SB7 - Revises provisions relating to family resource centers. (BDR 38-149)

S.B. 7 - *SB7* SENATE BILL NO. 7–COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES) PREFILED OCTOBER 28, 2026 ____________ Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to family resource centers. (BDR 38-149) FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No. Effect on the State: No. Effect on the State Highway Fund: No. ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. AN ACT relating to public assistance; authorizing the Director of the Department of Human Services to designate a person to perform certain functions relating to family resource centers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel’s Digest: Existing law defines “family resource center” to mean a facility within an at- 1 risk community where families may obtain: (1) an assessment of their eligibility for 2 social services; (2) social services directly from the family resource center; and (3) 3 referrals to obtain social services from other social service agencies or 4 organizations. (NRS 430A.040) Existing law authorizes the Director of the 5 Department of Human Services to make grants of money to family resource centers 6 under certain circumstances. (NRS 430A.100) To obtain a grant from the Director, 7 a family resource center must submit an action plan describing the services to be 8 offered by the family resource center to the Director for approval. (NRS 430A.015, 9 430A.140) Section 1 of this bill authorizes the Director to designate a person to 10 receive and approve action plans submitted by family resource centers applying for 11 grants. 12 Existing law requires: (1) a family resource center to submit to the Director an 13 annual report accounting for the expenditure of money provided to the family 14 resource center by the Director; and (2) the Director to provide a written report to 15 the Interim Finance Committee concerning the expenditure of all money received 16 by the Director for administering family resource centers. (NRS 430A.200) Section 17 2 of this bill authorizes the Director to designate a person to receive annual reports 18 – 2 – - *SB7* from family resource centers and provide an annual report to the Interim Finance 19 Committee. 20 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. NRS 430A.140 is hereby amended to read as 1 follows: 2 430A.140 1. Before a family resource center may obtain a 3 grant from the Director, the family resource center: 4 (a) Must submit to the Director or the designee of the Director 5 an action plan created by the family resource center with input from 6 the family resource center council and local and state elected 7 officials who represent the geographic area in which the family 8 resource center is located; and 9 (b) Must obtain approval from the Director or the designee of 10 the Director of that action plan. 11 2. An action plan must be resubmitted to the Director or the 12 designee of the Director for approval: 13 (a) On or before July 1 of each year; and 14 (b) Any time the family resource center adopts a proposed 15 amendment to the action plan. 16 Sec. 2. NRS 430A.200 is hereby amended to read as follows: 17 430A.200 1. On or before August 1 of each year, each family 18 resource center shall submit a report to the Director or the designee 19 of the Director summarizing its achievements and accounting for 20 the expenditure of any money provided to it by the Director or the 21 designee of the Director for the previous fiscal year. 22 2. On or before September 30 of each year, the Director or the 23 designee of the Director shall provide a written report to the Interim 24 Finance Committee concerning the expenditure during the preceding 25 fiscal year of all money received by the Director for carrying out the 26 provisions of this chapter. 27 Sec. 3. The Legislative Counsel shall, in preparing 28 supplements to the Nevada Administrative Code, appropriately 29 change any references to an officer, agency or other entity whose 30 name is changed or whose responsibilities are transferred pursuant 31 to the provisions of this act to refer to the appropriate officer, 32 agency or other entity. 33 Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2027. 34 H