NRS218E.715. General duties.

  The Committee shall evaluate and review issues relating to:

      1.  The provision of child welfare services in this State, including, without limitation:

      (a) Programs for the provision of child welfare services;

      (b) Licensing and reimbursement of providers of foster care;

      (c) Mental health services; and

      (d) Compliance with federal requirements regarding child welfare; and

      2.  Juvenile justice in this State, including, without limitation:

      (a) The coordinated continuum of care in which community-based programs and services are combined to ensure that health services, substance abuse treatment, education, training and care are compatible with the needs of each juvenile in the juvenile justice system;

      (b) Individualized supervision, care and treatment to accommodate the individual needs and potential of the juvenile and the juvenile’s family, and treatment programs which integrate the juvenile into situations of living and interacting that are compatible with a healthy, stable and familial environment;

      (c) Programs for aftercare and reintegration in which juveniles will continue to receive treatment after their active rehabilitation in a facility to prevent the relapse or regression of progress achieved during the recovery process;

      (d) Overrepresentation and disparate treatment of minorities in the juvenile justice system, including, without limitation, a review of the various places where bias may influence decisions concerning minorities;

      (e) Gender-specific services, including, without limitation, programs for female juvenile offenders which consider female development in their design and implementation and which address the needs of females, including issues relating to:

             (1) Victimization and abuse;

             (2) Substance abuse;

             (3) Mental health;

             (4) Education; and

             (5) Vocational and skills training;

      (f) The quality of care provided for juvenile offenders in state institutions and facilities, including, without limitation:

             (1) The qualifications and training of staff;

             (2) The documentation of the performance of state institutions and facilities;

             (3) The coordination and collaboration of agencies; and

             (4) The availability of services relating to mental health, substance abuse, education, vocational training and treatment of sex offenders and violent offenders;

      (g) The feasibility and necessity for the independent monitoring of state institutions and facilities for the quality of care provided to juvenile offenders; and

      (h) Programs developed in other states which provide a system of community-based programs that place juvenile offenders in more specialized programs according to the needs of the juveniles.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 2546)