Existing law requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide certain services to persons who are transient, at imminent risk of homelessness or homeless. (NRS 422A.680) Section 7 of this bill authorizes a provider of homeless services to authorize a person experiencing homelessness to utilize the provider's address as a temporary mailing address, if that person is receiving other services from the provider and is a Nevada resident or a person who is not currently a Nevada resident and who the provider determines intends to remain in the State of Nevada for at least 6 months. A person authorized to use a temporary mailing address under section 7 may use that temporary mailing address for various purposes, including applying for public assistance, enrolling a family member in school, enrolling in an institution of the Nevada System of Higher Education, obtaining housing and seeking or retaining employment. Section 7 requires a provider of homeless services to notify the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department within 30 days after authorizing a person experiencing homelessness to use the provider's address as that person's temporary address. Section 7 further requires the Division, within the limits of legislative appropriation, to publish on the Internet website maintained by the Division a list of providers of homeless services that authorize a person experiencing homelessness to use the provider's address as that person's temporary mailing address. Finally, section 7 provides that nothing in this bill shall be construed to prohibit a person actually residing at a provider of homeless services from using the address of that provider for the purpose of registering to vote or receiving voting materials by mail.
Section 8 of this bill authorizes the Administrator of the Division to adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of sections 2-8 of this bill.
Sections 3-6 of this bill define terms relating to the provision of a temporary address for a person experiencing homelessness.