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NE Code § 71-8403 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8403 - Access to medical records.

71-8403.  Access to medical records.(1) A patient may request a copy of the patient's medical records or may request to examine such records. Access to such records shall be provided upon request pursuant to sections 71-8401 to 71-8407, except that mental health medical records may be withheld if any treating physician, psychologist, or mental health practitioner determines in his or her professional opinion that release of the records would not be in the best interest of the patient unless the release is required by court order. The request and any authorization shall be in writing. If an authorization does not contain an expiration date or specify an event the occurrence of which causes the authorization to expire, the authorization shall expire twelve months after the date the authorization was executed by the patient.(2) Upon receiving a written request for a copy of the patient's medical records under subsection (1) of this section, the provider shall furnish the person making the request a copy of such records not later than thirty days after the written request is received.(3) Upon receiving a written request to examine the patient's medical records under subsection (1) of this section, the provider shall, as promptly as required under the circumstances but no later than ten days after receiving the request: (a) Make the medical records available for examination during regular business hours; (b) inform the patient if the records do not exist or cannot be found; (c) if the provider does not maintain the records, inform the patient of the name and address of the provider who maintains such records, if known; or (d) if unusual circumstances have delayed handling the request, inform the patient in writing of the reasons for the delay and the earliest date, not later than twenty-one days after receiving the request, when the records will be available for examination. The provider shall furnish a copy of medical records to the patient as provided in subsection (2) of this section if requested.(4) This section does not require the retention of records or impose liability for the destruction of records in the ordinary course of business prior to receipt of a request made under subsection (1) of this section. A provider shall not be required to disclose confidential information in any medical record concerning another patient or family member who has not consented to the release of the record.Source  Laws 1999, LB 17, § 3;  Laws 2010, LB849, § 28.
NE Code § 71-8404 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8404 - Access; charges.

71-8404.  Access; charges.Except as provided in sections 71-8405 and 71-8407, for medical records provided under section 71-8403 or under subpoena by a patient or his or her authorized representative a provider may charge no more than twenty dollars as a handling fee and may charge no more than fifty cents per page as a copying fee. A provider may charge for the reasonable cost of all duplications of medical records which cannot routinely be copied or duplicated on a standard photocopy machine. A provider may charge an amount necessary to cover the cost of labor and materials for furnishing a copy of an X-ray or similar special medical record. If the provider does not have the ability to reproduce X-rays or other records requested, the person making the request may arrange, at his or her expense, for the reproduction of such records.Source Laws 1999, LB 17, § 4.
NE Code § 71-8405 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8405 - Charges; exemptions.

71-8405.  Charges; exemptions.(1) A provider shall not charge a fee for medical records requested by a patient for use in supporting an application for disability or other benefits or assistance or an appeal relating to the denial of such benefits or assistance under:(a) Sections 43-501 to 43-536 regarding assistance for certain children;(b) The Medical Assistance Act relating to the medical assistance program;(c) Title II of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.;(d) Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1382 et seq.; or(e) Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.(2) Unless otherwise provided by law, a provider may charge a fee as provided in section 71-8404 for the medical records of a patient requested by a state or federal agency in relation to the patient's application for benefits or assistance or an appeal relating to denial of such benefits or assistance under subsection (1) of this section.(3) A request for medical records under this section shall include a statement or document from the department or agency that administers the issuance of the assistance or benefits which confirms the application or appeal.Source  Laws 1999, LB 17, § 5;  Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 81.  Cross References  Medical Assistance Act, see section 68-901.
NE Code § 71-8406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8406 - Provider; immunity.

71-8406.  Provider; immunity.A provider who transfers or submits information in good faith to a patient's medical record shall not be liable in damages to the patient or any other person for the disclosure of such medical records as provided in sections 71-8401 to 71-8407.Source Laws 1999, LB 17, § 6.
NE Code § 71-8407 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8407 - Sections; applicability.

