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NE Code § 83-4,142 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,142 - Department of Correctional Services; duties; legislative intent.

83-4,142.  Department of Correctional Services; duties; legislative intent.The Department of Correctional Services shall develop and implement an incarceration work camp for placement of felony offenders as a transitional phase prior to release on parole or as assigned by the Director of Correctional Services pursuant to subsection (2) of section 83-176. As part of the incarceration work camp, an intensive residential drug treatment program may be developed and implemented for felony offenders.It is the intent of the Legislature that the incarceration work camp serve to reduce prison overcrowding and to make prison bed space available for violent offenders. It is the further intent of the Legislature that the incarceration work camp serve the interests of society by addressing the criminogenic needs of certain designated offenders and by deterring such offenders from engaging in further criminal activity. To accomplish these goals, the incarceration work camp shall provide regimented, structured, disciplined programming, including all of the following: Work programs; vocational training; behavior management and modification; money management; substance abuse awareness, counseling, and treatment; and education, programming needs, and aftercare planning, which will increase the offender's abilities to lead a law-abiding, productive, and fulfilling life as a contributing member of a free society.Source   Laws 1997, LB 882, § 2;  Laws 2005, LB 538, § 27;  Laws 2007, LB83, § 1;  Laws 2009, LB274, § 1;  Laws 2019, LB340, § 2.
NE Code § 83-4,143 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,143 - Eligibility for incarceration work camp; Board of Parole or Director of Correctional Services; considerations; duration.

83-4,143.  Eligibility for incarceration work camp; Board of Parole or Director of Correctional Services; considerations; duration.(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Board of Parole may recommend placement of felony offenders at the incarceration work camp. The offenders recommended by the board shall be offenders currently housed at other Department of Correctional Services adult correctional facilities and shall complete the incarceration work camp programming prior to release on parole.(2) When the Board of Parole is of the opinion that a felony offender currently incarcerated in a Department of Correctional Services adult correctional facility may benefit from a brief and intensive period of regimented, structured, and disciplined programming immediately prior to release on parole, the board may direct placement of such an offender in an incarceration work camp for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days as a condition of release on parole. The board may consider such placement if the felony offender (a) is medically and mentally fit to participate, with allowances given for reasonable accommodation as determined by medical and mental health professionals, and (b) has not previously been incarcerated for a violent felony crime. Offenders convicted of a crime under sections 28-319 to 28-322.05 or of any capital crime are not eligible to be placed in an incarceration work camp.(3) The Director of Correctional Services may assign a felony offender to an incarceration work camp if he or she believes it is in the best interests of the felony offender and of society, except that offenders convicted of a crime under sections 28-319 to 28-322.05 or of any capital crime are not eligible to be assigned to an incarceration work camp pursuant to this subsection.Source   Laws 1997, LB 882, § 3;  Laws 2000, LB 288, § 1;  Laws 2005, LB 538, § 28;  Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 104;  Laws 2007, LB83, § 2;  Laws 2009, LB97, § 29;  Laws 2009, LB274, § 2;  Laws 2015, LB268, § 33;   Referendum 2016, No. 426;  Laws 2019, LB340, § 3;  Laws 2019, LB519, § 16.
NE Code § 83-4,144 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,144 - Incarceration work camp; release on parole.

83-4,144.  Incarceration work camp; release on parole.An offender placed in an incarceration work camp pursuant to a recommendation of the Board of Parole shall be released on parole upon successful completion, as determined by the board, of the incarceration work camp program.Source   Laws 1997, LB 882, § 4;  Laws 2007, LB83, § 3;  Laws 2019, LB340, § 4.
NE Code § 83-4,145 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,145 - Incarceration work camp; failure to complete program; effect.

83-4,145.  Incarceration work camp; failure to complete program; effect.An offender placed at the incarceration work camp pursuant to a recommendation of the Board of Parole who fails to successfully complete the incarceration work camp program shall be returned to the board for a rescission hearing. Credit shall be given for time actually served in the incarceration work camp program.Source   Laws 1997, LB 882, § 5;  Laws 2007, LB83, § 4;  Laws 2019, LB340, § 5.  Annotations Defendants are to be given credit for time served at work camp programs. State v. Becker, 282 Neb. 449, 804 N.W.2d 27 (2011).
NE Code § 83-4,146 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,146 - Incarceration work camp; costs.

