Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 68 - Public Assistance
68-950 - Medicaid Prescription Drug Act, how cited.

Nebraska Revised Statutes

Chapter 68 - Public Assistance

68-104 - Department of Health and Human Services; overseer of poor; county board; assistance; powers and duties.

68-114 - Nonresident poor persons; temporary aid; relief when legal residence not determined.

68-115 - Legal settlement, defined; exclusions; minors; termination.

68-126 - Health services; maximum payments; rules and regulations; standard of need for medical services; established.

68-128 - Emergency assistance; families with children.

68-129 - Public assistance; computation of available resources; exclusions.

68-130 - Counties; maintain office and service facilities; review by department.

68-131 - Poor person; support by county; when eligible.

68-132 - County board; duties.

68-133 - County; adopt standards; requirements.

68-134 - Standards; review; filing; availability.

68-135 - Standards; hearing and notice.

68-136 - Failure to adopt or review standards; judicial review.

68-137 - Repayment; when required.

68-138 - Assistance; denial; termination; reduction; notice; hearing.

68-139 - Hearing before county board or hearing examiner; when allowed.

68-140 - Hearing; rights of person requesting.

68-141 - Hearing; procedure.

68-142 - Judicial review; procedure.

68-143 - Poor person; where chargeable.

68-144 - Poor person; duties of county where found and county of legal settlement.

68-145 - Poor person; county where found; action to recover costs; when authorized.

68-146 - Nonresident poor person; general assistance; legal settlement verified; assurances.

68-147 - County, when liable.

68-148 - General assistance; not alienable; exception.

68-149 - Reimbursement to county; when; procedure.

68-150 - Application; right of subrogation.

68-151 - Employable recipients; legislative findings.

68-152 - Employable recipients; programs authorized.

68-153 - Employable recipients; terms, defined.

68-154 - Employable recipients; rules and regulations.

68-154.01 - Employable recipient; community service required; exception.

68-154.02 - Employable recipient; community service; costs; paid by county.

68-154.03 - Employable recipient; community service; participation; how construed.

68-155 - Employable recipients; ineligible; when; notice; appeal.

68-158 - Program to provide amino acid-based elemental formulas; Department of Health and Human Services; duties; report.

68-216 - Transferred to section 68-1001.02.

68-301 - State Assistance Fund; created; investment.

68-309 - Department of Health and Human Services; sole state agency for administration of welfare programs.

68-312 - Department of Health and Human Services; rules and regulations; records and other communications; use by other agency or department.

68-313 - Records and information; use and disclosure; limitations.

68-313.01 - Records and information; access by the Legislature and state and county officials; open to public; limitation.

68-314 - Violations; penalty.

68-326 - Transferred to section 68-702.01.

68-328 - Assistance; application; furnish with reasonable promptness.

68-601 - Social security; policy.

68-602 - Terms, defined.

68-603 - Agreement with federal government; state agency; approval of Governor.

68-604 - Agreement with federal government; instrumentality jointly created with other state.

68-605 - Contributions by state employees; amount.

68-606 - Contribution by state employees; collection.

68-607 - Contribution by state employees; adjustments.

68-608 - Coverage by political subdivisions; plan; modification; approval by state agency.

68-609 - Coverage by political subdivisions; refusal, amendment, or termination of plan; notice; hearing.

68-610 - Coverage by political subdivisions; amount; payment.

68-611 - Coverage by political subdivisions; delinquent payments; penalty; collection.

68-620 - Cities and villages; special levy; addition to levy limitations; contribution to state agency.

68-620.01 - Transferred to section 18-1221.

68-621 - Terms, defined.

68-622 - Referendum; persons eligible to vote; Governor; powers.

68-623 - Referendum; how conducted.

68-624 - Referendum; completion; certification; notice; contents.

68-625 - Referendum; state agency; prepare plan; modification of state agreement.

68-626 - Referendum; state agency; forms; make available; aid political subdivisions.

68-627 - Referendum; supervision.

68-629 - Referendum; Governor; appointment of agency to conduct; cost; payment.

68-630 - Political subdivisions; delinquency in payment; manner of collection.

68-631 - Metropolitan utilities district; social security; employees; separate group; referendum; effect.

68-703.01 - Department of Health and Human Services; federal funds; expenditures; authorized.

68-716 - Department of Health and Human Services; medical assistance; right of subrogation.

68-717 - Department of Health and Human Services; assume responsibility for public assistance programs.

68-718 - Furniture, property, personnel; transferred to Department of Health and Human Services; personnel, how treated.

68-719 - Certain vendor payments prohibited.

