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NE Code § 71-8707 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8707 - Patient safety organization, defined.

71-8707.  Patient safety organization, defined.Patient safety organization means an organization described in section 71-8714 that contracts with one or more providers subject to the Patient Safety Improvement Act and that performs the following activities:(1) The conduct, as the organization's primary activity, of efforts to improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery;(2) The collection and analysis of patient safety work product that is submitted by providers;(3) The development and dissemination of evidence-based information to providers with respect to improving patient safety, such as recommendations, protocols, or information regarding best practices;(4) The utilization of patient safety work product to carry out activities limited to those described under this section and for the purposes of encouraging a culture of safety and of providing direct feedback and assistance to providers to effectively minimize patient risk;(5) The maintenance of confidentiality with respect to identifiable information;(6) The provision of appropriate security measures with respect to patient safety work product; and(7) The possible submission, if authorized by federal law, of nonidentifiable information to a national patient safety database.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 7.
NE Code § 71-8708 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8708 - Patient safety work product, defined.

71-8708.  Patient safety work product, defined.(1) Patient safety work product means any data, reports, records, memoranda, analyses, deliberative work, statements, root cause analyses, or quality improvement processes that are:(a) Created or developed by a provider solely for the purposes of reporting to a patient safety organization;(b) Reported to a patient safety organization for patient safety or quality improvement processes;(c) Requested by a patient safety organization, including the contents of such request;(d) Reported to a provider by a patient safety organization;(e) Created by a provider to evaluate corrective actions following a report by or to a patient safety organization;(f) Created or developed by a patient safety organization; or(g) Reported among patient safety organizations after obtaining authorization.(2) Patient safety work product does not include information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources merely because they were collected for or submitted to a patient safety organization. Patient safety work product also does not include documents, investigations, records, or reports otherwise required by law.(3) Patient safety work product does not include reports and information disclosed pursuant to sections 71-8719 and 71-8720.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 8.
NE Code § 71-8709 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8709 - Provider, defined.

71-8709.  Provider, defined.Provider means a person that is either:(1) A facility licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act; or(2) A health care professional licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act.Source  Laws 2005, LB 361, § 9;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 1307. Cross References   Health Care Facility Licensure Act, see section 71-401.  Uniform Credentialing Act, see section 38-101.
NE Code § 71-8710 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8710 - Patient safety work product; confidentiality; use; restrictions.

71-8710.  Patient safety work product; confidentiality; use; restrictions.(1) Patient safety work product shall be privileged and confidential.(2) Patient safety work product shall not be:(a) Subject to a civil, criminal, or administrative subpoena or order;(b) Subject to discovery in connection with a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding;(c) Subject to disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, as such act existed on April 28, 2005, or any other similar federal or state law, including sections 84-712 to 84-712.09;(d) Offered in the presence of the jury or other factfinder or received into evidence in any civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding before any local, state, or federal tribunal; or(e) If the patient safety work product is identifiable information and is received by a national accreditation organization in its capacity:(i) Used by a national accreditation organization in an accreditation action against the provider that reported the information;(ii) Shared by such organization with its survey team; or(iii) Required as a condition of accreditation by a national accreditation organization.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 10.
NE Code § 71-8711 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8711 - Patient safety organization; proceedings and records; restrictions on use; violation; penalty.

71-8711.  Patient safety organization; proceedings and records; restrictions on use; violation; penalty.No person shall disclose the actions, decisions, proceedings, discussions, or deliberations occurring at a meeting of a patient safety organization except to the extent necessary to carry out one or more of the purposes of a patient safety organization. The proceedings and records of a patient safety organization shall not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action against a provider arising out of the matter or matters that are the subject of consideration by a patient safety organization. Information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources shall not be immune from discovery or use in any civil action merely because they were presented during proceedings of a patient safety organization. This section shall not be construed to prevent a person from testifying to or reporting information obtained independently of the activities of a patient safety organization or which is public information. A person who knowingly violates this section shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 11.
NE Code § 71-8712 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8712 - Patient safety work product; unlawful use; effect.

