NRS428.090. Medical assistance to and disposal of remains of nonresidents and other persons; limitations on responsibility of county.

      1.  When a nonresident or any other person who meets the uniform standards of eligibility prescribed by the board of county commissioners or by NRS 439B.310, if applicable, falls sick in the county, not having money or property to pay the person’s board, nursing or medical aid, the board of county commissioners of the proper county shall, on complaint being made, give or order to be given such assistance to the poor person as is in accordance with the policies and standards established and approved by the board of county commissioners and within the limits of money which may be lawfully appropriated for this purpose pursuant to NRS 428.050, 428.285 and 450.425.

      2.  If the sick person dies, the board of county commissioners shall give or order to be given to the person a decent burial or cremation.

      3.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 422.382, the board of county commissioners shall make such allowance for the person’s board, nursing, medical aid, burial or cremation as the board deems just and equitable, and order it paid out of the county treasury.

      4.  The responsibility of the board of county commissioners to provide medical aid or any other type of remedial aid under this section is relieved to the extent provided in NRS 422.382 and to the extent of the amount of money or the value of services provided by:

      (a) The Department of Health and Human Services to or for such persons for medical care or any type of remedial care under the State Plan for Medicaid; and

      (b) The Fund for Hospital Care to Indigent Persons under the provisions of NRS 428.115 to 428.255, inclusive.

      [6:51:1861; B § 3754; BH § 1986; C § 2159; RL § 2920; NCL § 5142]—(NRS A 1957, 347; 1963, 929; 1967, 1166; 1969, 112; 1971, 1183; 1973, 1406; 1979, 1245; 1981, 1911; 1983, 1942; 1985, 2035; 1987, 91, 884; 1993, 1972; 1995, 1429, 1430; 1997, 1246; 1999, 2235)