68-720 - Aid to dependent children; child care subsidy program; administrative disqualification; intentional program violation; disqualification period.

68-901 - Medical Assistance Act; act, how cited.

68-902 - Purposes of act.

68-903 - Medical assistance program; established.

68-904 - Legislative findings.

68-905 - Program of medical assistance; statement of public policy.

68-906 - Medical assistance; state accepts federal provisions.

68-907 - Terms, defined.

68-908 - Department; powers and duties.

68-909 - Existing contracts, agreements, rules, regulations, plan, and waivers; how treated; report required; exception; department; powers and duties.

68-910 - Medical assistance payments; source of funds.

68-911 - Medical assistance; mandated and optional coverage; department; submit state plan amendment or waiver.

68-912 - Limits on goods and services; considerations; procedure.

68-913 - Medical assistance program; public awareness; public school district; hospital; duties.

68-914 - Application for medical assistance; form; department; decision; notice; requirements; appeal.

68-915 - Eligibility.

68-916 - Medical assistance; application; assignment of rights; exception.

68-917 - Applicant or recipient; failure to cooperate; effect.

68-918 - Restoration of rights; when.

68-919 - Medical assistance recipient; liability; when; claim; procedure; department; powers; recovery of medical assistance reimbursement; procedure.

68-920 - Department; garnish employment income; when; limitation.

68-921 - Entitlement of spouse; terms, defined.

68-922 - Amount of entitlement; department; rules and regulations.

68-923 - Assets; eligibility for assistance; future medical support; considerations; subrogation.

68-924 - Designation of assets; procedure.

68-925 - Department; furnish statement.

68-926 - Legislative findings.

68-927 - Terms, defined.

68-928 - Licensed insurer or self-funded insurer; provide coverage information.

68-929 - Licensed insurer; violation.

68-930 - Self-funded insurer; violation; civil penalty.

68-931 - Recovery; authorized.

68-932 - Process for resolving violations; appeal.

68-933 - Civil penalties; disposition.

68-934 - False Medicaid Claims Act; act, how cited.

68-935 - Terms, defined.

68-936 - Presentation of false medicaid claim; civil liability; violation of act; civil penalty; damages; costs and attorney's fees.

68-937 - Failure to report.

68-938 - Charge, solicitation, acceptance, or receipt; unlawful; when.

68-939 - Records; duties; acts prohibited; liability; costs and attorney's fees.

68-940 - Penalties or damages; considerations; liability; costs and attorney's fees.

68-940.01 - State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Cash Fund; created; use; investment.

68-941 - Limitation of actions; burden of proof.

68-942 - Investigation and prosecution.

68-943 - State medicaid fraud control unit; certification.

68-944 - State medicaid fraud control unit; powers and duties.

68-945 - Attorney General; powers and duties.

68-946 - Attorney General; access to records.

68-947 - Contempt of court.

68-949 - Medical assistance program; legislative intent; department; duties.

68-950 - Medicaid Prescription Drug Act, how cited.

68-951 - Purpose of act.

68-952 - Terms, defined.

68-953 - Preferred drug list; department; establish and maintain; pharmaceutical and therapeutics committee; members; expenses.

68-954 - Preferred drug list; considerations; availability of list.

68-955 - Prescription of drug not on preferred drug list; conditions; antidepressant, antipsychotic, or anticonvulsant prescription drug; prior authorization; not required, when.

68-956 - Department; duties.

68-962 - Autism Treatment Program Act; act, how cited.

68-963 - Purpose of Autism Treatment Program Act.

68-964 - Autism Treatment Program; created; administration; funding.

68-965 - Autism Treatment Program Cash Fund; created; use; investment.

68-966 - Department; apply for medical assistance program waiver or amendment; legislative intent.

68-967 - Comprehensive treatment of pediatric feeding disorders; amendment to state medicaid plan; department; duties.

68-968 - School-based health centers; School Health Center Advisory Council; members.

68-969 - Amendment to medicaid state plan or waiver; children eligible for medicaid and CHIP; treatment for pregnant women; department; duties.

68-970 - Nebraska Regional Poison Center; legislative findings.

68-971 - Amendment to medicaid state plan or waiver; Nebraska Regional Poison Center; payments; use; department; duties; University of Nebraska Medical Center; report.

68-972 - Prenatal care; legislative findings; creation of separate program; benefits provided; department; submit state plan amendment or waiver; eligibility.

68-973 - Medical assistance programs; improper payments; postpayment reimbursement; legislative findings; integrity procedures and guidelines; legislative intent.

68-974 - Program integrity contractors; contracts; contents; audit procedures; powers; health insurance premium assistance payment program; contract; department; powers and duties; form of records authorized; appeal; report.