71-8712.  Patient safety work product; unlawful use; effect.Any reference to, or offer into evidence in the presence of the jury or other factfinder or admission into evidence of, patient safety work product during any proceeding contrary to the Patient Safety Improvement Act shall constitute grounds for a mistrial or a similar termination of the proceeding and reversible error on appeal from any judgment or order entered in favor of any party who discloses or offers into evidence patient safety work product in violation of the act.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 12.
NE Code § 71-8713 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8713 - Act; cumulative to other law.

71-8713.  Act; cumulative to other law.The prohibition in the Patient Safety Improvement Act against discovery, disclosure, or admission into evidence of patient safety work product is in addition to any other protections provided by law.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 13.
NE Code § 71-8714 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8714 - Patient safety organization; conditions.

71-8714.  Patient safety organization; conditions.A patient safety organization shall meet the following conditions:(1) It shall be a Nebraska nonprofit corporation described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as defined in section 49-801.01, contributions to which are deductible under section 170 of the code;(2) The purposes of the organization shall include carrying out the activities of a patient safety organization as described in the Patient Safety Improvement Act; and(3) It shall have a representative board of directors as described in section 71-8715.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 14.
NE Code § 71-8715 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8715 - Patient safety organization; board of directors; membership.

71-8715.  Patient safety organization; board of directors; membership.The board of directors of a patient safety organization shall include at least one representative each from a statewide association of Nebraska hospitals, Nebraska physicians and surgeons, Nebraska nurses, Nebraska pharmacists, and Nebraska physician assistants as recommended by such associations. At least one consumer shall be a member of the board. The board shall consist of at least twelve but no more than fifteen members as established at the discretion of the board.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 15.
NE Code § 71-8716 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8716 - Election to be subject to act; contract; requirements.

71-8716.  Election to be subject to act; contract; requirements.(1) A patient safety organization shall contract with providers that elect to be subject to the Patient Safety Improvement Act. The patient safety organization shall establish a formula for determining fees and assessments uniformly within categories of providers.(2) A provider may elect to be subject to the Patient Safety Improvement Act by contracting with a patient safety organization to make reports as described in the act.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 16.
NE Code § 71-8717 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8717 - Reportable patient safety events; provider; duties.

71-8717.  Reportable patient safety events; provider; duties.(1) Every provider subject to the Patient Safety Improvement Act shall track and report pursuant to section 71-8718 the following occurrences of patient safety events:(a) Surgery or procedures performed on the wrong patient or the wrong body part of a patient;(b) Foreign object accidentally left in a patient during a procedure or surgery;(c) Hemolytic transfusion reaction in a patient resulting from the administration of blood or blood products with major blood group incompatibilities;(d) Sexual assault of a patient during treatment or while the patient was on the premises of a facility;(e) Abduction of a newborn infant patient from the hospital or the discharge of a newborn infant patient from the hospital into the custody of an individual in circumstances in which the hospital knew, or in the exercise of ordinary care should have known, that the individual did not have legal custody of the infant;(f) Suicide of a patient in a setting in which the patient received care twenty-four hours a day;(g) Medication error resulting in a patient's unanticipated death or permanent or temporary loss of bodily function, including (i) treatment intervention, temporary harm, (ii) initial-prolonged hospitalization, temporary harm, (iii) permanent patient harm, and (iv) near death event in circumstances unrelated to the natural course of the illness or underlying condition of the patient, including, but not limited to, errors involving the wrong drug, the wrong dose, the wrong patient, the wrong time, the wrong rate, the wrong preparation, or the wrong route of administration, but excluding reasonable differences in clinical judgment on drug selection and dose;(h) Patient death or serious disability associated with the use of adulterated drugs, devices, or biologics provided by the provider;(i) Patient death or serious disability associated with the use or function of a device in patient care in which the device is used or functions other than as intended; and(j) Unanticipated death or major permanent loss of function associated with health care associated nosocomial infection.(2) A patient safety organization, based on a review of new indicators of patient safety events identified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, shall recommend changes, additions, or deletions to the list of reportable patient safety events, which changes, additions, or deletions shall be binding on the providers. Providers may voluntarily report any other patient safety events not otherwise identified.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 17.
NE Code § 71-8718 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8718 - Reporting requirements.

