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NE Code § 68-1913 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1913 - Quality assurance assessment, defined.

68-1913.  Quality assurance assessment, defined.Quality assurance assessment means the assessment imposed under section 68-1917.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 13.
NE Code § 68-1914 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1914 - Resident day, defined.

68-1914.  Resident day, defined.Resident day means the calendar day in which care is provided to an individual resident of a nursing facility or skilled nursing facility that is not reimbursed under medicare, including the day of admission but not including the day of discharge, unless the dates of admission and discharge occur on the same day, in which case the resulting number of resident days is one resident day.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 14.
NE Code § 68-1915 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1915 - Skilled nursing facility, defined.

68-1915.  Skilled nursing facility, defined.Skilled nursing facility has the meaning found in section 71-429.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 15.
NE Code § 68-1916 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1916 - Total resident days, defined.

68-1916.  Total resident days, defined.Total resident days means the total number of residents residing in the nursing facility or skilled nursing facility between July 1 and June 30, multiplied by the number of days each such resident resided in that nursing facility or skilled nursing facility. If a resident is admitted and discharged on the same day, the resident shall be considered to be a resident for that day.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 16.
NE Code § 68-1917 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1917 - Quality assurance assessment; payment; computation.

68-1917.  Quality assurance assessment; payment; computation.Except for facilities which are exempt under section 68-1918 and facilities referred to in section 68-1919, each nursing facility or skilled nursing facility licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act shall pay a quality assurance assessment based on total resident days, including bed-hold days, less medicare days, for the purpose of improving the quality of nursing facility or skilled nursing facility care in this state. The assessment shall be three dollars and fifty cents for each resident day for the preceding calendar quarter. The assessment in the aggregate shall not exceed the amount stated in section 68-1920.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 17.Cross References  Health Care Facility Licensure Act, see section 71-401.
NE Code § 68-1918 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1918 - Providers exempt.

68-1918.  Providers exempt.The department shall exempt the following providers from the quality assurance assessment:(1) State-operated veterans homes listed in section 80-315;(2) Nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities with twenty-six or fewer licensed beds; and(3) Continuing care retirement communities.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 18.
NE Code § 68-1919 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1919 - Reduction of quality assurance assessment; when.

68-1919.  Reduction of quality assurance assessment; when.The department shall reduce the quality assurance assessment for either certain high-volume medicaid nursing facilities or skilled nursing facilities with high patient volumes to meet the redistribution tests in 42 C.F.R. 433.68(e)(2). Under this section, the assessment shall be based on total resident days, including bed-hold days, less medicare days, for the purpose of improving the quality of nursing facility or skilled nursing facility care in this state.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 19.
NE Code § 68-1920 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1920 - Aggregate quality assurance assessment; limitation.

68-1920.  Aggregate quality assurance assessment; limitation.The aggregate quality assurance assessment shall not exceed the lower of the amount necessary to accomplish the uses specified in section 68-1926 or the maximum amount of gross inpatient revenue that may be assessed pursuant to the indirect guarantee threshold as established pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 433.68(f)(3)(i). The aggregate quality assurance assessment shall be imposed on a per-nonmedicare-day basis.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 20.
NE Code § 68-1921 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1921 - Quality assurance assessment; payments; form.

68-1921.  Quality assurance assessment; payments; form.Each nursing facility or skilled nursing facility shall pay the quality assurance assessment to the department on a quarterly basis after the medical assistance payment rates of the facility are adjusted pursuant to section 68-1926. The department shall prepare and distribute a form on which a nursing facility or skilled nursing facility shall calculate and report the quality assurance assessment. A nursing facility or skilled nursing facility shall submit the completed form with the quality assurance assessment no later than thirty days following the end of each calendar quarter.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 21.
NE Code § 68-1922 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1922 - Department; collect quality assurance assessment; remit to State Treasurer.

68-1922.  Department; collect quality assurance assessment; remit to State Treasurer.The department shall collect the quality assurance assessment and remit the assessment to the State Treasurer for credit to the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Fund. No proceeds from the quality assurance assessment, including the federal match, shall be placed in the General Fund unless otherwise provided in the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Assessment Act.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 22.
NE Code § 68-1923 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1923 - Quality assurance assessment; report; medicaid cost report; how treated.

