Nevada Revised Statutes 432.085 – Liability of parents for maintenance and special services provided to child placed in custody of agency which provides child welfare services; schedules for repayment; regulations; enforcement; deposit of money
1. The parents of a child placed in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services pursuant to the provisions of NRS 62A.380 or 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, or chapter 432B of NRS are liable to the agency which provides child welfare services for the cost of maintenance and special services provided to the child.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 432.085
- Agency which provides child welfare services: has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B. See Nevada Revised Statutes 432.010
- Child: means a person who is less than 18 years of age or who remains under the jurisdiction of a court pursuant to NRS 432B. See Nevada Revised Statutes 432.010
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Division: means the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 432.010
- Maintenance: means general expenses for care such as board, shelter, clothing, transportation and other necessary or incidental expenses, or any of them, or monetary payments therefor. See Nevada Revised Statutes 432.010
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
- Special services: means medical, hospital, psychiatric, surgical or dental services, or any combination thereof. See Nevada Revised Statutes 432.010
2. The Division shall establish by regulation reasonable schedules for the repayment of money owed by parents pursuant to subsection 1.
3. An agency which provides child welfare services may waive all or any part of the amount due pursuant to this section if it determines that the parents of the child do not have the ability to pay the amount.
4. If a parent refuses to pay an agency which provides child welfare services for money owed under this section, the agency which provides child welfare services may bring a civil action to recover all money owed with interest thereon at the rate of 7 percent per year commencing 30 days after an itemized statement of the amount owed is submitted to the parents.
5. All money collected pursuant to this section must be deposited:
(a) In a county whose population is less than 100,000, with the State Treasurer for credit to the State Child Welfare Services Account.
(b) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, with the county treasurer for credit to a fund or account established by the board of county commissioners.