71-8407.  Sections; applicability.Sections 71-8401 to 71-8407 do not apply to the release of medical records under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act.Source Laws 1999, LB 17, § 7. Cross References  Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act, see section 48-1,110.
NE Code § 71-8501 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8501 - Act, how cited.

71-8501.  Act, how cited.Sections 71-8501 to 71-8508 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Telehealth Act.Source Laws 1999, LB 559, § 1.
NE Code § 71-8502 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8502 - Legislative findings.

71-8502.  Legislative findings.The Legislature finds that:(1) Access to health care facilities and health care practitioners is critically important to the citizens of Nebraska;(2) Access to a continuum of health care services is restricted in some medically underserved areas of Nebraska, and many health care practitioners in such areas are isolated from mentors, colleagues, and information resources necessary to support them personally and professionally;(3) The use of telecommunications technology to deliver health care services can reduce health care costs, improve health care quality, improve access to health care, and enhance the economic health of communities in medically underserved areas of Nebraska; and(4) The full potential of delivering health care services through telehealth cannot be realized without the assurance of payment for such services and the resolution of existing legal and policy barriers to such payment.Source Laws 1999, LB 559, § 2.
NE Code § 71-8503 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8503 - Terms, defined.

71-8503.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Nebraska Telehealth Act:(1) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services;(2) Health care practitioner means a Nebraska medicaid-enrolled provider who is licensed, registered, or certified to practice in this state by the department;(3)(a) Telehealth means the use of medical information electronically exchanged from one site to another, whether synchronously or asynchronously, to aid a health care practitioner in the diagnosis or treatment of a patient.(b) Telehealth includes (i) services originating from a patient's home or any other location where such patient is located, (ii) asynchronous services involving the acquisition and storage of medical information at one site that is then forwarded to or retrieved by a health care practitioner at another site for medical evaluation, and (iii) telemonitoring.(c) Telehealth also includes audio-only services for the delivery of individual behavioral health services for an established patient, when appropriate, or crisis management and intervention for an established patient as allowed by federal law;(4) Telehealth consultation means any contact between a patient and a health care practitioner relating to the health care diagnosis or treatment of such patient through telehealth; and(5) Telemonitoring means the remote monitoring of a patient's vital signs, biometric data, or subjective data by a monitoring device which transmits such data electronically to a health care practitioner for analysis and storage.Source  Laws 1999, LB 559, § 3;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 695;  Laws 2014, LB1076, § 1;  Laws 2021, LB400, § 3.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 71-8504 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8504 - Act; how construed.

71-8504.  Act; how construed.The Nebraska Telehealth Act does not: (1) Alter the scope of practice of any health care practitioner; (2) authorize the delivery of health care services in a setting or manner not otherwise authorized by law; or (3) limit a patient's right to choose in-person contact with a health care practitioner for the delivery of health care services for which telehealth is available.Source Laws 1999, LB 559, § 4.
NE Code § 71-8505 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8505 - Written information; signed statement or verbal consent; requirements.

71-8505.  Written information; signed statement or verbal consent; requirements.(1) Prior to an initial telehealth consultation under section 71-8506, a health care practitioner who delivers a health care service to a patient through telehealth shall ensure that the following written information is provided to the patient:(a) A statement that the patient retains the option to refuse the telehealth consultation at any time without affecting the patient's right to future care or treatment and without risking the loss or withdrawal of any program benefits to which the patient would otherwise be entitled;(b) A statement that all existing confidentiality protections shall apply to the telehealth consultation;(c) A statement that the patient shall have access to all medical information resulting from the telehealth consultation as provided by law for patient access to his or her medical records; and(d) A statement that dissemination of any patient identifiable images or information from the telehealth consultation to researchers or other entities shall not occur without the written consent of the patient.(2) The patient shall sign a statement prior to or during an initial telehealth consultation, or give verbal consent during the telehealth consultation, indicating that the patient understands the written information provided pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and that this information has been discussed with the health care practitioner or the practitioner's designee. The signed statement may be collected by paper or electronic signature and shall become a part of the patient's medical record. If the patient gives verbal consent during the initial telehealth consultation, the signed statement shall be collected within ten days after such telehealth consultation.(3) If the patient is a minor or is incapacitated or mentally incompetent such that he or she is unable to sign the statement or give verbal consent as required by subsection (2) of this section, such statement shall be signed, or such verbal consent given, by the patient's legally authorized representative.(4) This section shall not apply in an emergency situation in which the patient is unable to sign the statement or give verbal consent as required by subsection (2) of this section and the patient's legally authorized representative is unavailable.Source  Laws 1999, LB 559, § 5;  Laws 2021, LB400, § 4.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 71-8506 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8506 - Medical assistance program; reimbursement; requirements.