68-1923.  Quality assurance assessment; report; medicaid cost report; how treated.A nursing facility or skilled nursing facility shall report the quality assurance assessment on a separate line of the medicaid cost report of the nursing facility or skilled nursing facility. The quality assurance assessment shall be treated as a separate component in developing rates paid to nursing facilities or skilled nursing facilities and shall not be included with existing rate components. In developing a rate component for the quality assurance assessment, the assessment shall be treated as a direct pass-through to each nursing facility and skilled nursing facility, retroactive to July 1, 2011. The quality assurance assessment shall not be subject to any cost limitation or revenue offset.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 23.
NE Code § 68-1924 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1924 - Underpayment or overpayment; notice.

68-1924.  Underpayment or overpayment; notice.If the department determines that a nursing facility or skilled nursing facility has underpaid or overpaid the quality assurance assessment, the department shall notify the nursing facility or skilled nursing facility of the unpaid quality assurance assessment or refund due. Such payment or refund shall be due or refunded within thirty days after the issuance of the notice.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 24.
NE Code § 68-1925 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1925 - Failure to pay; penalty; waiver; when; withholding authorized; collection methods authorized.

68-1925.  Failure to pay; penalty; waiver; when; withholding authorized; collection methods authorized.(1) A nursing facility or skilled nursing facility that fails to pay the quality assurance assessment within the timeframe specified in section 68-1921 or 68-1924, whichever is applicable, shall pay, in addition to the outstanding quality assurance assessment, a penalty of one and one-half percent of the quality assurance assessment amount owed for each month or portion of a month that the assessment is overdue. If the department determines that good cause is shown for failure to pay the quality assurance assessment, the department shall waive the penalty or a portion of the penalty.(2) If a quality assurance assessment has not been received by the department within thirty days following the quarter for which the assessment is due, the department shall withhold an amount equal to the quality assurance assessment and penalty owed from any payment due such nursing facility or skilled nursing facility under the medical assistance program.(3) The quality assurance assessment shall constitute a debt due the state and may be collected by civil action, including, but not limited to, the filing of tax liens, and any other method provided for by law.(4) The department shall remit any penalty collected pursuant to this section to the State Treasurer for distribution in accordance with Article VII, section 5, of the Constitution of Nebraska.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 25.
NE Code § 68-1927 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1927 - Application for amendment to medicaid state plan; approval; effect; resubmission of waiver application.

68-1927.  Application for amendment to medicaid state plan; approval; effect; resubmission of waiver application.(1) On or before September 30, 2011, or after that date if allowable by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services shall submit an application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services amending the medicaid state plan as defined in section 68-907 by requesting a waiver of the uniformity requirement pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 433.68(e) to exempt certain facilities from the quality assurance assessment and to permit other facilities to pay the quality assurance assessment at lower rates.(2) The quality assurance assessment is not due and payable until an amendment to the medicaid state plan which increases the rates paid to nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities is approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities have been compensated retroactively for the increased rate for services pursuant to section 68-1926.(3) If the waiver requested under this section is not approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the department may resubmit the waiver application to address any changes required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the rejection of such application, including the classes of facilities exempt and the rates or amounts for quality assurance assessments, if such changes do not exceed the authority and purposes of the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Assessment Act.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 27.
NE Code § 68-1928 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1928 - Department; discontinue collection of quality assurance assessments; when; return of money.

68-1928.  Department; discontinue collection of quality assurance assessments; when; return of money.(1) The department shall discontinue collection of the quality assurance assessments:(a) If the waiver requested pursuant to section 68-1927 or the medicaid state plan amendment reflecting the payment rates in section 68-1926 is given final disapproval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services;(b) If, in any fiscal year, the state appropriates funds for nursing facility or skilled nursing facility rates at an amount that reimburses nursing facilities or skilled nursing facilities at a lesser percentage than the median percentage appropriated to other classes of providers of covered services under the medical assistance program;(c) If money in the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Fund is appropriated, transferred, or otherwise expended for any use other than uses permitted pursuant to the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Assessment Act; or(d) If federal financial participation to match the quality assurance assessments made under the act becomes unavailable under federal law. In such case, the department shall terminate the collection of the quality assurance assessments beginning on the date the federal statutory, regulatory, or interpretive change takes effect.(2) If collection of the quality assurance assessment is discontinued as provided in this section, the money in the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Fund shall be returned to the nursing facilities or skilled nursing facilities from which the quality assurance assessments were collected on the same basis as the assessments were assessed.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 28.
NE Code § 68-1929 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1929 - Aggrieved party; hearing; petition.

