NevadaNevada does not require children’s accounts to repay public care costs
In counties with fewer than 100,000 people, Nevada’s child welfare agency does not have to use children’s state trust accounts to repay publicly funded care.
What it does
Nevada’s child welfare agency does not have to deduct public care costs from children’s state trust accounts. This rule covers counties with fewer than 100,000 people.
Argument forLeaving benefits in children’s accounts could give them or their families more money when the state’s responsibility for their care ends.
Argument againstWithout required deductions, children’s accounts could provide less money to reimburse the state for publicly funded care.
More detail
The Division of Child and Family Services does not have to deduct publicly funded care costs from children’s state trust accounts. These accounts hold survivor benefits and other awards for children receiving child welfare services in counties with fewer than 100,000 people. The balance goes to the parent or legal guardian, or directly to a child who is at least 18 or legally independent through emancipation. The law took effect July 1, 2025. The agency must return the balance when it is no longer legally responsible for the child.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 6Chapter 341.Latest
- Jun 5Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo.Became Law
- Jun 2Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- May 31In Assembly. To enrollment.Major
- May 30Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 17, Nays: 4.) To Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (As Introduced). Result: pass.Upper
- May 29From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.Minor
- May 27Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded Assembly (As Introduced). Result: pass.Lower
- May 26From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.Minor
- May 6From printer. To committee.
- May 5Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To printer.Introduced