NRS458.125. Requests for proposals; advancement of initial costs; staffing of Division.

      1.  The Division shall prepare requests for proposals for the provision by facilities of:

      (a) Residential treatment of adolescents who engage in substance abuse;

      (b) Outpatient treatment of adolescents who engage in substance abuse;

      (c) Comprehensive evaluations of adolescents with problems relating to substance abuse or mental illness, or both; and

      (d) Transitional housing for adolescents who engage in substance abuse.

      2.  Upon accepting a proposal submitted in accordance with this section, the Division may advance not more than 8 percent of the amount of the proposal to the facility that submitted the proposal to help defray the costs of starting the provision of the services, including, without limitation, the cost of beds, equipment and rental space for expansion.

      3.  The Division shall establish such requirements for the requests for proposals as it determines necessary.

      4.  The Division shall hire, to the extent of legislative authorization, such staff as it determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and NRS 458.131.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 1873; A 2001, 423; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 62)