Duty of licensing entity to review whether certain facilities have corrected reported deficiencies

1. Not later than 45 days after receiving a report pursuant to NRS 218G.590 concerning a child care facility licensed pursuant to chapter 432A of NRS, the Division of Social Services of the Department of Human Services or the county or incorporated city from which the facility has obtained a license pursuant to NRS 432A.131, as applicable, shall review the facility to which the report pertains to determine whether the facility has corrected the deficiencies described in the report. The review may include a physical inspection of the facility at the discretion of the Division, county or city, as applicable. 2. After conducting a review pursuant to subsection 1, the Division, county or city shall provide a report of its determinations to the Legislative Auditor. The report must include: (a) A determination of whether the deficiencies described in the report of the Legislative Auditor or the Legislative Auditor’s designee have been resolved; (b) If the deficiencies described in the report of the Legislative Auditor or the Legislative Auditor’s designee have not been resolved, a description of the measures being taken by the facility to resolve the deficiencies, a determination of whether those measures are adequate and the expected date by which the deficiencies will be resolved; and (c) A statement of any issues of fact or law on which the Division, county or city, as applicable, disagrees with the report of the Legislative Auditor or the Legislative Auditor’s designee. 3. If the Division, county or city concludes, after a review conducted pursuant to subsection 1, that a child care facility has not resolved a deficiency described in the report of the Legislative Auditor or the Legislative Auditor’s designee, the Division, county or city, as applicable, shall, not later than 30 days after completing the review: (a) Provide a copy of its report to each court or other governmental agency that places children in the facility and post the report publicly on an Internet website maintained by the Division, county or city, as applicable; and (b) Schedule another review of the facility which must be conducted not later than 30 days after the review conducted pursuant to subsection 1. After the review conducted pursuant to this paragraph, the Division, county or city, as applicable, shall take the actions described in subsection 2 and, if necessary, this subsection. 4. The Legislative Auditor or the Legislative Auditor’s designee shall include any information provided by the Division, a county or an incorporated city concerning any deficiency identified at a child care facility in any report issued by the Legislative Auditor or the Legislative Auditor’s designee concerning the inspections, reviews and surveys required by NRS 218G.575. 5. This section shall not be construed to prohibit or limit the ability of: (a) A licensing entity to impose sanctions on a facility for children under its jurisdiction; or (b) A law enforcement agency to respond to criminal conduct at a facility for children. 6. As used in this section, “child care facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432A.024.