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 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.

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