2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 424 - Foster Homes for Children
NRS 424.043 - Division to prepare report concerning placement of children in specialized foster homes and provision of services to children placed in such homes. [Effective through June 30, 2021.]

1. The Division shall, on or before January 31 of each year, prepare and submit to the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature a report concerning the placement of children in specialized foster homes and the provision of services to children placed in such foster homes for the previous fiscal year. The report must include, without limitation:

(a) The number of times a child who has been placed in a specialized foster home has been hospitalized;

(b) The number of times a child who has been placed in a specialized foster home has run away from the specialized foster home;

(c) Information concerning the use of psychotropic medications by children who have been placed in specialized foster homes;

(d) The progress of children who have been placed in specialized foster homes towards permanent living arrangements;

(e) The performance of children who have been placed in specialized foster homes on clinical standardized assessment tools;

(f) Information concerning the academic standing and performance of children who have been placed in specialized foster homes;

(g) The number of children who have been placed in specialized foster homes who have been adjudicated delinquent; and

(h) The results of the reviews conducted pursuant to NRS 424.042.

2. All information in the report prepared pursuant to subsection 1 must be aggregated and the report must exclude any personally identifiable information about a child.

(Added to NRS by 2015, 3065)