422A.530 - Assessment of members of applicant’s household required before provision of benefits; referrals for mental health services. - Nevada Statutes

422A.530  Assessment of members of applicant’s household required before provision of benefits; referrals for mental health services.

      1.  The Division shall make an assessment of the skills, prior work experience and employability of each member of the applicant’s household.

      2.  The assessment required pursuant to subsection 1 must include an evaluation of whether the members of the household need additional services, including, without limitation, job training, child care, treatment for the abuse of alcohol or drugs, mental health services or any other services.

      3.  The applicant must, as a condition to the receipt of those benefits, cooperate with the Division in making the assessment required pursuant to subsection 1.

      4.  If the assessment required pursuant to subsection 1 indicates that a member of the household may require mental health services, the Division shall refer that member of the household to a person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health.

      5.  As used in this section, “person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 433.209.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 15)