With respect to the placement of a child in a foster home by an agency which provides child welfare services, the child has the right:
1. To live in a safe, healthy, stable and comfortable environment, including, without limitation, the right:
(a) If safe and appropriate, to remain in his or her home, be placed in the home of a relative or be placed in a home within his or her community;
(b) To be placed in an appropriate foster home best suited to meet the unique needs of the child, including, without limitation, any disability of the child;
(c) To be placed in a foster home where the licensee, employees and residents of the foster home who are 18 years of age or older have submitted to an investigation of their background and personal history in compliance with NRS 424.031; and
(d) To be placed with his or her siblings, whenever possible, and as required by law, if his or her siblings are also placed outside the home.
2. To receive and review information concerning his or her placement, including, without limitation, the right:
(a) To receive information concerning any plan for his or her permanent placement adopted pursuant to NRS 432B.553;
(b) To receive information concerning any changes made to his or her plan for permanent placement; and
(c) If the child is 12 years of age or older, to review the plan for his or her permanent placement.
3. To attend and participate in a court hearing which affects the child, to the extent authorized by law and appropriate given the age and experience of the child.
4. Consistent with the age and developmental experience of the child, except as otherwise prohibited by court order or unless the sibling objects, to be informed of any plan to change, or change in, the placement of a sibling, including, without limitation:
(a) A plan adopted pursuant to NRS 432B.553 for the permanent placement of the sibling; and
(b) Any plan to change the placement of, or a change in the placement of, a sibling resulting from adoption, reaching the age of 18 years or otherwise leaving a foster home.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 652; A 2013, 794)
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