Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB306: Revises provisions relating to mental health services for children. (BDR 39-796)
Status: Introduced
What the bill says
An act relating to mental health; establishing a task force to develop recommendations for the creation of a program that provides housing and other services to certain children who are discharged from a treatment facility or certain other facilities or released on parole; revising provisions related to the designation of certain facilities of the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services; expanding the applicability of enhanced penalties for assault or battery against certain persons who provide child welfare services or child protective services…
From the engrossed text, June 2, 2025:
AN ACT relating to mental health; establishing a task force to develop recommendations for the creation of a program that provides housing and other services to certain children who are discharged from a treatment facility or certain other facilities or released on parole; revising provisions related to the designation of certain facilities of the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services; expanding the applicability of enhanced penalties for assault or battery against certain persons who provide child welfare services or child protective services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law imposes certain requirements concerning the treatment of a child with an emotional disturbance. (NRS 433B.290-433B.339) Section 2.6 of this bill requires the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a task force to develop recommendations for the creation of a program that provides housing and other services to certain children: (1) who are discharged from a treatment facility or other division facility or who are released on parole or discharged from a state facility for the detention of children; and (2) whose parents or guardians are unable to accept the child back into the home after the discharge or release because of a health or safety risk. Section 2.6 …