1. The Director of the Department of Health and Human Services shall establish a task force to develop a program to prevent the relinquishment of custody of children who are not abused or neglected to an agency which provides child welfare services or the voluntary placement of such children with a public or private institution or agency pursuant to NRS 432B.360 solely to allow the children to receive services to address a mental illness or emotional disturbance. The Director shall appoint to the task force representatives of:
(a) The Division of Child and Family Services of the Department;
(b) The Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department;
(c) The Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department; and
(d) The Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department.
2. In addition to the members appointed pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall appoint to the task force one representative of the Department of Education; and
(b) The person in charge of each agency which provides child welfare services in a county whose population is 100,000 or more shall appoint to the task force one representative of the agency.
3. Each member of the task force serves without additional compensation and is not entitled to the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
4. Each member of the task force who is an officer or employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State must be relieved from his or her duties without loss of regular compensation so that the officer or employee may prepare for and attend meetings of the task force and perform any work necessary to carry out the duties of the task force in the most timely manner practicable. A state agency or political subdivision of this State shall not require an officer or employee who is a member of the task force to make up the time the officer or employee is absent from work to carry out duties as a member of the task force or use annual vacation or compensatory time for the absence.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 872)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 433B - Additional Provisions Relating to Children
NRS 433B.020 - "Administrative officer" defined.
NRS 433B.030 - "Administrator" defined.
NRS 433B.040 - "Child" defined.
NRS 433B.045 - "Child with an emotional disturbance" defined.
NRS 433B.060 - "Division" defined.
NRS 433B.070 - "Division facility" defined.
NRS 433B.090 - "Person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health" defined.
NRS 433B.100 - "Treatment" defined.
NRS 433B.110 - Designation of division facilities.
NRS 433B.120 - Administration of division facilities.
NRS 433B.130 - Administrator: Powers and duties.
NRS 433B.135 - Adoption of policies concerning the administration of medications.
NRS 433B.150 - Physicians: Employment; qualifications; compensation; duties.
NRS 433B.160 - Licensing or certification of certain employees of Division.
NRS 433B.170 - Proficiency in English language required of certain employees.
NRS 433B.187 - Maintenance of record of investigation and fingerprints.
NRS 433B.190 - Adoption of regulations concerning abuse and neglect of consumers.
NRS 433B.205 - Notification of death of consumer; burial.
NRS 433B.210 - Contracts for inpatient and outpatient care.
NRS 433B.240 - Legislative appropriations; payment of claims.
NRS 433B.260 - Fees of physicians and other professionally qualified employees of facility.
NRS 433B.270 - Revolving accounts.
NRS 433B.300 - Requirements for treatment provided.
NRS 433B.310 - Conditions for admission for treatment.
NRS 433B.320 - Approval of court-ordered commitment; approval before release; exception.
NRS 433B.330 - Approval of admission upon application by parent or guardian.
NRS 433B.333 - Establishment of mental health consortia; members.
NRS 433B.3392 - "Agency which provides child welfare services" defined.
NRS 433B.3394 - Duties of task force; duty of Department to adopt regulations.
NRS 433B.3396 - Director of Department to appoint clinical teams; duties of clinical teams.