68-1929.  Aggrieved party; hearing; petition.A nursing facility or skilled nursing facility aggrieved by an action of the department under the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Assessment Act may file a petition for hearing with the director of the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care of the department. The hearing shall be conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act and rules and regulations of the department.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 29.Cross References  Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
NE Code § 68-1930 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1930 - Rules and regulations.

68-1930.  Rules and regulations.The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Assessment Act.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 30.
NE Code § 68-2001 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-2001 - Act, how cited.

68-2001.  Act, how cited.Sections 68-2001 to 68-2005 shall be known and may be cited as the Children's Health and Treatment Act.Source Laws 2012, LB1063, § 1.
NE Code § 68-2002 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-2002 - Purposes of act.

68-2002.  Purposes of act.The purposes of the Children's Health and Treatment Act are to:(1) Require that the guidelines and criteria that the Department of Health and Human Services utilizes to determine medical necessity for services under the medical assistance program be published by the department on its website and websites of its contractors for managed care and administrative services. The treating guidelines and criteria shall be referenced specifically to providers when utilized as a determination of medical necessity under the medical assistance program. Treating guidelines and criteria in effect on July 19, 2012, shall be published on such websites within thirty days after July 19, 2012. Notice of changes to treating guidelines and criteria shall be given to providers and time for public comment provided at least sixty days prior to implementation of such changes; and(2) Require that the department collect and report on authorization and denial rates for behavioral health services for children under nineteen years of age.Source Laws 2012, LB1063, § 2.
NE Code § 68-2003 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-2003 - Terms, defined.

68-2003.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Children's Health and Treatment Act:(1) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services; and(2) Medical assistance program means the program established pursuant to section 68-903.Source Laws 2012, LB1063, § 3.
NE Code § 68-2004 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-2004 - Department; report; contents.

68-2004.  Department; report; contents.The department shall report to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature on utilization controls, including, but not limited to, the rates of initial service authorizations, reauthorizations subsequent to initial service authorizations, and denials for behavioral health services for children under nineteen years of age. The first report shall be due on October 1, 2012, and shall contain such rates of initial service authorizations, reauthorizations subsequent to initial service authorizations, and denials for behavioral health services for children under nineteen years of age for the first three quarters of 2012. Thereafter, on January 1, April 1, and July 1 of each year, the department shall report electronically such rates of initial service authorizations, reauthorizations subsequent to initial service authorizations, and denials for behavioral health services for children under nineteen years of age for the previous calendar quarter.Source  Laws 2012, LB1063, § 4;  Laws 2013, LB222, § 24.
NE Code § 68-2005 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-2005 - Rules and regulations.

68-2005.  Rules and regulations.The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Children's Health and Treatment Act. On and after April 1, 2013, the department shall not apply medical necessity criteria to determine medical necessity for children under nineteen years of age that have not been adopted and promulgated as rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.Source Laws 2012, LB1063, § 5.Cross References  Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
NE Code § 69-109.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 69 - Personal Property|69-109.01 - Security interest; personal property; sale by auctioneer; no liability under conditions specified.

