Creation of Diapering Resources Account; use of money in Account; acceptance of gifts, donations, bequests and grants; submission of report to Legislature.

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1. The Diapering Resources Account is hereby created in the State General Fund. The Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department shall administer the Account.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the money in the Account must be expended to provide diapers and diapering supplies to recipients of public assistance and other low-income families in this State. The State Board of Health shall, upon the recommendation of the committee established pursuant to NRS 422A.660, adopt regulations prescribing:

(a) The criteria for determining whether a person qualifies for assistance from the Account; and

(b) The procedure for distributing money from the Account.

3. The Administrator may apply for and accept any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money for the purpose prescribed by subsection 2. Any money so received must be deposited in the Account.

4. The interest and income earned on money in the Account from any gift, donation or bequest, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Account.

5. Money in the Account at the end of the fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund, and the balance in the Account must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

6. On or before December 31 of each year, the Division shall:

(a) Develop a report concerning the manner in which the money in the Account was distributed during the immediately preceding year, the persons to whom such money was distributed and the manner in which such money was used; and

(b) Submit the report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to:

(1) In odd-numbered years, the Interim Finance Committee; and

(2) In even-numbered years, the next regular session of the Legislature.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 3042)


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