433.314 - Duties.

433.314  Duties.  The Commission shall:

      1.  Establish policies to ensure adequate development and administration of services for persons with mental illness, mental retardation or co-occurring disorders and persons with related conditions, including services to prevent mental illness, mental retardation and co-occurring disorders and related conditions, and services provided without admission to a facility or institution;

      2.  Set policies for the care and treatment of persons with mental illness, mental retardation or co-occurring disorders and persons with related conditions provided by all state agencies;

      3.  Review the programs and finances of the Division; and

      4.  Report at the beginning of each year to the Governor and at the beginning of each odd-numbered year to the Legislature on the quality of the care and treatment provided for persons with mental illness, mental retardation or co-occurring disorders and persons with related conditions in this State and on any progress made toward improving the quality of that care and treatment.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 1593; A 1985, 2265; 1999, 2591; 2009, 662)