428.275 - Fund for medical assistance to indigent persons. - Nevada Statutes

428.275  Fund for medical assistance to indigent persons.

      1.  The board of county commissioners of a county shall before July 1, 1985, by ordinance, create in the county treasury a fund to be designated as the fund for medical assistance to indigent persons.

      2.  The money in the fund must be used in the manner set forth in NRS 428.295 and to fund, in part, the waiver obtained pursuant to NRS 422.2726 and any program established pursuant to NRS 422.2728.

      3.  All money collected or recovered pursuant to this section and NRS 428.285, and the interest earned on the money in the fund must be deposited for credit to the fund. Claims against the fund must be paid on claims approved by the board of county commissioners. Any money remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year does not revert to the county general fund.

      (Added to NRS by 1985, 2031; A 1987, 91, 1308; 2005, 1675)