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NE Code § 68-9,101 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-9,101 - Multiple procedure payment reduction policy; implementation; when prohibited.

68-9,101.  Multiple procedure payment reduction policy; implementation; when prohibited.(1) For purposes of this section, multiple procedure payment reduction policy means a policy used in the federal medicare program under Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act for outpatient rehabilitation service codes where full payment is made for the unit or procedure with the highest rate and subsequent units and procedures are paid at a reduction of the published rates when more than one unit procedure is provided to the same patient on the same day.(2) A multiple procedure payment reduction policy shall not be implemented under the Medical Assistance Act as it applies to therapy services provided by physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech-language pathology.Source  Laws 2021, LB100, § 2.   Operative Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 68-1001 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1001 - Assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled; program; administration.

68-1001.  Assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled; program; administration.There is hereby established in and for the State of Nebraska a program to be known as assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, which assistance shall be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. Such assistance shall consist of money payments to, medical care in behalf of, or any type of remedial care in behalf of needy individuals.Source   Laws 1965, c. 395, § 1, p. 1264;   Laws 1982, LB 522, § 36;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 304.
NE Code § 68-1001.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1001.01 - Department of Health and Human Services; rules and regulations; promulgate.

68-1001.01.  Department of Health and Human Services; rules and regulations; promulgate.For the purpose of adding to the security and social adjustment of former and potential recipients of assistance to the aged, blind, and disabled, and of medical assistance, the Department of Health and Human Services is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations providing for services to such persons.Source   Laws 1969, c. 558, § 1, p. 2274;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 305;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 264. Annotations Regulations adopted hereunder provide appeal forms may be filed with the county division and that place of hearing shall be the county in which appellant resides. Downer v. Ihms, 192 Neb. 594, 223 N.W.2d 148 (1974).
NE Code § 68-1001.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1001.02 - Assistance; action for reimbursement; statute of limitations; when commences to run.

68-1001.02.  Assistance; action for reimbursement; statute of limitations; when commences to run.No statute of limitations shall apply to any claim or cause of action, belonging to the county or state on account of the payment of assistance to the aged, blind or disabled while the recipient, former recipient, spouse, or dependent children of such recipient survive.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 28, § 13, p. 172;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 68-269;   R.S.1943, § 68-216;   Laws 1965, c. 395, § 22, p. 1272;   R.S.1943, (1990), § 68-216.  Annotations Statute of limitations on claim for reimbursement does not begin to run while recipient is alive. Boone County Old Age Assistance Board v. Myhre, 149 Neb. 669, 32 N.W.2d 262 (1948).
NE Code § 68-1002 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1002 - Persons eligible for assistance.

68-1002.  Persons eligible for assistance.In order to qualify for assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, an individual:(1) Must be a bona fide resident of the State of Nebraska, except that a resident of another state who enters the State of Nebraska solely for the purpose of receiving care in a home licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services shall not be deemed to be a bona fide resident of Nebraska while such care is being provided;(2) Shall not be receiving care or services as an inmate of a public institution, except as a patient in a medical institution, and if the individual is a patient in an institution for tuberculosis or mental diseases, he or she has attained the age of sixty-five years;(3) Shall not have deprived himself or herself directly or indirectly of any property whatsoever for the purpose of qualifying for assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled;(4) May receive care in a public or private institution only if such institution is subject to a state authority or authorities which shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining standards for such institutions; and(5) Must be in need of shelter, maintenance, or medical care.Source   Laws 1965, c. 395, § 2, p. 1264;   Laws 1965, c. 396, § 1, p. 1274;   Laws 1965, c. 397, § 1, p. 1276;   Laws 1967, c. 409, § 2, p. 1273;   Laws 1969, c. 343, § 5, p. 1208;   Laws 1977, LB 480, § 1;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 306;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 265. Annotations  The clear import of this section is to prevent citizens from raiding the public purse when they possess sufficient resources to care for themselves. This section provides an exception to the general rule expressed in section 30-2352 that a renunciation of assets relates back to the death of the decedent "for all purposes"; that is, this section declares a citizen ineligible if he has deprived himself "directly or indirectly of any property whatsoever" for the purpose of qualifying for assistance. Hoesly v. State, 243 Neb. 304, 498 N.W.2d 571 (1993). Under the language of this section, depriving oneself of resources is not, in and of itself, the disqualifying act; disqualification results from doing so with the intention and for the purpose of becoming eligible for public assistance. Meier v. State, 227 Neb. 376, 417 N.W.2d 771 (1988).
NE Code § 68-1003 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1003 - Assistance to the aged; additional qualifications required.

