SB284
AN ACT relating to child welfare; requiring an agency which provides child welfare services to take certain measures to facilitate the payment of certain benefits to which a child in the custody of the agency is entitled; revising the manner in which an agency which provides child welfare services is required to maintain and use certain benefits and awards received on behalf of such a child; requiring an agency which provides child welfare services to provide certain training and information to certain children and other persons interested in the welfare of the child; requiring an agency which provides child welfare services to report certain information to a court; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to child welfare; requiring an agency which provides child welfare services to take certain measures to facilitate the payment of certain benefits to which a child in the custody of the agency is entitled; revising the manner in which an agency which provides child welfare services is required to maintain and use certain benefits and awards received on behalf of such a child; requiring an agency which provides child welfare services to provide certain training and information to certain children and other persons interested in the welfare of the child; requiring an agency which provides child welfare services to report certain information to a court; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Primary Sponsor
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Public exhibits
3
Support 1 · Opp 0 · Neutral 2
Auditor findings
0
recusal 0 · QPQ 0
AN ACT relating to child welfare; requiring an agency which provides child welfare services to take certain measures to
Existing law requires that all benefits for survivors or other awards payable to a child receiving child welfare services: (1) in a county whose population is less than 100,000 (currently all counties other than Clark and Washoe Counties) be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Trust Fund for Child Welfare; or (2) in a county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties) be deposited in a trust fund for child welfare established in the county treasury. Existing law requires the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services to use money in the Trust Fund for Child Welfare to pay for any services provided to the child to whom the benefits or awards were payable with public money. Existing law authorizes the agency which provides child welfare services in a county whose population is 100,000 or more to use the money in the trust fund for child welfare in the county treasury to pay for such services. (NRS 432.037) Section 6 of this bill repeals those provisions. Section 1 of this bill requires an agency which provides child welfare services to determine if each child in the custody of the agency is receiving or is eligible to receive federal benefits administered by the Social Security Administration or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. If a child is eligible to receive such federal benefits, section 1 requires the agency which provides child welfare services to promptly apply for the
NELIS exhibits (3 on file)
Support (1)
- Amy Honodel — Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada (Letter)
Neutral (2)
- Senior Policy Analyst — Legislative Counsel Bureau (Destini Cooper)
- Senior Policy Analyst — Legislative Counsel Bureau (Destini Cooper)
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