NRS432B.135. Child in custody of agency which provides child welfare services deemed homeless in certain circumstances.

      1.  A child who is in the legal or physical custody of an agency which provides child welfare services and is awaiting foster care placement shall be deemed to be homeless for the purposes of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, 42 U.S.C. § 11301 et seq., and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. If a child is legally adopted or ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction to a permanent placement, the child is no longer deemed homeless for the purposes of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, 42 U.S.C. § 11301 et seq., and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

      2.  For the purpose of this section, “awaiting foster care placement” means the period during which a child is removed from his or her home until he or she is legally adopted or enters a permanent placement.

      (Added to NRS by 2013, 523)