NAC127.510. Placement with resident of another state.

     1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall develop and implement policies to ensure the placement of a child with special needs with a resident of another state who has been approved by his or her state of residence to adopt the child if the out-of-state resident appears to be a suitable placement candidate.

     2. An agency which provides child welfare services shall respond with reasonable promptness to a request by a resident of another state for the placement of a child through adoption.

     3. An agency which provides child welfare services shall not delay or deny the placement of a child in accordance with this section when an approved family is available outside the jurisdiction of the agency.

     4. An agency which provides child welfare services shall grant a fair hearing to a person approved to adopt a child who alleges that the agency delayed or denied placement of a child with the person because the person resides outside the jurisdiction of the agency. The provisions of NAC 127.500 apply to requests for hearings and hearings held pursuant to this subsection.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R067-99, eff. 11-8-99; A by R056-02, 7-30-2002)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 127.370)