NRS387.1225. Reimbursement to hospital or other facility that provides residential treatment to children and operates licensed private school; request for and amount of reimbursement.

      1.  A hospital or other facility which is licensed by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services that provides residential treatment to children and which operates a private school licensed pursuant to chapter 394 of NRS may request reimbursement from the Department for the cost of providing educational services to a child who:

      (a) The Department verifies is a patient or resident of the hospital or facility; and

      (b) Attends the private school for more than 7 school days.

      2.  Upon receiving a request for reimbursement, the Department shall determine the amount of reimbursement to which the hospital or facility is entitled as a percentage of the basic support guarantee per pupil and withhold that amount from the county school district or charter school where the child would attend school if the child were not placed in the hospital or facility. The Department shall distribute the money withheld from the county school district or charter school to the hospital or facility.

      3.  The Department shall adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

      4.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Hospital” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.012.

      (b) “Private school” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 394.103.

      (Added to NRS by 2013, 1008)