422.2713 - State plans for certain programs: Priority access to treatment and services for certain parents. - Nevada Statutes

422.2713  State plans for certain programs: Priority access to treatment and services for certain parents.

      1.  The Director shall, to the extent authorized by federal law, include in any state plan adopted pursuant to NRS 422.271 priority for a parent who is referred by an agency which provides child welfare services and who is qualified for public assistance to receive treatment for mental health issues, treatment for substance abuse and any other treatment or services that may assist with preserving or reunifying the family.

      2.  As used in this section, “agency which provides child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.030.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 329)