2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 62B - General Administration
NRS 62B.245 - Responsibility for administration and payment of medical care received by child in custody of facility for the detention of children.

1. Every local facility for the detention of children shall arrange for the administration of medical care required by any child who is in the custody of the facility.

2. The county shall pay for the costs of the medical care for the child if:

(a) The parent or legal guardian of the child does not have medical insurance for the child or the child is not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under Medicaid; and

(b) The medical care required is:

(1) Treatment for injuries incurred by the child while the child was in the custody of the facility;

(2) Treatment for any infectious, contagious or communicable disease the child contracted while in the custody of the facility; or

(3) A medical examination required by law or court order, unless the court order otherwise provides that the cost must be paid from a source other than the county.

3. If the parent or legal guardian of the child has medical insurance for the child or the child is otherwise eligible for medical assistance under Medicaid, the parent or legal guardian, as applicable, is responsible for the cost of the medical care described in subsection 2.

4. Regardless of whether the parent or legal guardian of the child has medical insurance for the child or whether the child is otherwise eligible for medical assistance under Medicaid, the parent or guardian, as applicable, shall pay for the costs of the medical care for the child if such care is required for:

(a) Injuries incurred by the child during the violation of any state or local law, ordinance, or rule or regulation having the force of law;

(b) Injuries incurred by the child during or pursuant to being taken into custody;

(c) Injuries or illnesses which existed before the child was taken into the custody of the facility;

(d) Injuries that were self-inflicted by the child while in the custody of the facility; and

(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any other injury or illness incurred by the child while in the custody of the facility.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 1956)