Nevada § 432B.2155 - Corrective action or corrective action plan: Notification by Division of Child and Family Services; requirement of agency which provides child welfare services to carry out or develop; approval of plan by Division; consequences of failing to carry out action or plan within required period; regulations

§ 432B.2155. Corrective action or corrective action plan: Notification by Division of Child and Family Services; requirement of agency which provides child welfare services to carry out or develop; approval of plan by Division; consequences of failing to carry out action or plan within required period; regulations

1. When the Division of Child and Family Services determines pursuant to subsection

7 of NRS 432B.180 that corrective action by an agency which provides child welfare services is necessary,

the Division shall notify the agency which provides child welfare services of the

specific areas in which the agency is in noncompliance with the federal or state laws,

regulations adopted pursuant to such laws or statewide plans or policies and inform

the agency which provides child welfare services that it must, within 60 days, carry

out the corrective action or develop a corrective action plan. 2. The Division of Child and Family Services shall determine whether to approve a

corrective action plan submitted pursuant to subsection 1 within 30 days after receipt. If the Division of Child and Family Services does not approve the plan, the Division

of Child and Family Services must notify the agency which provides child welfare services

of the deficiencies and allow the agency which provides child welfare services 30

days in which to submit a revised corrective action plan for reconsideration. If a revised corrective action plan is not resubmitted within 30 days, the Division

may take any of the actions set forth in subsection 4. 3. After the Division of Child and Family Services approves a corrective action plan,

the agency which provides child welfare services must carry out the plan within 90

days. 4. If the agency which provides child welfare services fails to take corrective action

or to carry out a corrective action plan within the required period, the Division

of Child and Family Services may take one or more of the following actions: (a) Withhold money from the agency which provides child welfare services; (b) Impose an administrative fine against the agency which provides child welfare

services; (c) Provide the agency which provides child welfare services with direct supervision

and recover the cost and expenses incurred by the Division in providing such supervision;

and (d) Require the agency which provides child welfare services to determine whether

it is necessary to impose disciplinary action that is consistent with the personnel

rules of the agency which provides child welfare services against an employee who

substantially contributed to the noncompliance of the agency which provides child

welfare services with the federal or state laws, regulations adopted pursuant to such

laws or statewide plans or policies, including, without limitation, suspension of

the employee without pay, if appropriate. 5. The Division of Child and Family Services shall adopt regulations to carry out

the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, regulations which prescribe

the circumstances under which action must be taken against an agency which provides

child welfare services for failure to take corrective action and which specify that

any such action by the Division must not impede the provision of child welfare services. 6. The Division of Child and Family Services shall deposit any money received from

the administrative fines imposed pursuant to this section with the State Treasurer

for credit to the State General Fund. The State Treasurer shall account separately for the money deposited pursuant to

this subsection. The money in the account may only be used by the Division to improve the provision

of child welfare services in this State, including, without limitation: (a) To pay the costs associated with providing training and technical assistance and

conducting quality improvement activities for an agency which provides child welfare

services to assist the agency in any area in which the agency has failed to take corrective

action; and (b) Hiring a qualified consultant to conduct such training, technical assistance and

quality improvement activities.