68-975 - Department; apply for amendment to medicaid state plan; multisystemic therapy for youth.

68-976 - Provider with high categorical risk level; fingerprint-based criminal history record information check; Nebraska State Patrol; issue report; cost; department; powers and duties.

68-977 - Ground Emergency Medical Transport Act; act, how cited.

68-978 - Terms, defined.

68-979 - Legislative intent.

68-980 - Supplemental reimbursement.

68-981 - Supplemental reimbursement; eligibility.

68-982 - Supplemental reimbursement; calculation and payment.

68-983 - Intergovernmental transfer program; department; powers and duties.

68-984 - Agreement.

68-985 - Governmental entity; duties.

68-986 - Department; amendment to medicaid state plan; department; powers.

68-987 - Department; duties.

68-988 - Increased capitation payments; commencement.

68-989 - Disclosure by applicant; income and assets; action for recovery of medical assistance authorized.

68-990 - Medical assistance; transfers; security for recovery of indebtedness to department; lien; notice; filing; department; duties; section null and void.

68-991 - Medical provider; authority to apply for medical assistance.

68-992 - Eligibility for medical assistance; expanded population; Department of Health and Human Services; duties.

68-993 - Medical parole; protocol.

68-994 - Long-term care services and supports; department; limitation on addition to medicaid managed care program.

68-995 - Contracts and agreements; department; duties.

68-996 - Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund; created; use; investment.

68-997 - Job-skills programs; voluntary; departments; powers and duties.

68-998 - Managed care organization; provider contract; material change; notice.

68-999 - Direct care staff; psychiatric facilities caring for juveniles; standards.

68-9,100 - Hospital and nursing facility services; reimbursement; rate methodology; rules and regulations.

68-9,101 - Multiple procedure payment reduction policy; implementation; when prohibited.

68-1001 - Assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled; program; administration.

68-1001.01 - Department of Health and Human Services; rules and regulations; promulgate.

68-1001.02 - Assistance; action for reimbursement; statute of limitations; when commences to run.

68-1002 - Persons eligible for assistance.

68-1003 - Assistance to the aged; additional qualifications required.

68-1004 - Assistance to the blind; additional qualifications required.

68-1005 - Assistance to the disabled; additional qualifications required; department; powers and duties.

68-1006 - Assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled; amount authorized per person; payment.

68-1006.01 - Personal needs allowance; amount authorized.

68-1007 - Determination of need; elements considered; amounts disregarded.

68-1008 - Application for assistance; investigation; notification.

68-1013 - Assistance to the aged, blind, and disabled; not vested right; not assignable; exemption from levy.

68-1014 - Assistance; payment to guardian or conservator; when authorized.

68-1015 - Assistance; investigation; attendance of witnesses; production of records; subpoena power; oaths.

68-1016 - Assistance; appeals; procedure.

68-1017 - Assistance; violations; penalties.

68-1017.01 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; violations; penalties.

68-1017.02 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; department; duties; state outreach plan; report; contents; categorical eligibility; legislative intent; increased benefits, when; person ineligible, when.

68-1018 - Transferred to section 68-903.

68-1019 - Transferred to section 68-911.

68-1019.01 - Transferred to section 68-912.

68-1020 - Transferred to section 68-915.

68-1021 - Transferred to section 68-906.

68-1022 - Transferred to section 68-910.

68-1023 - Transferred to section 68-908.

68-1025.01 - Transferred to section 68-913.

68-1026 - Transferred to section 68-916.

68-1027 - Transferred to section 68-917.

68-1028 - Transferred to section 68-918.

68-1036.02 - Transferred to section 68-919.

68-1036.03 - Transferred to section 68-920.

68-1037.01 - Transferred to section 68-1073.

68-1037.02 - Transferred to section 68-1074.

68-1037.03 - Transferred to section 68-1075.

68-1037.04 - Transferred to section 68-1079.

68-1037.05 - Transferred to section 68-1080.

68-1038 - Transferred to section 68-921.

68-1039 - Transferred to section 68-922.

68-1040 - Transferred to section 68-923.

68-1042 - Transferred to section 68-924.

68-1043 - Transferred to section 68-925.

68-1073 - Transferred to section 68-934.

68-1074 - Transferred to section 68-935.

68-1075 - Transferred to section 68-936.

68-1076 - Transferred to section 68-937.

68-1077 - Transferred to section 68-938.

68-1078 - Transferred to section 68-939.

68-1079 - Transferred to section 68-940.

68-1080 - Transferred to section 68-941.

68-1081 - Transferred to section 68-942.

