Family foster home" means a family home in which one to six children who are not related within the first degree of consanguinity or affinity to the person or persons maintaining the home are received, cared for and maintained, for compensation or otherwise, including the provision of free care. The term includes a family home in which such a child is received, cared for and maintained pending completion of proceedings for the adoption of the child by the person or persons maintaining the home.
Added to NRS by 1993, 2695; A 2001 Special Session, 23; 2011, 242; 2013, 1444; 2021, 2714, effective January 1, 2024Amended by 2023, Ch. 379,§1, eff. 6/12/2023.Amended by 2021, Ch. 419,§3, eff. on the earlier of 7/1/2025, or the date on which the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that there is sufficient money available to carry out the provisions of those sections and an agency which provides child welfare services is prepared to participate in the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program.Amended by 2013, Ch. 306,§28, eff. 10/1/2013.Added to NRS by 1993, 2695; A 2001 Special Session, 23; 2011, 242This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.