Nevada Revised Statutes 435.360 – Responsibility for costs of care and treatment of person 18 years of age or older
1. The relatives of a consumer with an intellectual disability or a consumer with a developmental disability who is 18 years of age or older are not responsible for the costs of the consumer’s care and treatment within a division facility.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 435.360
- Developmental disability: means autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or any other neurological condition diagnosed by a qualified professional that:
(a) Is manifested before the person affected attains the age of 22 years;
(b) Is likely to continue indefinitely;
(c) Results in substantial functional limitations, as measured by a qualified professional, in three or more of the following areas of major life activity:
(1) Taking care of oneself;
(2) Understanding and use of language;
(3) Learning;
(4) Mobility;
(5) Self-direction; and
(6) Capacity for independent living; and
(d) Results in the person affected requiring a combination of individually planned and coordinated services, support or other assistance that is lifelong or has an extended duration. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
- Division: means the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
- Intellectual disability: means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
- Treatment: means any combination of procedures or activities, of whatever level of intensity and whatever duration, ranging from occasional counseling sessions to full-time admission to a residential facility. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
2. The consumer or the consumer’s estate, when able, may be required to contribute a reasonable amount toward the costs of the consumer’s care and treatment. Otherwise, the full costs of the services must be borne by the State.