422.050 - “Public assistance” defined.

422.050  “Public assistance” defined.

      1.  “Public assistance” includes:

      (a) State Supplementary Assistance;

      (b) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families;

      (c) Medicaid;

      (d) Food Stamp Assistance;

      (e) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance;

      (f) The Program for Child Care and Development; and

      (g) Benefits provided pursuant to any other public welfare program administered by the Division pursuant to such additional federal legislation as is not inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter.

      2.  The term does not include the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

      [Part 12a:327:1949; added 1951, 296; A 1953, 333]—(NRS A 1959, 518; 1975, 1007; 1981, 1909; 1993, 2059; 1995, 724; 1997, 1237, 2233, 2615; 1999, 581, 1426, 2242; 1999, 581, 1426, 2242; 2001, 161; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 21)