NRS 211.400 Program for treatment of prisoners with substance use disorder using medication-assisted treatment: Establishment; collaboration with Department of Human Services; eligibility; participants not subject to discipline on certain bases.

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1. To the extent that money is available, a sheriff, chief of police or town marshal who is responsible for a county, city or town jail or detention facility shall establish a program to provide for the treatment of prisoners with a substance use disorder using medication-assisted treatment.

2. If the program established pursuant to subsection 1 relates to opioid use disorder, the sheriff, chief of police or town marshal shall collaborate with the Department of Human Services to establish the program.

3. The program established pursuant to subsection 1 must:

(a)Provide each eligible prisoner who participates in the program with appropriate medication-assisted treatment for the period in which the prisoner is incarcerated; and

(b)Require that all decisions regarding the type, dosage or duration of any medication administered to an eligible prisoner as part of his or her medication-assisted treatment be made by a treating physician and the eligible prisoner.

4. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any prisoner who the sheriff, chief of police or town marshal has determined has a substance use disorder for which a medication-assisted treatment exists and who meets any reasonable conditions imposed by the sheriff, chief of police or town marshal pursuant to subsection 5 is eligible to participate in the program established pursuant to subsection 1 and must be offered the opportunity to participate. If a prisoner received medication-assisted treatment immediately preceding his or her incarceration, the prisoner is eligible to continue that medication-assisted treatment as a participant in the program.

Participation in the program must be voluntary.

5. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the sheriff, chief of police or town marshal may impose reasonable conditions for a prisoner to be eligible to participate in the program established pursuant to subsection 1 and to continue his or her participation in the program. The sheriff, chief of police or town marshal shall not deny a prisoner the ability to participate in the program or terminate the participation of a prisoner in the program on the basis that:

(a)The results of a screening test administered to the prisoner upon the commencement of his or her incarceration or upon the commencement of his or her participation in the program indicated the presence of a controlled substance; or

(b)The prisoner committed an infraction of the rules of the county, city or town jail or detention facility before or during the participation of the prisoner in the program.

6. A prisoner who participates in the program established pursuant to subsection 1 is not subject to discipline on the basis that the results of a screening test administered to the prisoner during his or her participation in the program indicated the presence of a controlled substance.

7. As used in this section, “medication-assisted treatment” means treatment for a substance use disorder using medication approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for that purpose.