NRS 428.215
Collection of charges for care by hospital

request for determination of indigency.

Whenever hospital care is furnished to a person on account of an injury suffered by the person in a motor vehicle crash, the hospital shall use reasonable diligence to collect the amount of the charges for that care from the patient or any other person responsible for the support of the patient. The hospital may request the board of county commissioners of the county in which:

1.

The crash occurred, if the person is not a resident of this state and the crash occurred in this state; or

2.

The person resides, if the person is a resident of this state,

Ê to determine whether the person who received the care is an indigent person.

Source: Section 428.215 — Collection of charges for care by hospital; request for determination of indigency., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-428.html#NRS428Sec215.

428.115
Definitions. 428.125
“Board” defined. 428.136
“Fund” defined. 428.145
“Hospital” defined. 428.155
“Hospital care” defined. 428.165
“Injury in a motor vehicle crash” defined. 428.175
Fund for Hospital Care to Indigent Persons. 428.185
Levy of tax ad valorem for remittance to Fund. 428.195
Board of Trustees of Fund: Composition 428.205
Board of Trustees of Fund: Powers. 428.206
Agreement to transfer money from Fund to Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of Department of Health and Human Services to include in State Plan for Medicaid enhanced rate of reimbursement for hospital care provided to Medicaid recipients or to make supplemental payments to hospitals for such care. 428.209
Application by counties to Board for reimbursement for charges for care furnished to certain patients 428.215
Collection of charges for care by hospital 428.225
Certification of indigency. 428.235
Application for reimbursement of charges 428.245
Review of application 428.255
Reimbursement of Fund by counties.

Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

§ 428.215’s source at nv.us

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Location: https://nevada.public.law/statutes/nrs_428.215

Original Source: Section 428.215 — Collection of charges for care by hospital; request for determination of indigency., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-428.html#NRS428Sec215 (last accessed Feb. 5, 2021).