68-1003.  Assistance to the aged; additional qualifications required.In order to qualify for assistance to the aged, an individual must, in addition to the requirements set forth in section 68-1002, have attained the age of sixty-five years.Source  Laws 1965, c. 395, § 3, p. 1265.
NE Code § 68-1004 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1004 - Assistance to the blind; additional qualifications required.

68-1004.  Assistance to the blind; additional qualifications required.In order to qualify for assistance to the blind, an individual must, in addition to the requirements set forth in section 68-1002, have been determined to be blind by an examination by a physician skilled in diseases of the eye or by an optometrist.Source   Laws 1965, c. 395, § 4, p. 1265;   Laws 1977, LB 311, § 1.
NE Code § 68-1005 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1005 - Assistance to the disabled; additional qualifications required; department; powers and duties.

68-1005.  Assistance to the disabled; additional qualifications required; department; powers and duties.In order to qualify for assistance to the disabled, an individual shall, in addition to the requirements set forth in section 68-1002, be considered to be disabled if he or she is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than one hundred eighty days or, in the case of a child under eighteen years of age, if he or she suffers from any medically determinable physical or mental impairment of comparable severity. In determining eligibility for assistance to the disabled, the Department of Health and Human Services may adopt the determination of the Social Security Administration that an individual is or is not disabled for the purposes of the federal programs of Supplemental Security Income or Old Age Survivors' and Disability Insurance, except that if the Social Security Administration has denied benefits to an individual on the basis of the duration of the individual's disability, the department shall perform an independent medical review of such individual's disability.Source   Laws 1965, c. 395, § 5, p. 1266;   Laws 1976, LB 454, § 1;   Laws 1977, LB 311, § 2;   Laws 1984, LB 1127, § 1;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 307.
NE Code § 68-1006 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1006 - Assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled; amount authorized per person; payment.

68-1006.  Assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled; amount authorized per person; payment.The amount of assistance to the aged, blind or disabled shall be based on the need of the individual and the circumstances existing in each case. When permitted by the federal old age and survivors insurance act, any accumulations of increased benefits under such act may be disregarded when determining need. Payments shall be made by state warrant directly to each recipient.Source   Laws 1965, c. 395, § 6, p. 1266;   Laws 1965, c. 397, § 2, p. 1277;   Laws 1967, c. 410, § 1, p. 1274;   Laws 1969, c. 535, § 2, p. 2180.
NE Code § 68-1006.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1006.01 - Personal needs allowance; amount authorized.

68-1006.01.  Personal needs allowance; amount authorized.The Department of Health and Human Services shall include in the standard of need for eligible aged, blind, and disabled persons at least sixty dollars per month for a personal needs allowance if such persons reside in an alternative living arrangement.For purposes of this section, an alternative living arrangement shall include board and room, a boarding home, a certified adult family home, a licensed assisted-living facility, a licensed residential child-caring agency as defined in section 71-1926, a licensed center for the developmentally disabled, and a long-term care facility.Source   Laws 1991, LB 57, § 1;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 308;   Laws 1997, LB 608, § 3;  Laws 1999, LB 119, § 1;  Laws 2000, LB 819, § 79;  Laws 2013, LB265, § 37;  Laws 2015, LB366, § 1.
NE Code § 68-1007 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1007 - Determination of need; elements considered; amounts disregarded.

68-1007.  Determination of need; elements considered; amounts disregarded.In determining need for assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, the Department of Health and Human Services shall take into consideration all other income and resources of the individual claiming such assistance, as well as any expenses reasonably attributable to the earning of any such income, except as otherwise provided in this section. In making such determination with respect to any individual who is blind, there shall be disregarded the first eighty-five dollars per month of earned income plus one-half of earned income in excess of eighty-five dollars per month and, for a period not in excess of twelve months, such additional amounts of other income and resources, in the case of an individual who has an approved plan for achieving self-support, as may be necessary for the fulfillment of such plan. In making such determination with respect to an individual who has attained age sixty-five, or who is permanently and totally disabled, and is claiming aid to the aged, blind, or disabled, the department shall disregard earned income at least to the extent such income was disregarded on January 1, 1972, as provided in 42 U.S.C. 1396a(f).Source   Laws 1965, c. 395, § 7, p. 1266;   Laws 1967, c. 411, § 1, p. 1275;   Laws 1969, c. 539, § 1, p. 2189;   Laws 1972, LB 760, § 1;   Laws 1982, LB 522, § 37;   Laws 1987, LB 255, § 1;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 309;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 266. Cross References  Available resources, computation, see section 68-129.
NE Code § 68-1008 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1008 - Application for assistance; investigation; notification.

