Eligibility; joint processing of applications; regulations

1. For purposes of the Program: (a) A person or household who is determined to be eligible for any means-tested program of public assistance administered by the Division or funded by federal or state money, including, without limitation, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance and Medicaid, shall be deemed to be presumptively eligible for assistance under the Program; and (b) Any application signed and submitted by a person or household for such a means-tested program of public assistance shall be considered to be jointly processed for the purpose of determining eligibility for the Program. 2. The Administrator shall establish by regulation the criteria for eligibility for assistance under the Program for each extraordinary circumstance based on the type of extraordinary circumstance and available money. Such criteria may: (a) Make ineligible for assistance for a particular extraordinary circumstance persons who are presumptively eligible for assistance under the Program pursuant to subsection 1. (b) Make eligible for assistance for a particular extraordinary circumstance persons who are not presumptively eligible for assistance under the Program pursuant to subsection 1. 3. In addition to the regulations required to be adopted pursuant to subsection 2, the Administrator shall adopt: (a) Regulations prescribing procedures governing applications for assistance, determination of eligibility for assistance and the issuance of assistance under the Program, including, without limitation, procedures for the joint processing of applications for assistance under the Program with applications for other programs of public assistance. (b) Regulations prescribing the duration and frequency of the provision of assistance under the Program. (c) Regulations governing the confidentiality and disclosure of information received from an applicant for or recipient of assistance under the Program and the custody, use and preservation of any records, files and communications filed with the Division concerning the Program. (d) Any other regulations necessary for the administration of the Program. 4. The Administrator may adopt regulations pursuant to this section without complying with the provisions of NRS 422A.190 if the Administrator determines that the extraordinary circumstance requires expeditious action. If the Administrator makes such a determination, the Administrator shall provide as much advance notice of such regulations as he or she determines is practicable under the circumstances. As soon as practicable after the provision of such notice or the adoption of such regulations, the notice or regulations, as applicable, must be posted on the Internet website of the Division.