1. The Board may authorize counties to apply to the Board for reimbursement or partial reimbursement of unpaid charges for hospital care in excess of $25,000 to any one person which have been incurred by a person certified as indigent by the board of county commissioners pursuant to this chapter.

2. The Board shall set forth the circumstances under which and the manner in which counties may apply for reimbursement pursuant to this section, including, without limitation, any amount of money that the county must expend before it may apply for reimbursement pursuant to this section.

3. The Board may review an application it receives pursuant to this section and approve or disapprove reimbursement of all or part of the unpaid charges in excess of $25,000. If reimbursement or partial reimbursement is approved, payment to the county must be made from the Fund, to the extent money is available in the Fund, and the county must reimburse the provider of care for the care given to any one indigent person which exceeds $25,000 but only to the extent of the money reimbursed or partially reimbursed to the county from the Fund on account of that patient.

4. Upon payment to the county, the Board:

(a) Is subrogated to the right of the county to recover unpaid charges from the indigent person or from other persons responsible for the support of the indigent person, to the extent of the reimbursement or partial reimbursement paid; and

(b) Has a lien upon the proceeds of any recovery by the county from the indigent person or other person responsible for the support of the indigent person, to the extent of the reimbursement or partial reimbursement paid from the Fund.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1674)