71-8718.  Reporting requirements.(1) Every provider subject to the Patient Safety Improvement Act shall report aggregate numbers of occurrences for each patient safety event category listed in section 71-8717 to a patient safety organization. Reporting shall be done on an annual basis by March 31 for the prior calendar year.(2) For each occurrence listed in section 71-8717, a root cause analysis shall be completed and an action plan developed within forty-five days after such occurrence. The action plan shall (a) identify changes that can be implemented to reduce risk of the patient safety event occurring again or formulate a rationale for not implementing change and (b) if an improvement action is planned, identify who is responsible for implementation, when the action will be implemented, and how the effectiveness of the action will be evaluated. The provider shall, within thirty days after the development of an action plan, provide a summary report to a patient safety organization which includes a brief description of the patient safety event, a brief description of the root cause analysis, and a description of the action plan steps.(3) The facility where a reportable event occurred shall be responsible for coordinating the reporting of information required under the Patient Safety Improvement Act and ensuring that the required reporting is completed, and such coordination satisfies the obligation of reporting imposed on each individual provider under the act.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 18.
NE Code § 71-8719 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8719 - Nonidentifiable information; disclosure.

71-8719.  Nonidentifiable information; disclosure.A patient safety organization may disclose nonidentifiable information, including nonidentifiable aggregate trend data and educational material developed as a result of the patient safety work product reported to it.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 19.
NE Code § 71-8720 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8720 - Public disclosure of data and information.

71-8720.  Public disclosure of data and information.A patient safety organization shall release to the public nonidentifiable aggregate trend data identifying the number and types of patient safety events that occur. A patient safety organization shall publish educational and evidence-based information from the summary reports, which shall be available to the public, that can be used by all providers to improve the care they provide.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 20.
NE Code § 71-8721 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8721 - Immunity from liability.

71-8721.  Immunity from liability.Any person who receives or releases information in the form and manner prescribed by the Patient Safety Improvement Act and the procedures established by a patient safety organization shall not be civilly or criminally liable for such receipt or release unless the receipt or release is done with actual malice, fraudulent intent, or bad faith. A patient safety organization shall not be liable civilly for the release of nonidentifiable aggregate trend data identifying the number and types of patient safety events that occur. Because the candid and conscientious evaluation of patient safety events is essential to the improvement of medical care and to encourage improvements in patient safety, any provider furnishing services to a patient safety organization shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of such acts, omissions, decisions, or other such conduct in connection with the duties on behalf of a patient safety organization if done pursuant to the Patient Safety Improvement Act except for acts done with actual malice, fraudulent intent, or bad faith.Source Laws 2005, LB 361, § 21.
NE Code § 71-8722 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8722 - Patient Safety Cash Fund; created; use; investment.

71-8722.  Patient Safety Cash Fund; created; use; investment.The Patient Safety Cash Fund is created. The Patient Safety Cash Fund shall only be used to support the activities of a patient safety organization. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.Source Laws 2019, LB25, § 3. Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 71-8801 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8801 - Act, how cited.

71-8801.  Act, how cited.Sections 71-8801 to 71-8806 shall be known and may be cited as the Stem Cell Research Act.Source Laws 2008, LB606, § 1.
NE Code § 71-8802 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8802 - Terms, defined.

71-8802.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Stem Cell Research Act:(1) Committee means the Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee;(2) Human embryo means the developing human organism from the time of fertilization until the end of the eighth week of gestation and includes an embryo or developing human organism created by somatic cell nuclear transfer; and(3) Somatic cell nuclear transfer means a technique in which the nucleus of an oocyte is replaced with the nucleus of a somatic cell.Source Laws 2008, LB606, § 2.
NE Code § 71-8803 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8803 - Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee; created; qualifications; terms; meetings; stipend; expenses.

