Nevada § 396.7936 - Additional duties

§ 396.7936. Additional duties

In addition to the duties prescribed by NRS 396.7935 and 396.7938 , the Center, if established, shall: 1. Through the regional hubs established pursuant to NRS 396.7934 : (a) Collaborate with other persons and entities to assess the specific behavioral

health needs of each behavioral health region; and (b) Engage in research and training specifically designed to address those needs. 2. Coordinate with the System, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department

of Education, the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation and other

state agencies involved in behavioral health, education and workforce development

to promote the efficient utilization of state resources designated for those purposes. 3. Build partnerships with school districts, institutions within the System, occupational

licensing boards that license, certify or register providers of behavioral health

care, the Department of Education, the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation

and other public and private entities involved in workforce development to establish

pipelines to careers in behavioral health from schools through professional practice. Such pipelines must focus on recruiting youth who are: (a) From underserved and marginalized communities; or (b) Interested in pursuing careers that address the most critical behavioral health

needs of this State, including, without limitation, careers providing behavioral health

care to children, the elderly and other underserved populations. 4. Develop and implement strategies to: (a) Recruit adults who are interested in careers in behavioral health; (b) Retain providers of behavioral health care who currently practice in this State;

and (c) Ensure that providers who participate in the pipelines established pursuant to

subsection 3 ultimately practice in this State. 5. Collaborate with professional organizations for providers of behavioral health

care, institutions that provide training and education for providers of behavioral

health care and other relevant persons and entities to ensure the availability of

high-quality continuing education on emerging, evidence-based practices for providing

behavioral health care in various settings. 6. Provide or collaborate with other agencies to provide technical assistance for

providers of behavioral health care regarding administrative issues and other nonacademic

issues relating to the provision of behavioral health care in this State, including,

without limitation: (a) Obtaining a state business license and any necessary local licenses; (b) Planning the establishment and operation of a business to provide behavioral health

care; (c) Billing insurers for the provision of behavioral health care; and (d) The management of staff. 7. Provide technical assistance to support the provision of graduate and postgraduate

training in evidence-based practices for providing behavioral health care at existing

and new sites for the provision of such training, with the highest priority placed

on sites that serve rural, frontier and underserved urban communities. 8. Provide training for supervisors of graduate and postgraduate training for providers

of behavioral health care, with the highest priority placed on supervisors who serve

rural, frontier and underserved urban communities. 9. Collaborate with existing entities or establish new programs to assist adult students

in pursuing the education and training necessary to become a provider of behavioral

health care. 10. Coordinate with other entities to obtain or, where necessary, collect and analyze

data to: (a) Determine where providers of behavioral health care who practice in this State

were born, educated and trained; (b) Evaluate the progression of persons through programs for the education and training

of providers of behavioral health care in this State and determine where such persons

practice after completing those programs; (c) Ensure the strength and success of pipelines to careers in behavioral health from

schools through professional practice; and (d) Identify the degree to which programs of education and training for providers

of behavioral health care produce an adequate number of specialists to meet the needs

of this State and each behavioral health region. 11. Collaborate with agencies involved in the education, training, licensure, certification,

registration and endorsement of providers of behavioral health care to develop systems

for: (a) Identifying methods used by providers of education or training for providers of

behavioral health care to prepare participants in programs of such education or training

to correctly implement evidence-based practices for providing behavioral health care; (b) Identifying the practices and therapeutic modalities being taught to participants

in programs of education or training for providers of behavioral health care; and (c) To the extent feasible, tracking the implementation of the methods, practices

and modalities described in paragraphs (a) and (b) by providers of behavioral health

care. 12. Monitor progress toward the goals prescribed in the strategic plan developed pursuant

to NRS 396.7935 . 13. Perform the duties prescribed by this section and NRS 396.7935 in a manner that leverages existing programs and resources and avoids duplication

of efforts.