71-8506.  Medical assistance program; reimbursement; requirements.(1) In-person contact between a health care practitioner and a patient shall not be required under the medical assistance program established pursuant to the Medical Assistance Act and Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, for health care services delivered through telehealth that are otherwise eligible for reimbursement under such program and federal act. Such services shall be subject to reimbursement policies developed pursuant to such program and federal act. This section also applies to managed care plans which contract with the department pursuant to the Medical Assistance Act only to the extent that:(a) Health care services delivered through telehealth are covered by and reimbursed under the medicaid fee-for-service program; and(b) Managed care contracts with managed care plans are amended to add coverage of health care services delivered through telehealth and any appropriate capitation rate adjustments are incorporated.(2) The reimbursement rate for a telehealth consultation shall, as a minimum, be set at the same rate as the medical assistance program rate for a comparable in-person consultation, and the rate shall not depend on the distance between the health care practitioner and the patient.(3) The department shall establish rates for transmission cost reimbursement for telehealth consultations, considering, to the extent applicable, reductions in travel costs by health care practitioners and patients to deliver or to access health care services and such other factors as the department deems relevant. Such rates shall include reimbursement for all two-way, real-time, interactive communications, unless provided by an Internet service provider, between the patient and the physician or health care practitioner at the distant site which comply with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and rules and regulations adopted thereunder and with regulations relating to encryption adopted by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and which satisfy federal requirements relating to efficiency, economy, and quality of care.Source  Laws 1999, LB 559, § 6;  Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 82;  Laws 2013, LB556, § 6;  Laws 2014, LB1076, § 2. Cross References  Medical Assistance Act, see section 68-901.
NE Code § 71-8507 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8507 - Health care facility; duties.

71-8507.  Health care facility; duties.A health care facility licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act that receives reimbursement under the Nebraska Telehealth Act for telehealth consultations shall establish quality of care protocols and patient confidentiality guidelines to ensure that such consultations meet the requirements of the act and acceptable patient care standards.Source  Laws 1999, LB 559, § 7;  Laws 2000, LB 819, § 147.  Cross References  Health Care Facility Licensure Act, see section 71-401.
NE Code § 71-8508 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8508 - Rules and regulations.

71-8508.  Rules and regulations.The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Nebraska Telehealth Act, including, but not limited to, rules and regulations to: (1) Ensure the provision of appropriate care to patients; (2) prevent fraud and abuse; and (3) establish necessary methods and procedures.Source  Laws 1999, LB 559, § 8;  Laws 2014, LB1076, § 3.
NE Code § 71-8509 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8509 - Telehealth services for children's behavioral health; rules and regulations; terms, defined.

