NRS353A.049. Duties of Director.

      1.  The Director shall:

      (a) Establish a telephone number at which a person may report information relating to abuse, fraud or waste with respect to public money received and used by an agency or contractor; and

      (b) Create a written notice that:

             (1) Clearly identifies the telephone number established pursuant to paragraph (a); and

             (2) Contains a statement directing any person with any information relating to abuse, fraud or waste with respect to public money received and used by an agency or contractor to report the information at the telephone number established pursuant to paragraph (a).

      2.  The written notice created pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must be posted conspicuously:

      (a) In each public building of an agency; and

      (b) On the Internet website maintained by the Department of Administration.

      3.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Contractor” means any person, business, organization or nonprofit corporation that contracts with an agency to receive public money. The term includes a subcontractor or a third party who receives any portion of the public money from the contractor to carry out any obligation pursuant to a contract between the contractor and the agency.

      (b) “Public money” means any money deposited with a depository by the State Treasurer and includes money which is received by an agency from the Federal Government for distribution and use in this State pursuant to a federal law or federal regulation.

      (Added to NRS by 2013, 569)