71-8803.  Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee; created; qualifications; terms; meetings; stipend; expenses.(1) The Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee is created. The committee shall consist of the dean of every medical school in Nebraska that is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or his or her designee and additional members appointed as follows: (a) The dean of every medical school in Nebraska shall nominate three scientists from outside Nebraska conducting human stem cell research with funding from the National Institutes of Health of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; and (b) the chief medical officer as designated in section 81-3115 shall select two of such scientists from each set of nominations to serve on the committee. Appointments by the chief medical officer pursuant to this subsection shall be approved by the Legislature. Members appointed by the chief medical officer shall serve for staggered terms of three years each and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Such members may be reappointed for additional three-year terms.(2) The committee shall meet not less than twice each year.(3) Members of the committee not employed by medical schools in Nebraska shall receive a stipend per meeting to be determined by the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services based on standard consultation fees, and all members of the committee shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in service on the committee pursuant to sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.Source  Laws 2008, LB606, § 3;  Laws 2020, LB381, § 76.
NE Code § 71-8804 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8804 - Committee; establish grant process; reports.

71-8804.  Committee; establish grant process; reports.(1) The committee shall establish a grant process to award grants to Nebraska institutions or researchers for the purpose of conducting nonembryonic stem cell research. The grant process shall include, but not be limited to, an application identifying the institution or researcher applying for the grant, the amount of funds to be received by the applicant from sources other than state funds, the sources of such funds, and a description of the goal of the research for which the funds will be used and research methods to be used by the applicant.(2) The committee shall submit electronically an annual report to the Legislature stating the number of grants awarded, the amount of the grants, and the researchers or institutions to which the grants were awarded.Source  Laws 2008, LB606, § 4;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 128.
NE Code § 71-8805 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8805 - Stem Cell Research Program; created.

71-8805.  Stem Cell Research Program; created.(1) The Stem Cell Research Program is created.(2) Any money appropriated by the Legislature for the Stem Cell Research Program shall be used to provide a dollar-for-dollar match, up to five hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year, of funds received by institutions or researchers from sources other than funds provided by the State of Nebraska for nonembryonic stem cell research. Such matching funds shall be awarded through the grant process established pursuant to section 71-8804. No single institution or researcher shall receive more than seventy percent of the funds available for distribution under this section on an annual basis.(3) Up to three percent of any annual appropriation for the Stem Cell Research Program shall be available to the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services for administrative costs, including stipends and reimbursements pursuant to section 71-8803.(4) The State Treasurer shall transfer, on July 1, 2016, the unobligated balance in the Stem Cell Research Cash Fund to the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund.Source  Laws 2008, LB606, § 5;  Laws 2009, LB316, § 20;  Laws 2012, LB969, § 10;  Laws 2016, LB957, § 6.  >
NE Code § 71-8806 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8806 - Limitation on use of facilities and funds.

71-8806.  Limitation on use of facilities and funds.No state facilities, no state funds, fees, or charges, and no investment income on state funds shall be used to destroy human embryos for the purpose of research. In no case shall state facilities, state funds, fees, or charges, or investment income on state funds be used to create a human embryo by somatic cell nuclear transfer for any purpose.Source Laws 2008, LB606, § 6.
NE Code § 71-8901 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8901 - Act, how cited.

71-8901.  Act, how cited.Sections 71-8901 to 71-8929 shall be known and may be cited as the Veterinary Drug Distribution Licensing Act.Source  Laws 2008, LB1022, § 1;  Laws 2021, LB252, § 1.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 71-8902 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8902 - Purpose of act.

71-8902.  Purpose of act.The purpose of the Veterinary Drug Distribution Licensing Act is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by providing for the authorization and licensure of veterinary drug distributors in the State of Nebraska and for the development, establishment, and enforcement of basic standards for such distributors.Source Laws 2008, LB1022, § 2.
NE Code § 71-8903 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8903 - Definitions, where found.

71-8903.  Definitions, where found.For purposes of the Veterinary Drug Distribution Licensing Act, the definitions found in sections 71-8904 to 71-8911 shall apply.Source Laws 2008, LB1022, § 3.
NE Code § 71-8904 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8904 - Controlled substance, defined.

71-8904.  Controlled substance, defined.Controlled substance has the definition found in section 28-401.Source Laws 2008, LB1022, § 4.
NE Code § 71-8905 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8905 - Department, defined.

71-8905.  Department, defined.Department means the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.Source Laws 2008, LB1022, § 5.