422.2716 - Provision of public assistance to qualified aliens. - Nevada Statutes

422.2716  Provision of public assistance to qualified aliens.

      1.  The Department shall provide public assistance pursuant to:

      (a) The program established to provide Temporary Assistance for Needy Families;

      (b) Medicaid; or

      (c) Any program for which a grant has been provided to this state pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1397 et seq.,

Ê to a qualified alien who complies with the requirements established by the Department pursuant to federal law and this chapter for the receipt of benefits pursuant to that program.

      2.  As used in this section, “qualified alien” has the meaning ascribed to it in 8 U.S.C. § 1641.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 2224; A 1999, 2229; 2003, 659)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 422.29314)