Nevada Revised Statutes Title 39. Mental Health § 433.444. Reciprocal agreement for returning consumers to legal residence; investigation and report concerning residence

1. For the purpose of facilitating the return of nonresident consumers to the state in which they have legal residence, the Administrator may enter into reciprocal agreements with the proper boards, commissioners or officers of other states for the mutual exchange of consumers confined in, admitted or committed to a mental health facility in one state whose legal residence is in the other. Such reciprocal agreements must be consistent with the provisions of chapters 433 to 433C, inclusive, of NRS, including, if applicable, the Interstate Compact on Mental Health ratified and enacted in NRS 433.4543.

2. The Administrator may give written permission for the return and admission to a division facility of any resident of this state when such permission is conformable to the provisions of chapters 433 to 433C, inclusive, of NRS governing admissions to a division facility, including, if applicable, the Interstate Compact on Mental Health ratified and enacted in NRS 433.4543.

3. The county clerk and board of county commissioners of each county, upon receiving notice from the Administrator that an application for the return of an alleged resident of this state has been received, shall promptly investigate and report to the Administrator their findings as to the legal residence of the consumer.