2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 433A - Admission to Mental Health Facilities or Programs of Community-Based or Outpatient Services; Hospitalization
NRS 433A.600 - Charges to nonindigent persons admitted to facility or program and responsible relative; recovery by civil action; disposition of receipts.

1. A person who is admitted to a division facility or to a program of community-based or outpatient services operated by the Division and not determined to be indigent and every responsible relative pursuant to NRS 433A.610 of the person shall be charged for the cost of treatment and is liable for that cost. If after demand is made for payment the person or his or her responsible relative fails to pay that cost, the administrative officer or professional responsible for providing or coordinating the program of community-based or outpatient services, as applicable, may recover the amount due by civil action.

2. All sums received pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited in the State Treasury and may be expended by the Division for the support of that facility or program in accordance with the allotment, transfer, work program and budget provisions of NRS 353.150 to 353.245, inclusive.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 1615; A 1985, 2272; 1993, 1240; 2013, 3496)