NRS
439B.310 “Indigent” defined. For
the purposes of
NRS 439B.300 to
439B.340, inclusive, “indigent” means
those persons:
1. Who are not covered by any policy of
health insurance;
2. Who are ineligible for Medicare,
Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the benefits provided
pursuant to NRS 428.115 to 428.255, inclusive, or any other federal or
state program of public assistance covering the provision of health care;
3. Who meet the limitations imposed by the
county upon assets and other resources or potential resources; and
4. Whose income is less than:
(a) For one person living without another member
of a household, $438.
(b) For two persons, $588.
(c) For three or more persons, $588 plus $150 for
each person in the family in excess of two.
Ê For the
purposes of this subsection, “income” includes the entire income of a household
and the amount which the county projects a person or household is able to earn.
“Household” is limited to a person and the person’s spouse, parents, children,
brothers and sisters residing with him or her.
(Added to NRS by 1987,
868; A 1999,
2238)
Notes of Decisions
Nye Cnty. v. Washoe Med. Ctr., 835 P.2d 780 (Nev. 1992).
“400, which specifies that a hospital is entitled to recover the costs of medical treatment for a resident of another county “who is reasonably believed to be indigent, as defined in NRS 439B.310 . . . Moreover, a 1989 amendment to NRS 428.”
Washoe Med. Ctr., Inc. v. Churchill Cnty., 836 P.2d 624 (Nev. 1992).
“When the privileges and use of the hospital are extended to a resident of another county who is reasonably believed to be indigent, as defined in NRS 439B.310, and who is: (a) Entitled under the laws of this state to relief, support, care, nursing, medicine or medical or…”
Nye Cnty. v. Washoe Med. Ctr., Inc., 877 P.2d 514 (Nev. 1994).
· cites it 9× “This amount qualifies Delapeza as an indigent under NRS 439B.310, 1 a fact conceded by Nye County.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.310(3) — 1 case
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 439B.310(4) — 1 case
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