S.B. 306
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SENATE BILL NO. 306–SENATOR CRUZ-CRAWFORD
MARCH 10, 2025
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JOINT SPONSOR: ASSEMBLYMEMBER MOSCA
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Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to mental health services
for children. (BDR 39-796)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State: Yes.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to mental health; revising provisions relating to
the admission of a child with an emotional disturbance to
certain inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities;
establishing provisions related to the discharge of a child
with an emotional disturbance from certain inpatient
psychiatric treatment facilities; and providing other
matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law authorizes the Administrator of the Division of Child and Family 1
Services of the Department of Health and Human Services to receive a child with 2
an emotional disturbance for treatment in certain treatment facilities if the child is a 3
resident of this State and: (1) the child is committed by a court order; or (2) a parent 4
or legal guardian makes application for treatment for the child. (NRS 433B.310) 5
Section 4 of this bill makes various changes to provide that any such child with an 6
emotional disturbance may be admitted to a treatment facility. 7
Section 2 of this bill requires a public or private inpatient psychiatric treatment 8
facility that is authorized to receive reimbursements from Medicaid for services 9
provided to a child with an emotional disturbance to accept a child for treatment at 10
the facility unless the facility determines that it does not have the availability or 11
resources to provide adequate treatment to the child, in which case the facility must 12
identify an alternative facility from which the child could receive treatment and 13
assist with the admission of the child at the identified facility. 14
Section 2 also requires certain public or private inpatient psychiatric treatment 15
facilities that are authorized to receive reimbursements from Medicaid to develop a 16
plan to provide services to children with emotional disturbances under certain 17
circumstances. 18
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Section 3 of this bill requires a public or private inpatient psychiatric treatment 19
facility that admits a child with an emotional disturbance to prepare a discharge 20
plan which must be shared with and agreed to by each parent or legal guardian of 21
the child before the release of the child from the facility. 22
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 433B of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act. 2
Sec. 2. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of NRS 433B.320 3
or 433B.330, if a public or private inpatient psychiatric treatment 4
facility is authorized to receive reimbursement through Medicaid 5
for the treatment of a child with an emotional disturbance, the 6
public or private inpatient psychiatric treatment facility shall 7
admit the child for treatment unless the facility does not have the 8
availability or resources to adequately meet the needs of the child. 9
2. If a public or private inpatient psychiatric treatment facility 10
is unable to provide treatment to a child with an emotional 11
disturbance pursuant to subsection 1, the public or private 12
inpatient psychiatric treatment facility shall identify a facility from 13
which the child could receive treatment and assist with the 14
admission of the child at the identified facility. 15
3. If a public or private inpatient psychiatric treatment facility 16
is authorized to receive reimbursement through Medicaid and does 17
not provide services to children, the facility shall develop a plan to 18
provide services to children who would otherwise qualify for 19
admission based on the reimbursable services. 20
Sec. 3. A public or private inpatient psychiatric treatment 21
facility that admits a child with an emotional disturbance for 22
treatment shall, before the release of the child from the facility, 23
prepare a discharge plan which must be shared with and agreed to 24
by each parent or legal guardian of the child. 25
Sec. 4. NRS 433B.310 is hereby amended to read as follows: 26
433B.310 [The Administrator may receive any] Except as 27
otherwise provided in section 2 of this act and subject to NRS 28
433B.320 and 433B.330, a child with an emotional disturbance may 29
be admitted for treatment [in] at a treatment facility or [any other] 30
division facility if the child is a resident of this State and if: 31
1. The child is committed by court order to the custody of the 32
Administrator or to a division facility; or 33
2. The child’s parent, parents or legal guardian makes 34
application for treatment for the child. 35
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