68-1008.  Application for assistance; investigation; notification.Upon the filing of an application for assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, the Department of Health and Human Services shall make such investigation as it deems necessary to determine the circumstances existing in each case. Each applicant and recipient shall be notified in writing as to (1) the approval or disapproval of any application, (2) the amount of payments awarded, (3) any change in the amount of payments awarded, and (4) the discontinuance of payments.Source   Laws 1965, c. 395, § 8, p. 1267;   Laws 1967, c. 253, § 2, p. 673;   Laws 1977, LB 312, § 8;   Laws 1982, LB 522, § 38;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 310;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 267.
NE Code § 68-1013 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1013 - Assistance to the aged, blind, and disabled; not vested right; not assignable; exemption from levy.

68-1013.  Assistance to the aged, blind, and disabled; not vested right; not assignable; exemption from levy.No person shall have any vested right to any claim against the county or state for assistance of any kind by virtue of being or having been a recipient of assistance to the aged, blind or disabled, aid to dependent children, or medical assistance for the aged. No such assistance shall be alienable by assignment or transfer, or be subject to attachment, garnishment or any other legal process.Source  Laws 1965, c. 394, § 1, p. 1261.
NE Code § 68-1014 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1014 - Assistance; payment to guardian or conservator; when authorized.

68-1014.  Assistance; payment to guardian or conservator; when authorized.If any guardian or conservator shall have been appointed to take charge of the property of any recipient of assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, aid to dependent children, or medical assistance, such assistance payments shall be made to the guardian or conservator upon his or her filing with the Department of Health and Human Services a certified copy of his or her letters of guardianship or conservatorship.Source   Laws 1965, c. 394, § 2, p. 1261;   Laws 1982, LB 522, § 39;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 311;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 268.
NE Code § 68-1015 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1015 - Assistance; investigation; attendance of witnesses; production of records; subpoena power; oaths.

68-1015.  Assistance; investigation; attendance of witnesses; production of records; subpoena power; oaths.For the purpose of any investigation or hearing, the chief executive officer of the Department of Health and Human Services and the division directors appointed pursuant to section 81-3115, through authorized agents, shall have the power to compel, by subpoena, the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers. Witnesses may be examined on oath or affirmation.Source   Laws 1965, c. 394, § 3, p. 1262;   Laws 1982, LB 522, § 40;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 312;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 269.
NE Code § 68-1016 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1016 - Assistance; appeals; procedure.

68-1016.  Assistance; appeals; procedure.The chief executive officer of the Department of Health and Human Services, or his or her designated representative, shall provide for granting an opportunity for a fair hearing to any individual whose claim for assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, aid to dependent children, emergency assistance, medical assistance, commodities, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits is denied, is not granted in full, or is not acted upon with reasonable promptness. An appeal shall be taken by filing with the department a written notice of appeal setting forth the facts on which the appeal is based. The department shall thereupon, in writing, notify the appellant of the time and place for hearing which shall be not less than one week nor more than six weeks from the date of such notice. Hearings shall be before the duly authorized agent of the department. On the basis of evidence adduced, the duly authorized agent shall enter a final order on such appeal, which order shall be transmitted to the appellant.Source   Laws 1965, c. 394, § 4, p. 1262;   Laws 1969, c. 540, § 1, p. 2190;   Laws 1982, LB 522, § 41;   Laws 1989, LB 362, § 9;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 313;   Laws 1998, LB 1073, § 57;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 270;  Laws 2009, LB288, § 25. Annotations  One seeking public assistance has the burden of proving entitlement to the benefits. Dobrovolny v. Dunning, 221 Neb. 67, 375 N.W.2d 123 (1985). Orders of the Department of Public Welfare made pursuant to this section may be reviewed by petition in error as well as by appeal. Downer v. Ihms, 192 Neb. 594, 223 N.W.2d 148 (1974).
NE Code § 68-1017 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1017 - Assistance; violations; penalties.