68-1082 - Transferred to section 68-943.

68-1083 - Transferred to section 68-944.

68-1084 - Transferred to section 68-945.

68-1085 - Transferred to section 68-946.

68-1086 - Transferred to section 68-947.

68-1095.01 - Long-Term Care Partnership Program; established; Department of Health and Human Services; duties.

68-10,100 - Transferred to section 68-926.

68-10,101 - Transferred to section 68-927.

68-10,102 - Transferred to section 68-928.

68-10,103 - Transferred to section 68-929.

68-10,104 - Transferred to section 68-930.

68-10,105 - Transferred to section 68-931.

68-10,106 - Transferred to section 68-932.

68-10,107 - Transferred to section 68-933.

68-1101 - Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care Advisory Committee on Aging; created; members; appointment; term; vacancy.

68-1103 - Committee; officers; meetings.

68-1104 - Committee; duties.

68-1105 - Committee; special committees; members; expenses.

68-1106 - Committee; federal funds; grants; gifts; acceptance; disposition.

68-1108 - Department of Health and Human Services; report.

68-1111 - Act, how cited.

68-1112 - Legislative findings.

68-1113 - Purpose of act; legislative intent.

68-1114 - Terms, defined.

68-1115 - Funding for aging and disability resource centers.

68-1116 - Aging and disability resource centers; services.

68-1117 - Area agency on aging or partnering organization; powers and duties.

68-1118 - Department; report.

68-1119 - Reimbursement; schedule.

68-1120 - Funding; legislative intent.

68-1201 - Eligibility determination; exclusion of certain assets and income.

68-1202 - Social services; services included.

68-1203 - Social services; provided or purchased; dependent children and families; aged, blind, or disabled persons.

68-1204 - Social services or specialized developmental disability services; rules and regulations; agreements; fee schedules.

68-1205 - Matching funds.

68-1206 - Social services; administration; contracts; payments; duties; federal Child Care Subsidy program; participation; requirements; funding; evaluation.

68-1207 - Department of Health and Human Services; public child welfare services; supervise; department; caseload requirements; case plan developed.

68-1207.01 - Department of Health and Human Services; caseloads report; contents.

68-1208 - Rules and regulations; right of appeal and hearings.

68-1209 - Applications for social services; information; safeguarded.

68-1210 - Department of Health and Human Services; certain foster care children; payment rates; family care services; plan; implementation.

68-1211 - Case management of child welfare services; legislative findings and declarations.

68-1212 - Department of Health and Human Services; cases; case manager; employee of department; duties.

68-1214 - Case managers; training program; department; duties; training curriculum; contents.

68-1215 - Low-income home energy assistance program; eligibility; determination.

68-1216 - Low-income home energy assistance program; allocation of funds.

68-1401 - Act, how cited.

68-1402 - Department of Health and Human Services; program for persons with genetically handicapping conditions; duties.

68-1403 - Genetically handicapped persons; medical care program; services and treatment included.

68-1404 - Medical care of genetically handicapping conditions; reimbursement.

68-1405 - Department of Health and Human Services; medical care program; uniform standards of financial eligibility and payment; establish.

68-1406 - Benefits and services; payment liability.

68-1501 - Act, how cited.

68-1502 - Legislative findings.

68-1503 - Terms, defined.

68-1504 - Department of Health and Human Services; provide support; expenses; compensation.

68-1505 - Support; families; eligibility requirements.

68-1506 - Support; disabled person in independent living situation; eligibility requirements.

68-1507 - Eligibility; department determine.

68-1508 - Support; allocation of costs; basis.

68-1509 - Department; needs and eligibility criteria; factors.

68-1510 - Support; supplemental to other programs; availability of other programs; department; duties.

68-1511 - Department; payment of support; provide assistance; providers of programs and services.

68-1512 - Support; maximum allowance; limitations.

68-1513 - Department; review needs of support recipient.

68-1514 - Denial of support; hearing provided.

68-1515 - Rules and regulations; contents.

68-1516 - Department; provide support; when; priorities.

68-1517 - Department; expenditure of funds authorized.

68-1518 - Department; report; contents.

68-1519 - Obtaining support in violation of sections; violation; penalty.

68-1520 - Legislative findings.

68-1521 - Terms, defined.

68-1522 - Nebraska Lifespan Respite Services Program; established.

68-1523 - Program; administration.

68-1524 - Program; requirements.

68-1525 - Services; requirements.

68-1526 - Rules and regulations.

68-1527 - Department; duties.

68-1528 - Use of funds.

68-1529 - Legislative findings and declarations.

