1. The Department shall:
(a) Administer all public welfare programs of this State, including:
(1) State Supplementary Assistance;
(2) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families;
(3) Medicaid;
(4) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance;
(5) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance;
(6) The Program for Child Care and Development;
(7) The Program for the Enforcement of Child Support;
(8) The Children’s Health Insurance Program; and
(9) Other welfare activities and services provided for by the laws of this State.
(b) Act as the single state agency of the State of Nevada and its political subdivisions in the administration of any federal money granted to the State of Nevada to aid in the furtherance of any of the services and activities set forth in subsection 1.
(c) Cooperate with the Federal Government in adopting state plans, in all matters of mutual concern, including adoption of methods of administration found by the Federal Government to be necessary for the efficient operation of welfare programs, and in increasing the efficiency of welfare programs by prompt and judicious use of new federal grants which will assist the Department in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
(d) Observe and study the changing nature and extent of welfare needs and develop through tests and demonstrations effective ways of meeting those needs and employ or contract for personnel and services supported by legislative appropriations from the State General Fund or money from federal or other sources.
(e) Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states relative to public assistance, welfare services and institutional care, when deemed necessary or convenient by the Director.
(f) Make such agreements with the Federal Government as may be necessary to carry out the Supplemental Security Income Program.
2. As used in this section, "Program for the Enforcement of Child Support" means the program established to locate absent parents, establish paternity and obtain child support pursuant to Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq., and any other provisions of that act relating to the enforcement of child support.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 22nd Special Session, 7; A 2013, 1310) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 422A.255)