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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on May 20, 2025) FIRST REPRINT S.B.
Senate Bill No.
140 SENATE BILL NO .
140–Senators Ohrenschall;
140–SENATORS OHRENSCHALL ;AND KRASNER PREFILED JANUARY 30, 2025 ____________ JOINT SPONSOR :
and Krasner Joint Sponsor:
ASSEMBLYMEMBER HANSEN ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing certain programs of treatment established by the juvenile court.
Assemblymember Hansen CHAPTER..........
(BDR 5-62) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
No.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Existing law authorizes the juvenile court to establish an appropriate program for the treatment of children diagnosed with or suspected to have autism spectrum disorders and prescribes the criteria for eligibility to participate in such a program.
for the treatment of children diagnosed with or suspected to have autism spectrum disorders and prescribes the criteria for eligibility to participate in such a program.
diagnosed with or suspected to have neurobehavioral disorders associated withdren prenatal exposure to alcohol or a controlled substance;
(NRS 62B.700) This bill:
and (2) authorizes the juvenile court to assign a child who is diagnosed with or suspected to have any such neurobehavioral disorder to the program under certain circumstances.
(1) expands the scope of the program to include children diagnosed with or suspected to have neurobehavioral disorders associated with prenatal exposure to alcohol or a controlled substance;
- *SB140_R1* – 2 – THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
and (2) authorizes the neurobehavioral disorder to the program under certain circumstances.to have any such EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
The assignment of a child who is alleged or adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act to a program pursuant to this section must:
The assignment of a child who is alleged or adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act to a program pursuant to this sec(a) Include:
(a) Include:
- 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – (1) The terms and conditions for successful completion of the program;
(1) The terms and conditions for successful completion of the program;
(b) Provide for progress reports at intervals set by the juvenile court to ensure that the child is making satisfactory progress towards completion of the program.
court to ensure that the child is making satisfactory progress towards completion of the program.
(a) “Autism spectrum disorder” means a condition that meets current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mentalthe Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association or the edition thereof that was in effect at the time the condition was diagnosed or determined.
(a) “Autism spectrum disorder” means a condition that meets the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder published in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association or the edition thereof that was in effect at the time the condition was diagnosed or determined.
The term - *SB140_R1* – 3 – includes, without limitation, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and neonatal abstinence syndrome.
The term includes, without limitation, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and neonatal abstinence syndrome.
H - *SB140_R1*
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