83-4,146.  Incarceration work camp; costs.All costs incurred during the period the offender is committed to an incarceration work camp shall be the responsibility of the state, including the cost of transporting the offender to the incarceration work camp and for returning the offender to the appropriate Department of Correctional Services adult correctional facility if the offender is discharged for unsatisfactory performance from the incarceration work camp.Source   Laws 1997, LB 882, § 6;  Laws 2003, LB 46, § 29;  Laws 2007, LB83, § 5;  Laws 2019, LB340, § 6.
NE Code § 83-4,147 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,147 - Report; contents.

83-4,147.  Report; contents.An annual progress report shall be provided electronically to the Legislature ensuring that all programmatic objectives are being met. The report shall include an evaluation of the impact of the multi-treatment programs, including program costs, educational achievement, inmate disciplinary activity, probation release decisionmaking, and community reintegration on November 1 of the year following implementation.Source   Laws 1997, LB 882, § 7;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 217.
NE Code § 83-4,153 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,153 - Act, how cited.

83-4,153.  Act, how cited.Sections 83-4,153 to 83-4,165 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Correctional Health Care Services Act.Source Laws 2001, LB 154, § 1.
NE Code § 83-4,154 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,154 - Terms, defined.

83-4,154.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Nebraska Correctional Health Care Services Act:(1) Community standard of health care means medical care of the type, quality, and amount that any individual residing within the community in question could expect to receive in that community;(2) Department means the Department of Correctional Services;(3) Health care services means all medical care provided by or on behalf of the department to inmates and includes the practice of medicine and surgery, the practice of pharmacy, nursing care, dental care, optometric care, audiological care, physical therapy, mental health care, and substance abuse counseling and treatment;(4) Inmate means an individual in the custody of the department; and(5) Medical doctor means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this state.Source Laws 2001, LB 154, § 2.
NE Code § 83-4,155 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,155 - Community standard of health care.

83-4,155.  Community standard of health care.In administering health care services, the department shall provide a community standard of health care to all inmates.Source Laws 2001, LB 154, § 3.
NE Code § 83-4,156 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,156 - Medical director; appointment.

83-4,156.  Medical director; appointment.The Director of Correctional Services shall appoint a medical director for the department who shall be a medical doctor. The medical director shall be a person familiar with principles of quality assurance and internal credentialing procedures and shall be under the sole immediate supervision of the Director of Correctional Services.Source Laws 2001, LB 154, § 4.
NE Code § 83-4,158 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,158 - Internal credentialing program.

83-4,158.  Internal credentialing program.The internal credentialing program shall include for each health care staff member being considered for employment or retention (1) an investigation of the history of the health care staff member using (a) when possible, the national practitioner data bank under the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. 11101 et seq., as such act existed on September 1, 2001, and (b) contacts with prior employers of the health care staff member and (2) confirmation of all professional permits, licenses, or other authorizations to practice of the health care staff member. The medical director shall maintain a credentialing file for all health care staff members employed by the department. The medical director shall ensure the recredentialing of each health care staff member employed by the department every two years.Source Laws 2001, LB 154, § 6.
NE Code § 83-4,159 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,159 - Health care personnel and clinics; requirements.

83-4,159.  Health care personnel and clinics; requirements.(1) In assigning health care staff to the correctional facilities under the control of the department, the medical director shall ensure that each facility has at least one designated medical doctor on call at all times and that each facility housing more than five hundred inmates has at least one full-time medical doctor assigned to that facility as his or her primary employment location.(2) The medical director shall establish an acute care clinic in each of the correctional facilities and ensure that each clinic is staffed by at least one medical doctor, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse practicing under and in accordance with his or her respective certification act.(3) The medical director shall establish chronic care clinics to provide health care services to inmates with chronic disease conditions, including diabetes and hypertension.(4) The medical director shall establish a human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome chronic care clinic which shall provide for the relevant treatment, counseling, and education of inmates who are known to be infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.Source  Laws 2001, LB 154, § 7;  Laws 2005, LB 256, § 99.
NE Code § 83-4,160 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,160 - Medical treatment protocols.