68-1530 - Family support program; Department of Health and Human Services; Advisory Committee on Developmental Disabilities; duties; funding; legislative intent; family support program; services and support; rules and regulations; report.

68-1531 - Services and support; eligibility.

68-1532 - Family support program; services and support; priorities.

68-1533 - Family support program; implementation; conditions.

68-1534 - Family support program; evaluation.

68-1601 - Act, how cited.

68-1602 - Legislative intent.

68-1603 - Department, defined.

68-1604 - Homeless Shelter Assistance Trust Fund; created; use; investment.

68-1605 - Department; grants; requirements; application; considerations.

68-1606 - Grant money; use.

68-1607 - Recipients; requirements.

68-1608 - Rules and regulations.

68-1708 - Act, how cited.

68-1709 - Legislative findings and declarations.

68-1710 - Legislative intent.

68-1711 - Assessment tool; state agencies; utilize.

68-1713 - Department of Health and Human Services; implementation of policies; transitional health care benefits.

68-1715 - Rules and regulations.

68-1718 - Financial assistance; comprehensive assets assessment required; contents; periodic assessments.

68-1719 - Self-sufficiency contract; purpose.

68-1720 - Self-sufficiency contract; contents.

68-1721 - Principal wage earner and other nonexempt members of applicant family; duties.

68-1722 - Legislative findings; case management practices and supportive services; department; powers and duties; extension of time limit on cash assistance; when.

68-1723 - Cash assistance; requirements; extension of time limit; when; hearing; review.

68-1724 - Cash assistance; duration; reimbursement of expenses; when; conditions; extension of time limit.

68-1725 - Alternative payment systems authorized.

68-1726 - Assistance under act; eligibility factors.

68-1727 - Family resource centers; legislative intent.

68-1728 - Services for families and children; legislative findings and declarations.

68-1731 - Family services; legislative intent.

68-1732 - Integrated programs and policies; legislative intent.

68-1733 - Planning process; state agencies; duty to establish.

68-1734 - Application process; legislative intent; common assessment tool.

68-1735 - Creating self-sufficiency contract and meeting work activity requirement; applicant under twenty years of age; activities authorized.

68-1735.01 - Creating self-sufficiency contract and meeting work activity requirement; applicant; activities authorized.

68-1735.02 - Department of Health and Human Services; report; contents.

68-1735.03 - Legislative intent.

68-1738 - Department of Health and Human Services; duty.

68-1801 - Act, how cited.

68-1802 - Terms, defined.

68-1803 - Tax; rate; collection; report.

68-1804 - ICF/DD Reimbursement Protection Fund; created; use; allocation; investment; report.

68-1805 - State medicaid plan; application for amendment; tax; when due.

68-1806 - Collection of tax; discontinued; when; effect.

68-1806.01 - Tax; use.

68-1807 - Failure to pay tax; penalty.

68-1808 - Refund; procedure.

68-1809 - Rules and regulations.

68-1901 - Act, how cited.

68-1902 - Definitions, where found.

68-1903 - Bed-hold day, defined.

68-1904 - Continuing care retirement community, defined.

68-1905 - Department, defined.

68-1906 - Gross inpatient revenue, defined.

68-1907 - Hospital, defined.

68-1908 - Life care contract, defined.

68-1909 - Medical assistance program, defined.

68-1910 - Medicare day, defined.

68-1911 - Medicare upper payment limit, defined.

68-1912 - Nursing facility, defined.

68-1913 - Quality assurance assessment, defined.

68-1914 - Resident day, defined.

68-1915 - Skilled nursing facility, defined.

68-1916 - Total resident days, defined.

68-1917 - Quality assurance assessment; payment; computation.

68-1918 - Providers exempt.

68-1919 - Reduction of quality assurance assessment; when.

68-1920 - Aggregate quality assurance assessment; limitation.

68-1921 - Quality assurance assessment; payments; form.

68-1922 - Department; collect quality assurance assessment; remit to State Treasurer.

68-1923 - Quality assurance assessment; report; medicaid cost report; how treated.

68-1924 - Underpayment or overpayment; notice.

68-1925 - Failure to pay; penalty; waiver; when; withholding authorized; collection methods authorized.

68-1926 - Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Fund; created; use; investment.

68-1927 - Application for amendment to medicaid state plan; approval; effect; resubmission of waiver application.

68-1928 - Department; discontinue collection of quality assurance assessments; when; return of money.

68-1929 - Aggrieved party; hearing; petition.

68-1930 - Rules and regulations.

68-2001 - Act, how cited.

68-2002 - Purposes of act.

68-2003 - Terms, defined.

68-2004 - Department; report; contents.

68-2005 - Rules and regulations.