SB 281 — Revises provisions relating to certain foster care and behavioral health programs. (BDR S-144)

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281–SENATOR NGUYEN M ARCH 5, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to certain foster carecare. and behavioral health programs.

AN ACT relating to publicfoster welfare;care;

making an appropriation for a jail-based behavioral health program;

ofExisting certainlaw: litigation by the State concerning the manufacture, distribution, sale or marketing of opioids;

and(1) (2)creates providesthe Fund for a Resilient Nevada to hold the useproceeds of certain litigation by the moneyState inconcerning the Fundmanufacture, fordistribution, sale or statewide projects and distribution as grants to address the impacts of opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders.

(NRS 433.732-433.740) Existing law requires the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to makeadminister an allocation of $2,500,000 from the FundFund. to Clark County, Washoe Countyor to and the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department for reimbursement of costs incurred during the 2025-2027 biennium for providing a program to support persons who are 18 years of age and older but less than 23 years of age and are transitioning from foster care to independent living.

(NRS 433.732) Section 3.53 of this bill makesrequires the Director to make an appropriationallocation of $2,500,000 from the Fund to the Division of PublicChild and program to Clarksupport Countypersons who are 18 years of age and Washoeolder Countybut toless providethan a23 jail-basedyears behavioralof healthtionage programand duringare thetransitioning 2025-2027from biennium.foster care to independent living.

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services shall allocate $2,500,000 of the money in the Fund for a Resilient Nevada created by NRS 433.732 for reimbursement of costs incurred during the 2025-2027 biennium for providing a program to support persons who are 18 years of age and older but less than 23 years of age and are transitioning from foster care to independent living to:

ClarkNotwithstanding Countyany other provision of law to the contrary, the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services shall allocate $2,500,000 of the money in the Fund for reimbursementa Resilient Nevada created by NRS 433.732 to the Division of notChild moreand thanFamily Services of the followingDepartment amounts:for use during the - *SB281_R1* – 2 – 2025-2027 biennium for a program to support persons who are 18 years of age and older but less than 23 years of age and are transitioning from foster care to independent living.

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026..................................$671,762 For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027..................................$671,762 2.

Washoe County for reimbursement of not more than the following amounts:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026..................................$518,257 For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027..................................$534,296 3.

The Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services for reimbursement of not more than the following amounts:

For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026....................................$51,962 For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027....................................$51,961 Sec.

3.5.

1.

There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of $11,897,709 for the provision of a jail-based behavioral health program during the 2025-2027 biennium.

OfThe theDivision amountshall appropriatedgrant bymoney subsectionfrom 1, the Divisionallocation shallmade allocateservices, foras usedefined forin theNRS purpose432B.030, setto forthcarry inout subsectionsuch 1:a program.

(a) The sum of $6,393,106 to Clark County;

and (b) The sum of $5,504,603 to Washoe County.

3.

Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 17, 2027.

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