Revises provisions governing certain programs of treatment established by the juvenile court. (BDR 5-62)

- 83rd Session (2025)
Senate Bill No. 140–Senators Ohrenschall; and Krasner

Joint Sponsor: Assemblymember Hansen

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AN ACT relating to juvenile justice; expanding the scope of a
program established by the juvenile court for the treatment of
children diagnosed with or suspected to have autis m
spectrum disorders to include children diagnosed with or
suspected to have certain other neurobehavioral disorders;
and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law authorizes the juvenile court to establ ish an appropriate program
for the treatment of children diagnosed with or suspected to have autism spectrum
disorders and prescribes the criteria for eligibility to participate in such a program.
(NRS 62B.700) This bill: (1) expands the scope of the progr am to include children
diagnosed with or suspected to have neurobehavioral disorders associated with
prenatal exposure to alcohol or a controlled substance; and (2) authorizes the
juvenile court to assign a child who is diagnosed with or suspected to have any such
neurobehavioral disorder to the program under certain circumstances.

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. NRS 62B.700 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
62B.700 1. The juvenile court may establish an appropriate
program for the treatment of children diagnosed with or suspected to
have autism spectrum disorders or neurobehavioral disorders
associated with prenatal exposure to alcohol or a controlled
substance to which it may assign a child who is alleged or
adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act if the child:
(a) Is diagnosed with, including, without limitation, through the
use of a standardized assessment, or suspected to have an autism
spectrum disorder [;] or neurobehavioral diso rder associated with
prenatal exposure to alcohol or a controlled substance;
(b) Would benefit from assignment to the program; and
(c) Is not ineligible for assignment to the program pursuant to
any other provision of law.
2. The assignment of a child who is alleged or adjudicated to
have committed a delinquent act to a program pursuant to this
section must:
(a) Include:

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(1) The terms and conditions for successful completion of the
program; and
(2) The terms and conditions of the informal supervi sion or
probation of the child, if applicable.
(b) Provide for progress reports at intervals set by the juvenile
court to ensure that the child is making satisfactory progress towards
completion of the program.
3. As used in this section [, “autism] :
(a) “Autism spectrum disorder” means a condition that meets
the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder published in the
current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Associa tion or the
edition thereof that was in effect at the time the condition was
diagnosed or determined.
(b) “Neurobehavioral disorder associated with prenatal
exposure to alcohol or a controlled substance” means a condition
that meets the diagnostic criteri a for a neurobehavioral disorder
associated with prenatal exposure to alcohol or controlled
substances published in the current edition of the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American
Psychiatric Association or the ed ition thereof that was in effect at
the time the condition was diagnosed or determined. The term
includes, without limitation, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and
neonatal abstinence syndrome.

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