{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-433a.610","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 433A.610","heading":"Liability of certain relatives and estate of person admitted to facility for payment of costs; recovery by legal action.","body":"1. When a person is admitted to a division facility or hospital under one of the various forms of admission prescribed by law, the parent or legal guardian of a person in a mental health crisis who is a minor or the spouse of a person in a mental health crisis, if of sufficient ability, and the estate of the person in a mental health crisis, if the estate is sufficient for the purpose, shall pay the cost of the maintenance for the person in a mental health crisis, including treatment and surgical operations, in any hospital in which the person is hospitalized under the provisions of this chapter:\n(a) To the administrative officer if the person is admitted to a division facility; or\n(b) In all other cases, to the hospital rendering the service.\n2. If a person or an estate liable for the care, maintenance and support of a committed person neglects or refuses to pay the administrative officer or the hospital rendering the service, the State is entitled to recover, by appropriate legal action, all money owed to a division facility or which the State has paid to a hospital for the care of a committed person, plus interest at the rate established pursuant to NRS 99.040.","path":["TITLE 39 — MENTAL HEALTH","CHAPTER 433A - ADMISSION TO MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES OR ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT; HOSPITALIZATION","PAYMENT OF COSTS OF HOSPITALIZATION AND TREATMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-433A.html#NRS433ASec610","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:39Z","sha256":"ce673d7f5748636f3a3d38daf720b43caf994f48cb9e7e388904f9f56a697fc4","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-433a.600","next":"us-nv/nrs-433a.620"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}