Restrictions on offsetting of debt; debts owed by employees of State.

1. The State Controller will not offset any amount due a debtor pursuant to a program of public assistance or any other program for which the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services is responsible. 2. The State Controller will refer all debts due from a debtor who is an employee of the State of Nevada to the payroll section of the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration for the withholding of wages from the paycheck of the employee in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. 3. As used in this section, “public assistance” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 422.050 .