71-8509.  Telehealth services for children's behavioral health; rules and regulations; terms, defined.(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations providing for telehealth services for children's behavioral health. Such rules and regulations relate specifically to children's behavioral health and are in addition to the Nebraska Telehealth Act.For purposes of sections 71-8509 to 71-8512, child means a person under nineteen years of age.(2) The rules and regulations required pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall include, but not be limited to:(a) An appropriately trained staff member or employee familiar with the child's treatment plan or familiar with the child shall be immediately available in person to the child receiving a telehealth behavioral health service in order to attend to any urgent situation or emergency that may occur during provision of such service. This requirement may be waived by the child's parent or legal guardian; and(b) In cases in which there is a threat that the child may harm himself or herself or others, before an initial telehealth service the health care practitioner shall work with the child and his or her parent or guardian to develop a safety plan. Such plan shall document actions the child, the health care practitioner, and the parent or guardian will take in the event of an emergency or urgent situation occurring during or after the telehealth session. Such plan may include having a staff member or employee familiar with the child's treatment plan immediately available in person to the child, if such measures are deemed necessary by the team developing the safety plan.Source  Laws 2013, LB556, § 1;  Laws 2017, LB92, § 2.  Cross References  Nebraska Telehealth Act, see section 71-8501.
NE Code § 71-8510 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8510 - Behavioral health screenings; legislative intent; optional screening.

71-8510.  Behavioral health screenings; legislative intent; optional screening.It is the intent of the Legislature that behavioral health screenings be offered by physicians at the time of childhood physicals. The physician shall explain that such screening is optional. The results of behavioral health screenings and any related documents shall not be included in the child's school record and shall not be provided to the child's school or to any other person or entity without the express consent of the child's parent or legal guardian.Source Laws 2013, LB556, § 2.
NE Code § 71-8511 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8511 - Behavioral Health Education Center; duties.

71-8511.  Behavioral Health Education Center; duties.The Behavioral Health Education Center created pursuant to section 71-830 shall provide education and training for educators on children's behavioral health in the areas of the state served by the Behavioral Health Screening and Referral Pilot Program created pursuant to section 71-8512.Source Laws 2013, LB556, § 3.
NE Code § 71-8601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8601 - Act, how cited.

71-8601.  Act, how cited.Sections 71-8601 to 71-8616 shall be known and may be cited as the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act.Source  Laws 2000, LB 352, § 1;  Laws 2007, LB445, § 1.
NE Code § 71-8602 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8602 - Purposes of act.

71-8602.  Purposes of act.The purposes of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act are to assist blind persons in gaining remunerative employment, to enlarge economic opportunities for blind persons, to increase the available occupational range and diversity for blind persons, and to stimulate other efforts that aid blind persons in becoming self-supporting.Source Laws 2000, LB 352, § 2.
NE Code § 71-8603 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-8603 - Terms, defined.

71-8603.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act:(1) Blind person means:(a) A person having sight which is so defective as to seriously limit his or her ability to engage in the ordinary vocations and activities of life; or(b) A person, to be eligible and licensed as a blind vending facility operator under section 71-8611:(i) Having no greater than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye after correction; or(ii) Having an equally disabling loss of the visual field in which the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees;(2) Board means the governing board of the commission;(3) Certified vocational rehabilitation counselor for the blind means a person who is certified to practice vocational rehabilitation counseling for blind persons and holds a certificate issued by the commission;(4) Commission means the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired;(5) Committee of Blind Vendors means the committee created pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 107b-1;(6) State workforce investment board means the board authorized by the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and established in Nebraska;(7) Vending facility means:(a) Cafeterias, snackbars, cart services, shelters, counters, shelving, display and wall cases, refrigerating apparatus, and other appropriate auxiliary equipment necessary for the vending of articles approved by the office, agency, or person having control of the property on which the vending facility is located; and(b) Manual or coin-operated vending machines or similar devices for vending articles approved by the office, agency, or person having control of the property on which the vending facility is located;(8) Vending facility program means the program established and maintained pursuant to section 71-8611; and(9) Vocational rehabilitation counseling for the blind means the process implemented by a person who operates a comprehensive and coordinated program designed to assist blind persons to gain remunerative employment, to enlarge economic opportunities for blind persons, to increase the available occupational range and diversity for blind persons, and to stimulate other efforts that aid blind persons in becoming self-supporting.Source  Laws 2000, LB 352, § 3;  Laws 2005, LB 55, § 1;  Laws 2007, LB445, § 2.