NRS 433A.610
Liability of certain relatives and estate of person admitted to facility for payment of costs

  • recovery by legal action.

1.

When a person is admitted to a division facility or hospital under one of the various forms of admission prescribed by law, the parent or legal guardian of a person in a mental health crisis who is a minor or the spouse of a person in a mental health crisis, if of sufficient ability, and the estate of the person in a mental health crisis, if the estate is sufficient for the purpose, shall pay the cost of the maintenance for the person in a mental health crisis, including treatment and surgical operations, in any hospital in which the person is hospitalized under the provisions of this chapter:

(a)

To the administrative officer if the person is admitted to a division facility; or

(b)

In all other cases, to the hospital rendering the service.

2.

If a person or an estate liable for the care, maintenance and support of a committed person neglects or refuses to pay the administrative officer or the hospital rendering the service, the State is entitled to recover, by appropriate legal action, all money owed to a division facility or which the State has paid to a hospital for the care of a committed person, plus interest at the rate established pursuant to NRS 99.040.

Source: Section 433A.610 — Liability of certain relatives and estate of person admitted to facility for payment of costs; recovery by legal action., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-433A.­html#NRS433ASec610.

Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

§ 433A.610’s source at nv​.us