69-109.01.  Security interest; personal property; sale by auctioneer; no liability under conditions specified.The auctioneer, who in good faith and without notice of a security interest therein, sells personal property at auction, which is in fact subject to a security interest, for a principal whose identity has been disclosed, in which property the auctioneer has no interest but acts only as an intermediary of the owner is not liable to the holder of the security interest for any damage sustained as a result of such sale.Source   Laws 1963, c. 391, § 1, p. 1242;   Laws 1969, c. 543, § 2, p. 2194;   Laws 1971, LB 961, § 2.  Annotations  Section held constitutional, but auctioneer to be relieved of liability must meet all conditions, including actual disclosure of principal's identity. State Securities Co. v. Norfolk Livestock Sales Co., Inc., 187 Neb. 446, 191 N.W.2d 614 (1971). Where auctioneer, in good faith, without notice of security interests of Farmers Home Administration, and for principals whose identities had not been disclosed, sold cattle, he was not liable to government in conversion. United States v. Chappel Livestock Auction, Inc., 523 F.2d 840 (8th Cir. 1975). Where security agreement between bank and debtor granted security interest in livestock for farming operations rather than for personal, family, or household purposes or for business purposes, a security interest in livestock used in farming operations, as opposed to inventory, was created. First State Bank v. Maxfield, 485 F.2d 71 (10th Cir. 1973). Title to the one hundred forty-five head of cattle passed to H & O Farms at the time the plaintiff delivered them and, therefor, any interest the plaintiff retained was no more than a security interest provided there was no agreement between the parties, either expressly or in course of conduct, that altered the result. Myers v. Columbus Sales Pavilion, Inc., 575 F.Supp. 805 (D. Neb. 1983).
NE Code § 69-110 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 69 - Personal Property|69-110 - Security interest; personal property; removal from county; penalty.

69-110.  Security interest; personal property; removal from county; penalty.Any person who, after having created any security interest in any article of personal property, whether presently owned or after-acquired, for the benefit of another, shall, during the existence of such interest, remove, permit, or cause to be removed such property or any part thereof out of the county within which such property was situated, with intent to deprive the owner or owners of the security interest of his or her or their security, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in a Department of Correctional Services adult correctional facility for a term not exceeding ten years and be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.Source   Laws 1885, c. 11, § 1, p. 108;   R.S.1913, § 535;   C.S.1922, § 426;   C.S.1929, § 69-110;   R.S.1943, § 69-110;   Laws 1969, c. 543, § 3, p. 2195;   Laws 1971, LB 961, § 3;   Laws 1993, LB 31, § 20.  Annotations  Conviction for removing mortgaged personal property out of county sustained. Pulliam v. State, 169 Neb. 661, 100 N.W.2d 704 (1960). Criminal intent is an essential element of offense. Pulliam v. State, 167 Neb. 614, 94 N.W.2d 51 (1959). Where property mortgaged in Nebraska was removed by truck and sold in Iowa, conviction under this section was proper. Forney v. State, 123 Neb. 179, 242 N.W. 441 (1932). A mortgagor who removes only a portion of the mortgaged property is as amenable under statute as if he had removed all of it. Wilson v. State, 43 Neb. 745, 62 N.W. 209 (1895).
NE Code § 69-111 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 69 - Personal Property|69-111 - Security interest; personal property; failure to account or produce for inspection; penalty.

69-111.  Security interest; personal property; failure to account or produce for inspection; penalty.Any person who, after having created any security interest in any article of personal property, whether presently owned or after-acquired, for the benefit of another, shall, during the existence of the lien or title of such security interest, fail to give, from time to time upon the demand of the holder of the security interest, an accounting for such property, or who, when the holder of the security interest has reason to believe his security insufficient or when the creator of the security interest requests an extension of the time of payment, shall fail, on demand of the holder of the security interest or his agent, to identify and exhibit for inspection the property covered by the security interest at reasonable hours; or who, in case of loss or death of such articles covered by the security interest, shall fail to produce within ten days after knowledge of the loss or death, notice in writing to the holder of the security interest of such death or loss, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty days.Source   Laws 1917, c. 204, § 1, p. 482;   C.S.1922, § 427;   Laws 1927, c. 37, § 1, p. 166;   C.S.1929, § 69-111;   Laws 1941, c. 136, § 1, p. 541;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 69-111;   R.S.1943, § 69-111;   Laws 1969, c. 543, § 4, p. 2195;   Laws 1971, LB 961, § 4.
NE Code § 69-201 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 69 - Personal Property|69-201 - Pawnbroker, defined.

69-201.  Pawnbroker, defined.Any person engaged in the business of lending money upon chattel property for security and requiring possession of the property so mortgaged on condition of returning the same upon payment of a stipulated amount of money, or purchasing property on condition of selling it back at a stipulated price, is declared to be a pawnbroker for the purpose of sections 69-201 to 69-210.Source   Laws 1899, c. 10, § 1, p. 64;   R.S.1913, § 536;   C.S.1922, § 428;   C.S.1929, § 69-201;   R.S.1943, § 69-201;   Laws 1981, LB 44, § 1.