Existing law authorizes the board of county commissioners of a county whose population is 700,000 or more (currently only Clark County) to establish by ordinance a department of juvenile justice services to administer certain provisions of existing law relating to juvenile delinquency and the abuse and neglect of children. (NRS 62G.200-62G.240) If the board of county commissioners of such a county has not established a department of juvenile justice services, the juvenile court is required to: (1) establish by court order a probation committee; and (2) appoint a director of the department of juvenile justice services to administer certain functions of the juvenile court. (NRS 62G.300-62G.370) Existing law requires a department of juvenile justice services to obtain a background investigation of applicants for employment with, and employees of, the department. Existing law also requires a department of juvenile justice services to obtain a background investigation of each employee of the department at least once every 5 years after the initial investigation. (NRS 62G.223, 62G.353) Existing law authorizes a department of juvenile justice services to deny employment to an applicant or terminate the employment of an employee against whom certain criminal charges are pending. Before terminating an employee against whom certain criminal charges are pending, existing law requires a department of juvenile justice services to allow the employee a reasonable amount of time of not more than 180 calendar days after arrest to resolve the pending charges against the employee. (NRS 62G.225) Section 1 of this bill requires a department of juvenile justice services to allow an employee against whom certain criminal charges are pending additional time to resolve the pending charges if: (1) the charges are misdemeanor charges; and (2) through no fault of the employee, the charges have not been filed. Existing law authorizes a department of juvenile justice services to allow an employee against whom certain criminal charges are pending additional time to resolve the pending charges upon request and for good cause shown. (NRS 62G.225) Section 1 limits the authority of a department of juvenile justice services to allow an employee additional time to resolve pending charges by only authorizing the department to allow the employee additional time to resolve pending misdemeanor charges. Existing law authorizes a department of juvenile justice services to deny employment to an applicant or terminate the employment of an employee against whom a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect has been made. (NRS 62G.225) Before terminating an employee against whom a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect has been made, existing law requires a department of juvenile justice services to allow the employee a reasonable amount of time of not less than 60 calendar days to correct certain information received by the department. (NRS 62G.225) Section 1 requires a department of juvenile justice services to allow an employee who has requested an administrative appeal of the substantiation of a report of child abuse or neglect additional time to correct certain information received by the department if, through no fault of the employee, a hearing on the appeal has not been held or the hearing officer has not issued a decision affirming or rejecting the substantiation of the report.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 62G.225
Reprint 1: 62G.225
As Enrolled: 62G.225
BDR: 62G.225