433.454 - Expenses of returning client to legal residence. - Nevada Statutes

433.454  Expenses of returning client to legal residence.

      1.  All expenses incurred for the purpose of returning a client to the state in which the client has legal residence shall be paid from the moneys of the client or by the relatives or other persons responsible for the client’s care and treatment under his or her commitment or admission.

      2.  In the case of indigent clients whose relatives cannot pay the costs and expenses of returning such clients to the state in which they have residence, the costs may be assumed by the State. These costs shall be advanced from moneys appropriated for the general support of the division facility wherein the client was receiving care, treatment or training, if such client was committed to a division facility at the time of the transfer, and shall be paid out on claims as other claims against the State are paid.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 1596)