LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A standoff occurred between state workers and staff at a group home for children and teens on Thursday.
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Workers from the Nevada Health Authority showed up at the house on Bahama Bay Court in the early afternoon but were not allowed inside until Las Vegas Metro police officers arrived hours later.
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The business and state had both called police for help, according to the department.
The 8 News Now Investigators saw a woman identified by a neighbor as an employee leave with one child before workers gained access inside the home.
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The home is one of four licensed psychiatric residential treatment facilities in Las Vegas operated by Moriah Behavioral Health, also known as Ignite Teen and Eden Treatment.State inspectors regained access inside the homes to continue inspections and investigations on Nov. 20, after Clark County District Court Judge Jennifer Schwartz dissolved a temporary restraining order she had issued on Nov. 5.
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The business filed a civil complaint against state agencies on Nov. 3, and claimed inspectors might retaliate.Ten days before the business filed the complaint, Nevada Medicaid issued a 20-day notice of intent to terminate to each of the Moriah facilities, according to the Nevada Attorney General’s office, which represents the defendants in the complaint, including the Nevada Health Authority, Department of Human Services, and Divisions of Health Care Financing and Policy, Public and Behavioral Health, Child and Family Services, along with leaders and employees at those agencies and Clark County.Deputy Attorney General Abigail Pace said at a Nov. 20 court hearing that regular monitoring of the facilities is needed to provide safeguards and prevent violations.“We know that the risk of serious harm children in these facilities generally is significant,” Pace said.Attorneys for Clark County also attended the hearing due to concerns about the temporary restraining order.County child welfare workers said they were unable to investigate possible abuse or neglect of children and teens inside group homes because of the temporary restraining order. In a motion filed on Nov. 18, the Clark County District Attorney’s office wrote the restraining order was used to impede child welfare workers from conducting a lawful child welfare investigation. Child welfare workers attempted to execute two search warrants issued by a District Court judge at a Moriah Behavioral Health facility on Dutch Valley Drive in Las Vegas on Nov. 7, according to the motion. One warrant was for access into the home and the other was for access to children in the home to interview them for possible abuse or neglect, the motion stated.
On Wednesday, county workers, with police officers standing by, removed four patients from the home on Dutch Valley Drive. Similar to what unfolded the following day, county workers stood outside the home for hours until they were allowed inside…