NRS 608.156
Benefits for health care: Expenses for treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders.

1.

If an employer provides health benefits for his or her employees, the employer shall provide benefits for the expenses for the treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders. The annual benefits provided by the employer must consist of:

(a)

Treatment for withdrawal from the physiological effects of alcohol or drugs, with a maximum benefit of $1,500 per calendar year.

(b)

Treatment for a patient admitted to a facility, with a maximum benefit of $9,000 per calendar year.

(c)

Counseling for a person, group or family who is not admitted to a facility, with a maximum benefit of $2,500 per calendar year.

2.

The maximum amount which may be paid in the lifetime of the insured for any combination of the treatments listed in subsection 1 is $39,000.

3.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 687B.409, these benefits must be paid in the same manner as benefits for any other illness covered by the employer are paid.

4.

The employee is entitled to these benefits if treatment is received in any:

(a)

Program for the treatment of alcohol or substance use disorders which is certified by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.

(b)

Hospital or other medical facility or facility for the dependent which is licensed by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services, is accredited by The Joint Commission or CARF International and provides a program for the treatment of alcohol or substance use disorders as part of its accredited activities.

Source: Section 608.156 — Benefits for health care: Expenses for treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-608.­html#NRS608Sec156.

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Payment for each hour of work 608.017
Discrimination on basis of sex prohibited 608.018
Compensation for overtime: Requirement 608.019
Periods for meals and rest. 608.020
Discharge of employee: Immediate payment. 608.030
Payment of employee who resigns or quits employment. 608.040
Penalty for failure to pay discharged or quitting employee. 608.050
Wages to be paid at termination of service: Penalty 608.060
Semimonthly payments 608.070
Agreements between employers and employees for other than semimonthly payments. 608.080
Paydays and time and place of payment: Posting notice of regular day, time and place 608.090
Adjustment of wages for additional payments 608.100
Unlawful decrease in compensation by employer 608.110
Withholding of portion of wages. 608.115
Records of wages. 608.120
Manner of payment of wages. 608.130
Payment of wages by negotiable instrument 608.140
Assessment of attorney’s fees in action for recovery of wages. 608.150
Original contractor liable for indebtedness for labor incurred by subcontractor or contractor acting under, by or for original contractor 608.152
Claim to indebtedness for labor incurred by subcontractor or contractor: Written notice of claim 608.154
Lodging as part of wages or compensation 608.155
Meals as part of wages or compensation 608.156
Benefits for health care: Expenses for treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders. 608.157
Benefits for health care: Coverage for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. 608.158
Notice of failure to pay premiums for employee’s insurance 608.160
Taking or making deduction on account of tips or gratuities unlawful 608.165
Special uniforms, accessories and cleaning to be furnished without cost to employee. 608.0165
Basis for payment of employee who manufactures or uses explosives 608.170
Assignment of wages void against judgment creditors 608.190
Willful failure or refusal to pay wages due prohibited. 608.0193
Employer required to provide break time to express breast milk 608.195
Criminal and administrative penalties. 608.0195
Periods for sleep. 608.0197
Employer required to provide paid leave 608.0198
Employee entitled to leave related to domestic violence 608.1555
Benefits for health care: Provision in same manner as policy of insurance. 608.1575
Benefits for health care: Services provided by certain nurses. 608.1576
Benefits for health care: Prompt enrollment and restrictions on termination of enrollment of child 608.1577
Notices to employees: Acceptance of, change in or termination of benefits 608.1585
Notice to employee upon termination of employment of right to be issued insurance to replace group policy.
Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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