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NE Code § 23-3580 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3580 - Hospital Authorities Act; declaration of purpose.

23-3580.  Hospital Authorities Act; declaration of purpose.It is declared that conditions resulting from the concentration of population of various counties, cities, and villages in this state require the construction, maintenance, and operation of adequate hospital facilities for the care of the public health and for the control and treatment of epidemics, for the care of the indigent and for the public welfare; that in various counties, cities, and villages of the state there is a lack of adequate hospital facilities available to the inhabitants thereof and that consequently many persons including persons of low income are forced to do without adequate medical and hospital care and accommodations; that these conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the state and impair economic values; that these conditions cannot be remedied by the ordinary operations of private enterprises; that the providing of adequate hospital and medical care are public uses; that it is in the public interest that adequate hospital and medical facilities and care be provided in order to care for and protect the health and public welfare; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions of sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120 is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.It is hereby further declared as a matter of legislative determination that high interest rates are contributing to rising costs of health care, that techniques of financing health care facilities have changed, that existing financing documents may impose unnecessary burdens, and that the giving of power to hospital authorities created pursuant to sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120 to refinance existing indebtedness and to utilize improved financing techniques would serve the public interest by improving the quality of health care or minimizing the cost thereof.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 2;   Laws 1980, LB 801, § 1;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.75.
NE Code § 23-3581 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3581 - Hospital authority; public corporation; powers.

23-3581.  Hospital authority; public corporation; powers.Whenever it shall be conducive to the public health and welfare, a hospital authority constituting a public corporation and body politic may be established in the manner and having the powers and duties provided in sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 3;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.76.
NE Code § 23-3582 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3582 - Hospital authority; formation; requirements.

23-3582.  Hospital authority; formation; requirements.(1) Whenever the formation of a hospital authority is desired, a petition or petitions stating (a) the general location of the hospital to be maintained by such proposed authority, (b) the territory to be included within it, which territory shall be contiguous, (c) the approximate number of persons believed to reside within the boundaries of the proposed authority, and (d) the names of five or more, but not exceeding eleven, proposed trustees, who shall be electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed authority, to serve as a board of trustees until their successors are appointed and qualified, should the authority be formed, together with a prayer that the same be declared to be a hospital authority under the Hospital Authorities Act may be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the proposed authority is situated.(2)(a) Each hospital authority established in a county having a total population of four hundred thousand or more, as shown by the most recent federal decennial census, shall encompass an area in which at least forty thousand persons reside, (b) each hospital authority established in a county having a total population of one hundred fifty thousand to four hundred thousand, as shown by the most recent federal decennial census, shall encompass an area in which at least thirty thousand persons reside, (c) each hospital authority established in a county having a total population of twenty thousand to one hundred fifty thousand, as shown by the most recent federal decennial census, shall encompass an area in which at least twenty thousand persons reside, and (d) no hospital authority shall be established in any county having a total population of less than twenty thousand, as shown by the most recent federal decennial census, unless the hospital authority encompasses the entire county which it is to serve. Such petitions shall be signed by at least one hundred electors who appear to reside within the suggested boundaries of the proposed authority.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 4;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.77;   Laws 1993, LB 815, § 2;  Laws 2016, LB742, § 14.
NE Code § 23-3583 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3583 - Hospital authority; formation; petitions; notice; contents.

23-3583.  Hospital authority; formation; petitions; notice; contents.Upon receipt of such petitions, the county clerk shall set the date for a hearing thereon, which shall not be less than twenty nor more than forty-five days from their date of filing, and cause notice thereof to be published on the same day in each of three successive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation throughout the area to be included in the proposed authority. Such notice shall contain a statement of the information contained in such petitions and of the date, time, and place at which such hearing shall be held before the board of county commissioners and that at such hearing proposals may be considered for the exclusion of land from or the inclusion of additional land in such proposed authority, and for designating as initial trustees persons other than those named in the petitions.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 5;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.78.
NE Code § 23-3584 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3584 - Hospital authority; objections; contents.

