1. If the consumer, his or her responsible relative pursuant to NRS 433A.610, guardian or the estate neglects or refuses to pay the cost of treatment to the division facility or to the program of community-based or outpatient services operated by the Division rendering service pursuant to the fee schedule established under NRS 433.404 or 433B.250, as appropriate, the State is entitled to recover by appropriate legal action all sums due, plus interest.
2. Before initiating such legal action, the division facility or program, as applicable, shall demonstrate efforts at collection, which may include contractual arrangements for collection through a private collection agency.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1615; A 1993, 1241, 2723; 2011, 431; 2013, 3497)
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