NRS 178.426: Establishment and operation of facility for treatment to competency within certain jails or detention facilities; establishment of program for treatment to competency and reintegration at location other than forensic facility.

1. The Administrator may enter into a contract with an organization that provides mental health services to the community to establish and operate a facility for the treatment of defendants to competency within the county jail or detention facility in a county whose population is 100,000 or more if:

(a) Money is available to support the facility for the treatment of defendants;

(b) There is a qualified organization that is willing and able to operate the facility for the treatment of defendants; and

(c) The sheriff who is responsible for the county jail or detention facility consents to the establishment of the facility for the treatment of defendants within the county jail or detention facility.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 178.425, an organization that enters into a contract pursuant to subsection 1 may serve as an Administrator’s designee for the purpose of this section and NRS 178.3981 to 178.4715, inclusive. The Administrator retains oversight over the facility for the treatment of defendants to competency and services provided at the facility.

3. The Administrator may establish a program to provide services for the treatment of defendants to competency and the reintegration of such defendants into society at a location other than a forensic facility. The services provided through such a program must be developed based on considerations of public safety, the needs of the defendant and the resources available to the defendant.

4. As used in this section, “forensic facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 175.539.