1. Each state personal assistance program must make available, within a reasonable period after receiving a request therefor and in accordance with any conditions upon the receipt of federal funding and considering the amount of reasonably adequate state funding, community-based services to provide minimum essential personal assistance to residents of this State with severe functional disabilities who would, with the provision of that assistance, be able to live safely and independently in their communities outside of an institutional setting.
2. The provisions of NRS 426.721 to 426.729, inclusive, must not be construed to:
(a) Prevent a person with a severe functional disability from receiving more than 6 hours of minimum essential personal assistance per day from a state personal assistance program if such assistance is available pursuant to the program; or
(b) Prevent a person with a disability other than a severe functional disability from receiving services from a state personal assistance program if such assistance is available pursuant to the program.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 3106; A 2017, 1512)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 426 - Persons With Disabilities
NRS 426.010 - Purposes of chapter.
NRS 426.020 - Liberal construction.
NRS 426.045 - "Bureau" defined.
NRS 426.061 - "Department" defined.
NRS 426.065 - "Director" defined.
NRS 426.068 - "Disability" defined.
NRS 426.071 - "Division" defined.
NRS 426.082 - "Person who is blind" defined.
NRS 426.084 - "Person who is deaf" defined.
NRS 426.097 - "Service animal" defined.
NRS 426.099 - "Service animal in training" defined.
NRS 426.411 - "Department" defined.
NRS 426.421 - "Expedited service permit" defined.
NRS 426.431 - "Person with a permanent disability" defined.
NRS 426.441 - Application; issuance; requirements; review of eligibility; fee; regulations.
NRS 426.461 - Unlawful acts; penalty.
NRS 426.517 - Purposes of provisions.
NRS 426.519 - "Administrator" defined.
NRS 426.5192 - "Competitive integrated employment" defined.
NRS 426.520 - "Person who is blind" further defined.
NRS 426.523 - "Substantial impediment to employment" defined.
NRS 426.526 - "Vocational rehabilitation services" defined.
NRS 426.531 - Administration by Department.
NRS 426.550 - Administrator as head of Bureau; powers and duties of Bureau.
NRS 426.555 - Administrator to prepare required reports.
NRS 426.561 - Authority of Division to adopt, amend and repeal policies; public meeting required.
NRS 426.563 - Costs of administration.
NRS 426.567 - State Grant and Gift Account for Persons Who Are Blind.
NRS 426.575 - Payment of allowance for maintenance to trainee in advance.
NRS 426.590 - Bureau as licensing agency under federal law.
NRS 426.600 - Denial of services prohibited; exceptions.
NRS 426.610 - Fair hearing before hearing officer; judicial review.
NRS 426.665 - Construction of building by Bureau; approval of Legislature.
NRS 426.672 - Powers and duties of Bureau concerning training.
NRS 426.675 - Business Enterprise Account for Persons Who Are Blind.
NRS 426.680 - Review of recommendation of Bureau if agency rejects establishment of vending stand.
NRS 426.690 - Limitation on commodities, articles and services sold at vending facility.
NRS 426.695 - Operator of vending facility may keep service animal on premises.
NRS 426.700 - Applicability of laws and ordinances to licensee operating vending facility.
NRS 426.710 - Management of operations of Program by nonprofit organization.
NRS 426.720 - Applicability of provisions to operators of vending stands.
NRS 426.723 - "Minimum essential personal assistance" defined.
NRS 426.7235 - "Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities" defined.
NRS 426.724 - "Reasonably adequate state funding" defined.
NRS 426.725 - "Recipient" defined.
NRS 426.726 - "Severe functional disability" defined.
NRS 426.727 - "State personal assistance program" defined.
NRS 426.728 - State personal assistance programs required to make services available.
NRS 426.729 - Duties of Director of Department of Health and Human Services.