23-3584.  Hospital authority; objections; contents.All electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed authority who have not signed the petitions and who may object to the organization of the authority or to any one or more of the proposed trustees shall, not less than five days prior to the date set for the hearing on the petitions, file with the county clerk any such objection in writing, stating (1) why such hospital authority should not be organized and declared a public corporation in this state, (2) why the territory comprising the authority should be enlarged, decreased or otherwise changed, and (3) their objections to any one or more of the proposed trustees.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 6;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.79.
NE Code § 23-3585 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3585 - Hospital authority; formation; submission to health planning agency prior to hearing; findings.

23-3585.  Hospital authority; formation; submission to health planning agency prior to hearing; findings.Prior to the holding of a hearing on the petitions, the question of forming the proposed hospital authority shall be submitted to the appropriate local or area health planning agency for its consideration and review if there has been created, pursuant to state or federal law, such a local or area health planning agency having jurisdiction within the area in which the proposed hospital authority is to be established. Such local or area health planning agency shall within sixty days render its findings and recommendations, if any, and shall be deemed to have approved the formation of the proposed hospital authority if its findings and recommendations have not been rendered within such period of sixty days.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 7;   Laws 1986, LB 733, § 1;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.80.
NE Code § 23-3586 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3586 - Hospital authority; hearing; county board; findings; initial trustees; qualifications; terms.

23-3586.  Hospital authority; hearing; county board; findings; initial trustees; qualifications; terms.Such petitions, written objections, findings, and recommendations filed as provided in sections 23-3584 and 23-3585, if any, shall be heard by the county board without any unnecessary delay. In making its determination with respect to whether or not a proposed authority should be declared a public corporation of this state, the county board shall ascertain, to its satisfaction, that all of the requirements set forth in the Hospital Authorities Act have been met or complied with. If the county board determines that the formation of such authority will be conducive to the public health, convenience, or welfare, it shall declare the authority a public corporation and body politic of this state and shall declare the trustees nominated, or in case of meritorious objection thereto, other suitable trustees who shall be electors residing within the county in which the authority is situated, to be the board of trustees of the authority to serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. The board of trustees shall not consist of more than eleven members. In arriving at its determination as to who should be appointed to initial membership on the board of trustees of an authority, the county board shall give due consideration to each nominee's general reputation in the community, his or her education and experience in areas such as education, medicine, hospital administration, business management, finance, law, engineering, and other fields which might be of benefit to the authority, his or her background in public service activities, the amount of time and energy that he or she might be expected to be able to devote to the affairs of the authority, and such other factors as the county board may deem relevant. One or more of the trustees initially appointed shall be consumers of health care services as distinguished from providers of health care services. The county board in appointing the initial trustees shall classify such initial trustees so that approximately one-third of their number shall serve for two years, approximately one-third of their number shall serve for four years, and approximately one-third of their number shall serve for six years, their successors to be thereafter appointed for terms of six years each.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 11;   Laws 1986, LB 733, § 2;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.84;   Laws 1993, LB 815, § 3;   Laws 1996, LB 898, § 1.
NE Code § 23-3587 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3587 - Hospital authority; certificate; transmit to Secretary of State; county clerk.

23-3587.  Hospital authority; certificate; transmit to Secretary of State; county clerk.Within twenty days after the authority has been declared a public corporation and body politic by the county board, the county clerk shall transmit to the Secretary of State a certified copy of the record relating thereto, and the same shall be filed in his office in the same manner as articles of incorporation are required to be filed under the general law concerning corporations. A copy of such record shall also be filed by the county clerk in his own office.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 12;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.85.
NE Code § 23-3588 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3588 - Hospital authority; corporate name.

