SB 183 — Revises provisions relating to caseworkers of agencies which provide child welfare services. (BDR 38-710)

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183–SENATOR SCHEIBLE PREFILED FEBRUARY 3, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to caseworkers of agencies which provide child welfare services.

(BDR 38-710) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§ 1) (NOTR EQUESTED AFFECTEDLOCALGOVERNMENT) ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

LegExistingLegislative lawCounsel’s requiresDigest: an agency which provides child welfare services to provide maintenance and special services to:

provide maintenance and special services to:

(NRS 432.020) This bill prohibits an agency which provides child welfare services from assigning more than 30 children who are in the custody of the agencysiblings to abe caseworkerassigned whoto providesthe permanencysame services,caseworker; except:

(1)and (2) pursuant to allowa policy adopted by the agency which provides child welfare services that authorizes suchlicysuch adopted assignment temporarily in emergency circumstances.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

- *SB183_R1* – 2 – [1.] (a) Provide, to the extent that support is not otherwise required by court order or pursuant to specific statute, maintenance and special services to:

[2.]- (b)83rd ExceptSession as(2025) otherwise– provided2 by– court order or specific statute, return a child to his or her natural home or the home of a competent relative for a probationary period any time after the expiration of 60 days after the placement of the child in the custody of the agency which provides child welfare services, with notification to but without formal application to a court, but the agency which provides child welfare services retains the right to custody of the child during the probationary period, until a court of competent jurisdiction determines proper custody of the child.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, an agency which provides child welfare services shall not assign more than 30 children who are in the custody of the agency which provides child welfare services to a caseworker who provides permanency services.

An agency which provides child welfare services may assign more than 30 children who are in the custody of the agency which provides child welfare services to a caseworker who providespro(a) permanencyTo services:allow siblings who are in the custody of the same agency to be assigned to the same caseworker;

(a) To allow siblings who are in the custody of the same agency to be assigned to the same caseworker;

The provisions of subsection 2 must not be construed to apply to the assignment to a caseworker of a child who is not in the custody of the agency which provides child welfare services, including, without limitation, a child who is the subject of an - *SB183_R1* – 3 – investigation by an agency which provides child welfare services to determine whether the child is or may be in need of protection.

TheThe(a) termAssessing includes,and withoutresponding limitation:to the medical, mental health, developmental and educational needs of the child;

(a) Assessing and responding to the medical, mental health, developmental and educational needs of the child;

and (c) Establishing and working toward achieving a permanent plaSec.placement for the child.

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