1. A nonprofit organization or any agency or political subdivision of this State may apply to the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services for an allocation of money from the Contingency Account.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Grants Management Advisory Committee created by NRS 232.383 shall review applications received by the Director pursuant to subsection 1 and make recommendations to the Director concerning allocations of money from the Contingency Account to applicants. If the Director, in his or her discretion, determines that an emergency exists and an allocation of money from the Contingency Account is needed immediately, the Director may make an allocation of money from the Contingency Account pursuant to this section without the review of the application or the making of recommendations by the Grants Management Advisory Committee.
3. The Director may make allocations of money from the Contingency Account to applicants and may place such conditions on the acceptance of such an allocation as the Director determines are necessary, including, without limitation, requiring the recipient of an allocation to submit periodic reports concerning the recipient’s use of the allocation.
4. The recipient of an allocation of money from the Contingency Account may use the money only for the purposes of establishing or providing programs or services to victims of human trafficking.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2441; A 2015, 1003)