435.085 - Transfer of person with mental retardation or a related condition to general hospital; payment of expenses.
435.085 Transfer of person with mental retardation or a related condition to general hospital; payment of expenses. The administrative officer of a division facility may authorize the transfer of a person with mental retardation or a person with a related condition to a general hospital for necessary diagnostic, medical or surgical services not available within the Division. All expenses incurred under this section must be paid as follows:
1. In the case of a person with mental retardation who is judicially committed or a person with a related condition who is judicially committed, the expenses must be paid by the person’s parents or guardian to the extent of their reasonable financial ability as determined by the Administrator, and the remainder, if any, is a charge upon the county of the last known residence of the person with mental retardation or the person with a related condition;
2. In the case of a person with mental retardation or a person with a related condition admitted to a division facility pursuant to NRS 435.010, 435.020 and 435.030, the expenses are a charge upon the county from which a certificate was issued pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 435.030; and
3. In the case of a person with mental retardation or a person with a related condition admitted to a division facility upon voluntary application as provided in NRS 435.081, the expenses must be paid by the parents or guardian to the extent of their reasonable financial ability as determined by the Administrator, and for the remainder, if any, the Administrator shall explore all reasonable alternative sources of payment.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1488; A 1973, 116, 1237; 1975, 1620; 1999, 2597)