Nevada Approves $400,000 Payment To San Francisco To Settle Dispute Over State Hospital Out-Of-State Patient Discharge Practices

On October 13, 2015, the Nevada Board of Examiners approved paying $400,000 to the City and County of San Francisco, California as part of its settlement in a 2013 lawsuit related to Nevada’s psychiatric hospital practice of discharging patients to out-of-state destinations. San Francisco characterized Nevada's practices as “patient dumping.” In 2013, patients discharged from the Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services (SNAMHS) Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada were bused to various cities in California without pre-arrangements for housing, medications, or follow-up care. The lawsuit filed by the City and . . .