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NE Code § 68-1728 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1728 - Services for families and children; legislative findings and declarations.

68-1728.  Services for families and children; legislative findings and declarations.(1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) The family is the cornerstone of society; (b) families have the primary responsibility for supporting their children; and (c) families require the support of their community and the state to fulfill their duties.(2) The Legislature further finds that: (a) Many state initiatives for improving or reforming the systems of service delivery for children and their families have been identified and are underway within Nebraska; (b) there is a need to coordinate and promote communication in these initiatives to identify common visions and approaches and to establish linkages across the areas of health services, social services, family support services, mental health services, education, economic development, labor, and juvenile justice at the state level and the community level; and (c) these initiatives need continued support in order to empower communities and families to provide and promote an integrated, efficient, and effective service delivery system.(3) The Legislature declares that it shall be the policy of the State of Nebraska (a) to promote the development of a statewide system of comprehensive, coordinated, family-centered, community-based, and culturally competent services for children and their families to assure that services help build strong families and provide appropriate environments for children and (b) that these services should be available, accessible, and equitable and, whenever possible, be located together.Source  Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 28.
NE Code § 68-1731 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1731 - Family services; legislative intent.

68-1731.  Family services; legislative intent.The Legislature recognizes that parents should continue to have the primary responsibility for meeting the needs of their children but that if a family requires services it should be able to receive services which are available, accessible, and equitable. It is the intent of the Legislature that such services should be coordinated between agencies serving common populations and that whenever possible a plan should be implemented for location of services together to provide consistent, efficient, and effective services.Source  Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 31.
NE Code § 68-1732 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1732 - Integrated programs and policies; legislative intent.

68-1732.  Integrated programs and policies; legislative intent.It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Health and Human Services, the State Department of Education, the Department of Labor, the Office of Probation Administration, the Department of Correctional Services, and the Department of Economic Development will have integrated programs and policies when serving a common customer. Organizational mergers and operating agreements shall be developed within state government which bring together the state's community-based child-serving and family-serving resources in the areas of health care services, social services, mental health services, developmental disabilities services, juvenile justice, and education. Such actions shall eliminate the need for the public to understand the differing roles, responsibilities, and services of the agencies enumerated in this section and their affiliates.Source   Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 32;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 365;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 291.
NE Code § 68-1733 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1733 - Planning process; state agencies; duty to establish.

68-1733.  Planning process; state agencies; duty to establish.The state agencies enumerated in section 68-1732 shall establish a planning process to:(1) Assist communities in joining together to assess their resources and strengths;(2) Assess what services are needed in participating communities and coordinate how such services should be developed and provided;(3) Identify and support a plan for location of related human services and agencies together;(4) Identify human services that already exist and decide how to coordinate such services most efficiently;(5) Link existing planning processes;(6) Promote decategorization of selected federal and state programs to bring about greater cohesiveness and flexibility when locating services together; and(7) Cooperate and coordinate with building owners and other business owners in the community to assess the most efficient way to locate or relocate agencies.Source  Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 33.
NE Code § 68-1734 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1734 - Application process; legislative intent; common assessment tool.

68-1734.  Application process; legislative intent; common assessment tool.It is the intent of the Legislature that the agencies enumerated in section 68-1732, whenever possible, shall develop a uniform, consolidated, and streamlined application process for all programs serving children and families. The application process shall be electronically linked so families will not have to repeat the application process. The state shall assist communities and eliminate barriers in developing a common application form and make the form available across the state. The application process shall provide for common data collection, intake, referral, and assessment and shall be ongoing. A single common assessment tool shall be developed which captures information once for use in making the full range of state, local, and community support available as part of the cash assistance program established under the Welfare Reform Act.Source  Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 34.
NE Code § 68-1735 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1735 - Creating self-sufficiency contract and meeting work activity requirement; applicant under twenty years of age; activities authorized.

68-1735.  Creating self-sufficiency contract and meeting work activity requirement; applicant under twenty years of age; activities authorized.For purposes of creating the self-sufficiency contract and meeting the applicant's work activity requirement, an applicant who is under twenty years of age and is married or a single head of household is deemed to have met the work activity requirement in a month if he or she:(1) Maintains satisfactory attendance during such month at secondary school, a general education development program, or the equivalent; or(2) Participates in education directly related to employment for an average of at least twenty hours per week during such month. Education directly related to employment includes, but is not limited to, Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language, and a general education development program.Source Laws 2012, LB507, § 2.
NE Code § 68-1735.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1735.01 - Creating self-sufficiency contract and meeting work activity requirement; applicant; activities authorized.

68-1735.01.  Creating self-sufficiency contract and meeting work activity requirement; applicant; activities authorized.(1) For purposes of this section, target work rate means fifty percent less the caseload reduction credit submitted by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for the fiscal year.(2) For purposes of creating the self-sufficiency contract and meeting the applicant's work activity requirement, an applicant shall be deemed to have met the work activity requirement in a month if he or she is engaged in education directly related to employment for an average of at least twenty hours per week during such month. Education directly related to employment includes, but is not limited to, Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language, and a general education development program.(3) No state funds shall be used to carry out this section unless such state funds meet the definition of qualified state expenditures under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, 42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i).(4) If Nebraska's work participation rate under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq., does not exceed the target work rate by ten percentage points in any month, the Department of Health and Human Services may suspend the requirements of subsection (2) of this section until the work participation rate exceeds the target work rate by ten percentage points for three consecutive months.Source  Laws 2012, LB507, § 3;  Laws 2013, LB240, § 1.
NE Code § 68-1735.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1735.02 - Department of Health and Human Services; report; contents.

