(On Behalf of the Budget Division of the
Department of Administration)
March 20, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Finance
SUMMARY--Authorizes assistance for parent or relative who cares for severely mentally retarded person or child under age of 6 years with developmental delays. (BDR 39-1444)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Executive Budget.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to retarded persons; authorizing assistance under certain circumstances for a parent or relative who cares for a severely mentally retarded person or a child under the age of 6 years with developmental delays; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 NRS 435.365 is hereby amended to read as follows:
435.365 1. Whenever a [profoundly mentally retarded] person with profound or severe mental retardation, or a person under the age of 6 years with developmental delays which require support that is equivalent to the support required by a person with profound or severe mental retardation, is cared for by a parent or other relative with whom he lives, that parent or relative is entitled to receive assistance on a monthly basis from the [mental hygiene and mental retardation] division for each such person who lives and is cared for in the home if the division finds that:
(a) The [profoundly mentally retarded] person is receiving adequate care; and
(b) Neither he nor the parent or other relative with whom he lives is reasonably able to pay for his care and support.
The amount of such assistance is established by law for each fiscal year.
2. The division shall adopt regulations:
(a) Which establish a procedure of application for assistance;
(b) For determining the eligibility of an applicant pursuant to subsection 1; and
(c) For determining the amount of assistance to be provided to an eligible applicant.
3. The decision of the division regarding eligibility for assistance or the amount of assistance to be provided is a final administrative decision.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.