NRS422A.555. Exemption of head of household from requirement to complete program of job training; exceptions.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, if the plan for personal responsibility signed by the head of a household pursuant to NRS 422A.535 includes a requirement that the head of the household complete a program of job training, the Division may exempt the head of the household from that requirement upon determining that:

      (a) The head of the household:

             (1) Is ill or physically incapacitated;

             (2) Must care for an ill or incapacitated member of the household;

             (3) Is receiving payments or is awaiting approval for the receipt of payments pursuant to the Supplemental Security Income Program;

             (4) Is a single custodial parent of a child who is less than 1 year of age;

             (5) Is not a recipient of benefits but receives benefits on behalf of a member of the household who is a dependent;

             (6) Is a person who is:

                   (I) Sixty years of age or older;

                   (II) The caretaker of a child; and

                   (III) A relative, other than a parent, of that child; or

             (7) Is pregnant and has been deemed unable to work by her physician; or

      (b) Any other good cause exists to exempt the head of the household from the requirement to complete the program of job training.

      2.  A head of a household may not claim the exemption prescribed in subparagraph (4) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 for more than 12 months during his or her lifetime, regardless of whether those months are consecutive or cumulative.

      3.  The Division shall not exempt a head of a household pursuant to this section if the exemption would violate a requirement of federal law or a condition to the receipt of federal money.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 16)