SB281 - Revises provisions relating to certain foster care and behavioral health programs. (BDR S-144)

EXEMPT (Reprinted with amendments adopted on June 2, 2025) THIRD REPRINT S.B. 281 - *SB281_R3* SENATE BILL NO. 281–SENATOR NGUYEN MARCH 5, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to certain foster care and behavioral health programs. (BDR S-144) FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No. Effect on the State: No. ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. AN ACT relating to public welfare; requiring an allocation from the Fund for a Resilient Nevada for a program for certain young adults; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel’s Digest: Existing law: (1) creates the Fund for a Resilient Nevada to hold the proceeds 1 of certain litigation by the State concerning the manufacture, distribution, sale or 2 marketing of opioids; and (2) provides for the use of the money in the Fund for 3 statewide projects and distribution as grants to address the impacts of opioid use 4 disorder and other substance use disorders. (NRS 433.732-433.740) Existing law 5 requires the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to 6 administer the Fund. (NRS 433.732) Section 3 of this bill requires the Director to 7 make an allocation of $2,500,000 from the Fund to Clark County, Washoe County 8 and the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department for 9 reimbursement of costs incurred during the 2025-2027 biennium for providing a 10 program to support persons who are 18 years of age and older but less than 23 years 11 of age and are transitioning from foster care to independent living. 12 Section 3.5 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Division of Public and 13 Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services for allocation 14 to Clark County and Washoe County to provide a jail-based behavioral health 15 program during the 2025-2027 biennium. 16 Section 3.7 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Center for the Application 17 of Substance Abuse Technologies within the School of Public Health at the 18 University of Nevada, Reno, for the provision of an online graduate certification 19 concerning co-occurring behavioral health and wellness. 20 – 2 – - *SB281_R3* THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. (Deleted by amendment.) 1 Sec. 2. (Deleted by amendment.) 2 Sec. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 3 contrary, the Director of the Department of Health and Human 4 Services shall allocate $2,500,000 of the money in the Fund for a 5 Resilient Nevada created by NRS 433.732 for reimbursement of 6 costs incurred during the 2025-2027 biennium for providing a 7 program to support persons who are 18 years of age and older but 8 less than 23 years of age and are transitioning from foster care to 9 independent living to: 10 1. Clark County for reimbursement of not more than the 11 following amounts: 12 For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 .................................. $671,762 13 For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 .................................. $671,762 14 2. Washoe County for reimbursement of not more than the 15 following amounts: 16 For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 .................................. $518,257 17 For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 .................................. $534,296 18 3. The Division of Child and Family Services of the 19 Department of Health and Human Services for reimbursement of not 20 more than the following amounts: 21 For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 .................................... $51,962 22 For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 .................................... $51,961 23 Sec. 3.5. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State 24 General Fund to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the 25 Department of Health and Human Services the sum of $11,897,709 26 for the provision of a jail-based behavioral health program during 27 the 2025-2027 biennium. 28 2. Of the amount appropriated by subsection 1, the Division 29 shall allocate for use for the purpose set forth in subsection 1: 30 (a) The sum of $6,393,106 to Clark County; and 31 (b) The sum of $5,504,603 to Washoe County. 32 3. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by 33 subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 34 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity 35 to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise 36 transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated 37 money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after 38 September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was 39 appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently 40 granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General 41 Fund on or before September 17, 2027. 42 – 3 – - *SB281_R3* Sec. 3.7. 1. To the extent that money is available, there is 1 hereby appropriated from the Fund for a Resilient Nevada created 2 by NRS 433.732 to the Center for the Application of Substance 3 Abuse Technologies within the School of Public Health at the 4 University of Nevada, Reno, the sum of $750,000 for the provision 5 of an online graduate certification concerning co-occurring 6 behavioral health and wellness. 7 2. If there is insufficient money available to make the full 8 appropriation provided pursuant to subsection 1, there is hereby 9 appropriated from the State General Fund to the Center for the 10 Application of Substance Abuse Technologies within the School of 11 Public Health at the University of Nevada, Reno, a sufficient 12 amount of money to pay the remaining amount of the appropriation 13 set forth in subsection 1 for the provision of an online graduate 14 certification concerning co-occurring behavioral health and 15 wellness. 16 3. Any remaining balance of an appropriation made by 17 subsection 1 or 2, as applicable, must not be committed for 18 expenditure after June 30, 2027, by the entity to which the 19 appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the 20 appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and 21 any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent 22 for any purpose after September 17, 2027, by either the entity to 23 which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money 24 was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the 25 appropriate fund on or before September 17, 2027. 26 Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 27 H