NRS428.490. Transfer of money from Fund: Request by county; action by Board; reports.

      1.  A county which fails to make a payment required by an interlocal agreement may submit a written request to the Board to transfer from the Fund, on behalf of the county, an amount equal to the payment due, or any portion thereof, to the Medicaid Budget Account in the State General Fund.

      2.  The Board shall consider the following factors in determining whether to approve a request submitted pursuant to subsection 1:

      (a) Whether the county has any source of money available to make the payment;

      (b) Whether the county has the taxing authority to raise the additional money required to make the payment;

      (c) Whether the county has expended its money for the care of indigents in an appropriate manner;

      (d) Whether the county has budgeted appropriately for the anticipated amount of its payments; and

      (e) Any other factors the Board determines are appropriate.

      3.  If the Board determines that a county is unable to make a payment that is due, the Board shall transfer an amount equal to the amount of the payment due, or any portion thereof, in the manner prescribed in subsection 1.

      4.  The Board shall prepare and submit a report to the Department of Administration and the Interim Finance Committee not later than June 30 and December 31 of each year. The report must include the name of each county on whose behalf money was transferred from the Fund to the Medicaid Budget Account since the last report, the amount transferred and the remaining balance in the Fund.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 2219; A 1997, 2705)