68-1017.  Assistance; violations; penalties.(1) Any person, including vendors and providers of medical assistance and social services, who, by means of a willfully false statement or representation, or by impersonation or other device, obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person to obtain or to attempt to obtain (a) an assistance certificate of award to which he or she is not entitled, (b) any commodity, any foodstuff, any food instrument, any Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit or electronic benefit card, or any payment to which such individual is not entitled or a larger payment than that to which he or she is entitled, (c) any payment made on behalf of a recipient of medical assistance or social services, or (d) any other benefit administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, or who violates any statutory provision relating to assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, aid to dependent children, social services, or medical assistance, commits an offense.(2) Any person who commits an offense under subsection (1) of this section shall upon conviction be punished as follows: (a) If the aggregate value of all funds or other benefits obtained or attempted to be obtained is less than five hundred dollars, the person so convicted shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor; (b) if the aggregate value of all funds or other benefits obtained or attempted to be obtained is five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars, the person so convicted shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor; or (c) if the aggregate value of all funds and other benefits obtained or attempted to be obtained is one thousand five hundred dollars or more, the person so convicted shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.Source   Laws 1965, c. 394, § 5, p. 1262;   Laws 1969, c. 541, § 1, p. 2192;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 127;   Laws 1984, LB 1127, § 2;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 314;   Laws 1998, LB 1073, § 58;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 271;  Laws 2009, LB288, § 26;  Laws 2010, LB849, § 14;  Laws 2015, LB605, § 79.  Annotations It is immaterial whether wrongfully obtained benefits are used for oneself or for another. State v. Burke, 23 Neb. App. 750, 876 N.W.2d 922 (2016).
NE Code § 68-1017.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1017.01 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; violations; penalties.

68-1017.01.  Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; violations; penalties.(1) A person commits an offense if he or she knowingly uses, alters, or transfers any Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits or electronic benefit cards or any authorizations to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in any manner not authorized by law. An offense under this subsection shall be a Class IV misdemeanor if the value of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, electronic benefit cards, or authorizations is less than five hundred dollars, shall be a Class III misdemeanor if the value is five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars, and shall be a Class IV felony if the value is one thousand five hundred dollars or more.(2) A person commits an offense if he or she knowingly (a) possesses any Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits or electronic benefit cards or any authorizations to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program when such individual is not authorized by law to possess them, (b) redeems Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits or electronic benefit cards when he or she is not authorized by law to redeem them, or (c) redeems Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits or electronic benefit cards for purposes not authorized by law. An offense under this subsection shall be a Class IV misdemeanor if the value of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, electronic benefit cards, or authorizations is less than five hundred dollars, shall be a Class III misdemeanor if the value is five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars, and shall be a Class IV felony if the value is one thousand five hundred dollars or more.(3) A person commits an offense if he or she knowingly possesses blank authorizations to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program when such possession is not authorized by law. An offense under this subsection shall be a Class IV felony.(4) When any Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits or electronic benefit cards or any authorizations to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program of various values are obtained in violation of this section pursuant to one scheme or a continuing course of conduct, whether from the same or several sources, such conduct may be considered as one offense, and the values aggregated in determining the grade of the offense.Source   Laws 1984, LB 1127, § 3;   Laws 1998, LB 1073, § 59;  Laws 2009, LB288, § 27;  Laws 2010, LB849, § 15;  Laws 2015, LB605, § 80.
NE Code § 68-1018 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1018 - Transferred to section 68-903.

68-1018.  Transferred to section 68-903.
NE Code § 68-1019 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1019 - Transferred to section 68-911.

68-1019.  Transferred to section 68-911.
NE Code § 68-1019.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1019.01 - Transferred to section 68-912.

68-1019.01.  Transferred to section 68-912.
NE Code § 68-1020 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1020 - Transferred to section 68-915.

68-1020.  Transferred to section 68-915.
NE Code § 68-1021 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1021 - Transferred to section 68-906.

68-1021.  Transferred to section 68-906.
NE Code § 68-1022 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1022 - Transferred to section 68-910.

68-1022.  Transferred to section 68-910.
NE Code § 68-1023 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1023 - Transferred to section 68-908.

68-1023.  Transferred to section 68-908.
NE Code § 68-1025.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1025.01 - Transferred to section 68-913.

68-1025.01.  Transferred to section 68-913.
NE Code § 68-1026 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1026 - Transferred to section 68-916.

68-1026.  Transferred to section 68-916.
NE Code § 68-1027 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1027 - Transferred to section 68-917.

68-1027.  Transferred to section 68-917.
NE Code § 68-1028 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1028 - Transferred to section 68-918.

68-1028.  Transferred to section 68-918.
NE Code § 68-1036.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1036.02 - Transferred to section 68-919.

68-1036.02.  Transferred to section 68-919.