23-3588.  Hospital authority; corporate name.Such authority shall be a public body corporate and politic by the name of Hospital Authority No. ...... of .............. County, Nebraska.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 13;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.86.
NE Code § 23-3589 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3589 - Hospital authority; trustees; meetings; officers; expenses; seal; rules and regulations.

23-3589.  Hospital authority; trustees; meetings; officers; expenses; seal; rules and regulations.Within thirty days after the county board shall have declared the authority a public corporation, the trustees so appointed by the county board shall meet and elect one of their number chairperson, one of their number vice-chairperson, and one of their number secretary of the authority. The trustees shall serve without compensation, except that each shall be allowed his or her actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred in the performance of his or her official duties with reimbursement for mileage to be made at the rate provided in section 81-1176. The board shall (1) adopt a seal, bearing the name of the authority, (2) keep a record of all of its proceedings which shall be open to inspection by all interested persons during regular business hours and under reasonable circumstances, and (3) establish the time and place of holding its regular meetings and the manner of calling special meetings and shall have the power from time to time to pass all necessary resolutions, orders, rules, and regulations for the necessary conduct of its business and to carry into effect the objects for which such authority was formed.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 14;   Laws 1981, LB 204, § 24;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.87;   Laws 1996, LB 1011, § 18.
NE Code § 23-3590 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3590 - Hospital authority; trustees; vacancy; how filled.

23-3590.  Hospital authority; trustees; vacancy; how filled.Any vacancy upon the board of trustees, occurring other than by the expiration of a term, shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board of trustees. Any person appointed to fill such vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. There shall at all times be one or more members of the board of trustees who are consumers of health care services as distinguished from providers of health care services.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 15;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.88.
NE Code § 23-3591 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3591 - Hospital authority; trustees; election.

23-3591.  Hospital authority; trustees; election.Candidates for other than initial appointment to the board of trustees of a hospital authority may be nominated by petitions signed by not less than twenty-five electors residing within the boundaries of the authority. Such petitions shall be filed with the board of trustees not less than forty-five days prior to the date upon which the term of office of any trustee is due to expire. Not less than thirty days prior to such date of expiration the board of trustees shall cause such petitions to be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the authority is situated. Upon receipt of such petitions, the county clerk shall set the date for a hearing thereon, which shall be not less than ten nor more than forty-five days from their date of filing, and cause notice thereof to be published on the same day in each of two successive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation throughout the area included within the authority. Such notice shall contain the date, time and place at which such hearing shall be held before the county board; the names of each person nominated for appointment to a six-year term on the board of trustees of the authority; and that at the hearing before the county board objections will be heard to the appointment of any one or more of the persons nominated. Any member of the board of trustees may be nominated for reappointment.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 16;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.89.
NE Code § 23-3592 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3592 - Hospital authority; trustees; appointment; objections; file with county clerk.

23-3592.  Hospital authority; trustees; appointment; objections; file with county clerk.All electors residing within the boundaries of the authority who have not signed the petitions nominating a candidate for appointment to the board of trustees may, not less than five days prior to the date set for hearing on the nominations, file with the county clerk any objections to the appointment of any such candidate stating their objections to any one or more of the candidates.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 17;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.90.
NE Code § 23-3593 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3593 - Hospital authority; trustees; nominations; objections; hearing; findings; appointment.

23-3593.  Hospital authority; trustees; nominations; objections; hearing; findings; appointment.The petitions for nomination of candidates for the office of trustee of an authority, and any written objections filed as provided in section 23-3592, if any, shall be heard by the county board without unnecessary delay. In arriving at its determination as to which of the candidates should be appointed to serve a six-year term on the board of trustees of the authority, the county board shall give due consideration to each nominee's general reputation in the community, his education and experience in areas such as education, medicine, hospital administration, business management, finance, law, engineering and other fields which might be of benefit to the authority, his background in public service activities, the amount of time and energy that he might be expected to be able to devote to the affairs of the authority and such other factors as the county board may deem relevant. At the conclusion of the hearing, the county board shall, within ten days, enter its order appointing such candidate or candidates as it shall have determined upon to serve a term of six years on the board of trustees of the authority, such term of office to continue until a successor has been appointed.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 18;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.91.
NE Code § 23-3595 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3595 - Hospital authority; board of trustees; duties.