83-4,160.  Medical treatment protocols.All medical treatment protocols developed, approved, and implemented by the department shall be based upon a community standard of health care. When applicable, these medical treatment protocols shall emphasize the need to maintain the continuity of any previously prescribed drugs, devices, or biologicals and treatment regimens that inmates are subject to when they enter the custody of the department. The medical director shall establish a mechanism for the periodic systematic review of all existing medical treatment protocols. All deviations from the approved medical treatment protocols shall be thoroughly documented by the department's health care staff and shall be systematically reviewed by the department's peer review and quality assurance panel.Source Laws 2001, LB 154, § 8.
NE Code § 83-4,161 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,161 - Communicable diseases; medical treatment protocols.

83-4,161.  Communicable diseases; medical treatment protocols.In developing medical treatment protocols for the clinics, the medical director shall define the circumstances under which chronically ill inmates should return to the chronic care clinics for check-ups and when appointments should be made for chronically ill inmates to next be examined by health care staff. In developing and implementing medical treatment protocols for clinics for the detection and treatment of communicable diseases, the medical director shall ensure that the medical treatment protocols include:(1) Provisions allowing for the routine immunization against communicable diseases of all inmates upon entering the custody of the department;(2) Provisions requiring each inmate to be screened for communicable diseases, including (a) human immunodeficiency virus, (b) hepatitis A virus, (c) hepatitis B virus, (d) hepatitis C virus, (e) tuberculosis, and (f) sexually transmitted diseases, when the inmate enters into the custody of the department;(3) Provisions requiring each inmate to be screened for (a) human immunodeficiency virus, unless previously tested positive, (b) hepatitis B virus, unless previously tested positive, (c) hepatitis C virus, unless previously tested positive, (d) tuberculosis, unless tested within the immediately preceding year or previously tested positive, and (e) sexually transmitted diseases, when the inmate leaves the custody of the department. No such screening shall be conducted without inmate consent;(4) Provisions requiring any inmate in the custody of the department found to be infected with any of the diseases referenced in subdivision (2) of this section, when medically indicated, to be immediately referred to an infectious disease specialist for appropriate treatment;(5) Provisions describing in detail those circumstances when it is medically desirable, because of risk to other noninfected inmates, to segregate, on an individual basis, any inmate found to be infected with the human immunodeficiency virus and also describing those circumstances when there is no longer a perceived medical need to continue the segregation of such an inmate;(6) Provisions requiring that all health care staff who provide health care services be screened for communicable diseases, including (a) human immunodeficiency virus, (b) hepatitis A virus, (c) hepatitis B virus, and (d) hepatitis C virus, upon their entry into the employment of the department, and that all health care staff also be screened annually for tuberculosis; and(7) Provisions allowing for employees of the department who come into immediate personal contact with the inmates to be immunized for hepatitis B virus.Source  Laws 2001, LB 154, § 9;  Laws 2005, LB 320, § 1.
NE Code § 83-4,162 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,162 - Drugs; medical treatment protocols.

83-4,162.  Drugs; medical treatment protocols.The medical director shall develop and implement medical treatment protocols regarding the use of drugs, devices, or biologicals for the treatment of inmates and shall ensure that those protocols are consistent with a community standard of health care. In developing these protocols, the medical director shall ensure that the medical treatment protocols include:(1) Provisions requiring that only the relevant health care staff is involved in determining the number and dosages of the drugs, devices, or biologicals to be received by inmates under their care;(2) Provisions establishing a system for monitoring the administration of drugs, devices, or biologicals to ensure that all prescribed drugs, devices, or biologicals are made available to the inmates; and(3) Provisions establishing a system for monitoring and removing expired drugs, devices, or biologicals within the department's medication inventory which conforms with the requirements of section 71-2413.Source Laws 2001, LB 154, § 10.
NE Code § 83-4,163 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,163 - Surgical procedures; medical treatment protocols.

