NRS435.365. Assistance to parent or other relative caring for certain persons with intellectual disabilities or related conditions or young child with certain developmental delays: Eligibility; regulations; waiting list; final administrative decision.

      1.  To the extent that money is available for that purpose, whenever a person with an intellectual disability or a related condition is cared for by a parent or other relative with whom the person lives, that parent or relative is eligible to receive assistance on a monthly basis from the Division for each such person who lives and is cared for in the home if the Division finds that:

      (a) The person with an intellectual disability or a related condition has been diagnosed as having a profound or severe intellectual disability or, if he or she is under 6 years of age, has developmental delays that require support that is equivalent to the support required by a person with a profound or severe intellectual disability or a related condition;

      (b) The person with an intellectual disability or a related condition is receiving adequate care; and

      (c) The person with an intellectual disability or a related condition and the parent or other relative with whom the person lives is not reasonably able to pay for his or her care and support.

Ê The amount of the assistance must be established by legislative appropriation for each fiscal year.

      2.  The Division shall adopt regulations:

      (a) Which establish a procedure of application for assistance;

      (b) For determining the eligibility of an applicant pursuant to subsection 1; and

      (c) For determining the amount of assistance to be provided to an eligible applicant.

      3.  The Division shall establish a waiting list for applicants who are eligible for assistance but who are denied assistance because the legislative appropriation is insufficient to provide assistance for all eligible applicants.

      4.  The decision of the Division regarding eligibility for assistance or the amount of assistance to be provided is a final administrative decision.

      (Added to NRS by 1981, 856; A 1985, 289; 1997, 842; 1999, 2603; 2011, 2636; 2013, 678)