The administrative officer of a division facility may authorize the transfer of a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability to a hospital for necessary diagnostic, medical or surgical services not available within the Division. All expenses incurred under this section must be paid as follows:

1. In the case of a person with an intellectual disability or person with a developmental disability who is judicially committed, the expenses must be paid by the person’s parents or guardian to the extent of their reasonable financial ability as determined by the Administrator, and the remainder, if any, is a charge upon the county of the last known residence of the person with an intellectual disability or the person with a developmental disability;

2. In the case of a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability admitted to a division facility pursuant to NRS 435.010, 435.020 and 435.030, the expenses are a charge upon the county from which a certificate was issued pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 435.030; and

3. In the case of a person with an intellectual disability or a person with a developmental disability admitted to a division facility upon voluntary application as provided in NRS 435.081, the expenses must be paid by the parents or guardian to the extent of their reasonable financial ability as determined by the Administrator, and for the remainder, if any, the Administrator shall explore all reasonable alternative sources of payment.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1488; A 1973, 116, 1237; 1975, 1620; 1999, 2597; 2013, 672; 2017, 2816; 2019, 2646)