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- 83rd Session (2025)
Assembly Bill No. 6–Committee on
Health and Human Services
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AN ACT relating to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; establishing
the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Treatment Assistance
Program within the Aging and Disability Services Division
of the Department of Health and Human Services; and
providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law establishes the Autism Treatment Assistance Program within the
Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human
Services to serve as the primary autism program within the Department and to
provide and coordinate services to persons diagnosed or determined to have autism
spectrum disorders through the age of 19 years. (NRS 427A.875) Assembly Bill
No. 422 of the 2023 Legislative Session (A.B. 422) required the Division, to the
extent that mone y was available, to create a pilot program to serve children
diagnosed with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. A.B. 422 required the pilot
program to be administered by the Autism Treatment Assistance Program. (Chapter
492, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3021)
This bill establishes the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Treatment Assistance
Program, which is to be administered by the Autism Treatment Assistance
Program, to provide and coordinate the provision of services to persons diagnosed
or determined to have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders through the age of 13 years.
This bill authorizes the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Treatment Assistance
Program, to the extent that money is available, to take certain actions to facilitate
the treatment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 427A of NRS is hereby amended by
adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. There is hereby established the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder Treatment Assistance Program within the Division to
serve as the primary program within the Department for persons
with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and to provide and
coordinate the provision of services to persons diagnosed or
determined, including, without l imitation, through the use of a
standardized assessment, to have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
through the age of 13 years. The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Treatment Assistance Program must be administered by the
Autism Treatment Assistance Program created by NRS 427A.875.
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2. To the extent that money is available, t he Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder Treatment Assistance Program may:
(a) Prescribe an application process for parents and guardians
of persons with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders desc ribed in
subsection 1 to participate in the Program.
(b) Provide for the development of a plan of treatment for
persons who participate in the Program.
(c) Promote the use of evidence -based treatments which are
cost effective and have been proven to improve treatment of fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders.
(d) Educate parents and guardians of persons with fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders on fetal alcohol sp ectrum disorders
and the assistance that may be provided by the parent or guardian
to improve treatment outcomes.
(e) Establish and use a system for assessing persons with fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders to determine a baseline to measure the
progress of and prepare a plan for the treatment of such persons.
(f) Assist parents and guardians of persons with fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders in obtaining public services that are available
for the treatment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
3. As used in this section, “fetal alcohol spectrum disorder”
has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.0655.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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