Nevada Code § 449.246

Hospital or freestanding birthing center to provide information relating to voluntary acknowledgment or establishment of paternity before discharging unmarried woman who has borne child; regulations
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1. Before discharging an unmarried woman
who has borne a child, a hospital or freestanding birthing center shall provide
to the childs parents:
(a) The opportunity to sign, in the hospital, a
declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity developed pursuant to NRS 440.283 ;
(b) Written materials about establishing
paternity;
(c) The forms necessary to acknowledge paternity
voluntarily;
(d) A written description of the rights and
responsibilities of acknowledging paternity; and
(e) The opportunity to speak by telephone with
personnel of the program for enforcement of child support who are trained to
clarify information and answer questions about the establishment of paternity.
2. The Administrator of the Division of
Social Services of the Department of Human Services shall adopt the regulations
necessary to ensure that the services provided by a hospital or freestanding
birthing center pursuant to this section are in compliance with the regulations
adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
666(a)(5)(C).

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