23-3595.  Hospital authority; board of trustees; duties.All hospitals operated directly by an authority and not operated or leased as lessee by a nonprofit person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, or corporation shall be operated by the board of trustees of such authority according to the best interests of the public health, and the board of trustees shall make and enforce all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government, protection, and maintenance of such hospitals and all property belonging thereto and may prescribe the terms upon which patients may be admitted thereto. Such hospitals shall not be required to contract with counties or with agencies thereof to provide care for indigent county patients at below the cost for care. In fixing the basic room rates for such hospitals, the board of trustees shall establish such basic room rates as will, together with other income and revenue available for such purpose and however derived, permit each such hospital to be operated upon a self-supporting basis. In establishing basic room rates for such hospital, the board of trustees shall give due consideration to at least the following factors: Costs of administration, operation, and maintenance of such hospitals; the cost of making necessary repairs and renewals thereto; debt service requirements; the creation of reserves for contingencies; and projected needs for expansion and for the making of major improvements. Minimum standards of operation for such hospitals, at least equal to those set by the Department of Health and Human Services, shall be established and enforced by the board of trustees.In the case of hospitals financed with the proceeds of bonds issued by an authority, but not operated directly by an authority, the board of trustees shall require that the financing documents contain covenants of the operators of such hospitals to establish rates at least sufficient to pay costs of administration, operation, and maintenance of such hospitals, the cost of making necessary repairs and renewals thereto, and to provide for debt service requirements, the creation of reserves for contingencies, and projected needs for expansion and the making of major improvements.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 20;   Laws 1972, LB 1382, § 2;   Laws 1980, LB 801, § 2;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.93;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 165;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 58;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 25.
NE Code § 23-3596 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3596 - Hospital authority; board of trustees; pecuniary interest in contract; prohibited; penalty.

23-3596.  Hospital authority; board of trustees; pecuniary interest in contract; prohibited; penalty.No member of the board of trustees, or any person who shall have been a member of the board of trustees at any time during the immediately preceding period of two years, shall have any direct or indirect personal pecuniary interest in the purchase of any material to be used by or supplied to such authority, or in any contract with such authority. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor, and his office shall be vacated.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 21;   Laws 1977, LB 40, § 88;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.94.
NE Code § 23-3597 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3597 - Hospital authority; structures; construction; submission of plans.

23-3597.  Hospital authority; structures; construction; submission of plans.Prior to constructing any structure which is to be utilized as a hospital or as a nursing home, as opposed to structures related thereto, the question of constructing such structure shall be submitted to the appropriate local or area health planning agency for its consideration and review if there has been created, pursuant to state or federal law, such a local or area health planning agency having jurisdiction within the area in which the proposed structure is to be constructed. Such local or area health planning agency shall within sixty days render its findings and recommendations, if any, and shall be deemed to have approved construction of the proposed structure if its findings and recommendations have not been rendered within such period of sixty days. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the purchase or other acquisition by an authority of any interest in any existing structure which is to be utilized as a hospital if such structure has been in existence for more than one year.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 22;   Laws 1972, LB 1382, § 3;   Laws 1986, LB 733, § 3;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.95.
NE Code § 23-3598 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3598 - Hospital authority; construction; plans; recommendations; effect.

23-3598.  Hospital authority; construction; plans; recommendations; effect.The findings and recommendations, if any, of the appropriate local health planning agency, if any, shall be considered by the board of trustees of the hospital authority in making its determination as to whether or not to proceed with construction of the proposed structure.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 24;   Laws 1979, LB 412, § 4;   Laws 1986, LB 733, § 4;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.97.