83-4,163.  Surgical procedures; medical treatment protocols.The medical director shall develop and implement medical treatment protocols for common surgical procedures. In developing these protocols, the medical director shall ensure that the medical treatment protocols include:(1) Provisions defining procedures that are considered to be major surgery;(2) Provisions requiring that all inmates needing major surgery are referred to appropriate specialists and facilities outside of the department for that surgery;(3) Provisions requiring the implementation of pain management measures within an appropriate time after the completion of surgical procedures;(4) Provisions requiring that all decisions by the health care staff regarding whether or not surgery should be performed are based on a community standard of health care; and(5) Provisions requiring the health care staff to carefully document the rationale for each of their decisions to resort to surgery or to refrain from surgery as a treatment option.Source Laws 2001, LB 154, § 11.
NE Code § 83-4,164 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,164 - Peer review and quality assurance program.

83-4,164.  Peer review and quality assurance program.The peer review and quality assurance program developed and implemented by the medical director shall provide for the ongoing review of the quality of health care services. This peer review and quality assurance program shall be carried out by a peer review and quality assurance panel comprised of medical doctors providing health care services and such other health care staff as the department designates. The peer review and quality assurance program shall be conducted through regular periodic meetings of the peer review and quality assurance panel for the purpose of examining issues pertaining to the quality of health care services. The peer review and quality assurance panel shall also conduct a regular review of selected cases arising in order to identify, critique, and correct errors in the practices and procedures of the health care staff. The peer review and quality assurance panel shall also review (1) all cases in which there has been a death of an inmate and (2) all cases in which there have been deviations from the approved medical treatment protocols of the department. The medical director shall develop and implement a procedure for the direct feedback to the peer review and quality assurance panel of inmate complaints and other information from inmates pertaining to health care services. A permanent record of the meetings and deliberations of the peer review and quality assurance panel shall be maintained, but the records and all other evidence pertaining directly to the deliberations of the peer review and quality assurance panel are not subject to discovery in any civil action arising out of the health care services provided by or on behalf of the department.Source Laws 2001, LB 154, § 12.
NE Code § 83-4,165 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-4,165 - Medical program; accreditation.

83-4,165.  Medical program; accreditation.The department shall seek accreditation of its medical program by the American Correctional Association Commission on Accreditation for Corrections.Source Laws 2001, LB 154, § 13.
NE Code § 83-601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-601 - Transferred to section 76-725.

83-601.  Transferred to section 76-725.
NE Code § 83-802 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-802 - Chief executive officer of Department of Health and Human Services; duties.

83-802.  Chief executive officer of Department of Health and Human Services; duties.Pursuant to the compact as provided in section 83-801, the chief executive officer of the Department of Health and Human Services or such person as the chief executive officer may designate shall be the compact administrator and shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrator is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies, and officers of and in the government of this state and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this state thereunder.Source   Laws 1969, c. 556, § 2, p. 2271;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 957;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 806.
NE Code § 83-803 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-803 - Compact administrator; powers.

83-803.  Compact administrator; powers.The compact administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to Articles VII and XI of the compact. In the event that such supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this state or require or contemplate the provision of any service by this state, no such agreement shall have force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction said institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service.Source  Laws 1969, c. 556, § 3, p. 2271.
NE Code § 83-804 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-804 - Compact administrator; arrange for payments to discharge financial obligations.

83-804.  Compact administrator; arrange for payments to discharge financial obligations.The compact administrator, with the approval of the state budget officer and the Governor, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder.Source  Laws 1969, c. 556, § 4, p. 2271.
NE Code § 83-805 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-805 - Compact administrator; consult with family of proposed transferee; transfer; approval of court.

83-805.  Compact administrator; consult with family of proposed transferee; transfer; approval of court.The compact administrator is hereby directed to consult with the immediate family of any proposed transferee and, in the case of a proposed transferee from an institution in this state to an institution in another party state, to take no final action without the approval of the court of commitment if the proposed transferee is in a state institution or facility pursuant to an order of a court.Source  Laws 1969, c. 556, § 5, p. 2271.
NE Code § 83-806 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-806 - Secretary of State; authorized copies; distribution.

83-806.  Secretary of State; authorized copies; distribution.Duly authorized copies of sections 83-801 to 83-806 shall, upon their approval be transmitted by the Secretary of State to the Governor of each state, the Attorney General and the Administrator of General Services of the United States, and the Council of State Governments.Source  Laws 1969, c. 556, § 6, p. 2272.