NAC435.270. Payment and use of money.

     1. A full-time member of the staff who provides at least 75 percent of his or her total time each month with a center in direct service to its enrollees is eligible to be fully paid for his or her total service from the Community Training Center Account. A member of the staff who provides a lesser portion of his or her time in direct service to the enrollees is eligible to be paid from the Account a portion based on the percentage which his or her direct service to enrollees is of his or her total service. A part-time member of the staff who is scheduled so that he or she spends 75 percent or more of his or her time with the center in direct service to enrollees may be counted toward meeting the ratio of staff to enrollees appropriate to the center’s programs for each day of his or her service. As used in this subsection, “direct service” means:

     (a) The treatment, training or supervision of an enrollee by an employee.

     (b) The testing or evaluation of an enrollee.

     (c) The development of a treatment plan or goals or the provision of services for an enrollee by a professional employee.

     2. A letter of request for money to start a center from an applicant who has received approval from the Commission on Mental Health and Developmental Services to establish a new center must detail proposed expenditures.

     3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, money allocated to a center from the Community Training Center Account must be used to provide salaries and related benefits or costs for members of the staff who provide direct care, including industrial insurance, premiums for medical and dental benefits, retirement and Social Security. Of the total amount granted to a center, a maximum of 20 percent may be allocated to other costs of operating, including rent, utilities, equipment, supplies and salaries for members of the staff who do not provide direct care.

     4. All money allocated to centers from the Community Training Center Account must be expended in the state fiscal year for which it was received.

     5. The Division may require an independent audit of any center at the Division’s expense.

     [Men. Hygiene & Men. Retardation Div., Training Centers Art. II subart. A § 2, eff. 10-5-79; A 5-6-82; § 8, eff. 10-5-79; A 6-2-81; A and renumbered as § 3, 5-6-82; §§ 4-6, eff. 5-6-82]—(NAC A 6-23-86, eff. 7-1-86; 1-22-90; 1-5-94)