain provisions of chapter.
NRS 424.094 - Licensing; fees.
NRS 424.095 - Application for license; period of licensure; renewal of license.
NRS 424.103 - Duties of governing body.
NRS 424.125 - Volunteers: Acceptance; plan for selection, training, supervision and assignment.
NRS 424.180 - Annual report; contents.
NRS 424.270 - Written plan to monitor and evaluate programs and services of foster care agency.