68-1735.02.  Department of Health and Human Services; report; contents.The Department of Health and Human Services shall submit electronically an annual report to the Legislature on October 1 on the following:(1) The number of persons on a quarterly basis participating in a self-sufficiency contract who are engaged in one of the following activities:(a) An associate degree program;(b) A vocational education program not leading to an associate degree;(c) Postsecondary education other than a program described in subdivision (1)(a) or (b) of this section;(d) Adult Basic Education;(e) English as a Second Language; or(f) A general education development program; and(2) The number of persons participating in a self-sufficiency contract who obtain or maintain employment for six months, twelve months, eighteen months, and twenty-four months after such persons are no longer eligible for cash assistance due to obtaining employment.Source  Laws 2012, LB507, § 4;  Laws 2013, LB222, § 23.
NE Code § 68-1735.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1735.03 - Legislative intent.

68-1735.03.  Legislative intent.It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Health and Human Services carry out the requirements of sections 68-1735 to 68-1735.02 within the limits of its annual appropriation.Source Laws 2012, LB507, § 5.
NE Code § 68-1738 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1738 - Department of Health and Human Services; duty.

68-1738.  Department of Health and Human Services; duty.The Department of Health and Human Services shall make state funds available which are appropriated to meet the needs of people living on tribal lands or in tribal service areas as defined in section 43-1503 if the people residing on tribal lands or in tribal services areas choose to operate their own welfare reform programs.Source Laws 1999, LB 475, § 2.
NE Code § 68-1801 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1801 - Act, how cited.

68-1801.  Act, how cited.Sections 68-1801 to 68-1809 shall be known and may be cited as the ICF/DD Reimbursement Protection Act.Source  Laws 2004, LB 841, § 2;  Laws 2013, LB23, § 16.
NE Code § 68-1802 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1802 - Terms, defined.

68-1802.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the ICF/DD Reimbursement Protection Act:(1) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services;(2) Intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities has the definition found in section 71-421;(3) Medical assistance program means the program established pursuant to the Medical Assistance Act; and(4) Net revenue means the revenue paid to an intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities for resident care, room, board, and services less contractual adjustments and does not include revenue from sources other than operations, including, but not limited to, interest and guest meals.Source  Laws 2004, LB 841, § 3;  Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 72;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 292;  Laws 2013, LB23, § 17. Cross References  Medical Assistance Act, see section 68-901.
NE Code § 68-1803 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1803 - Tax; rate; collection; report.

68-1803.  Tax; rate; collection; report.(1) Each intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities shall pay a tax equal to a percentage of its net revenue for the most recent State of Nebraska fiscal year. The percentage shall be (a) six percent prior to January 1, 2008, (b) five and one-half percent beginning January 1, 2008, through September 30, 2011, and (c) six percent beginning October 1, 2011.(2) Taxes collected under this section shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the ICF/DD Reimbursement Protection Fund.(3) Taxes collected pursuant to this section shall be reported on a separate line on the cost report of the intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities, regardless of how such costs are reported on any other cost report or income statement. The department shall recognize such tax as an allowable cost within the state plan for reimbursement of intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities which participate in the medical assistance program. The tax shall be a direct pass-through and shall not be subject to cost limitations.Source  Laws 2004, LB 841, § 4;  Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 73;  Laws 2007, LB292, § 2;  Laws 2013, LB23, § 18.
NE Code § 68-1805 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1805 - State medicaid plan; application for amendment; tax; when due.

68-1805.  State medicaid plan; application for amendment; tax; when due.(1) On or before July 1, 2004, the department shall submit an application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services amending the state medicaid plan to provide for utilization of money in the ICF/DD Reimbursement Protection Fund to increase medicaid payments to intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities.(2) The tax imposed under section 68-1803 is not due and payable until such amendment to the state medicaid plan is approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.Source  Laws 2004, LB 841, § 6;  Laws 2013, LB23, § 20.
NE Code § 68-1806 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1806 - Collection of tax; discontinued; when; effect.

68-1806.  Collection of tax; discontinued; when; effect.(1) Until July 1, 2014:(a) Collection of the tax imposed by section 68-1803 shall be discontinued if:(i) The amendment to the state medicaid plan described in section 68-1805 is disapproved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;(ii) The department reduces rates paid to intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities to an amount less than the rates effective September 1, 2003; or(iii) The department or any other state agency attempts to utilize the money in the ICF/DD Reimbursement Protection Fund for any use other than uses permitted pursuant to the ICF/DD Reimbursement Protection Act; and(b) If collection of the tax is discontinued as provided in subdivision (a) of this subsection, all money in the fund shall be returned to the intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities from which the tax was collected on the same basis as the tax was assessed.(2) Beginning on July 1, 2014:(a) The department shall discontinue collection of the tax provided for in section 68-1803:(i) If federal financial participation to match the payments by intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities pursuant to section 68-1803 becomes unavailable under federal law or the rules and regulations of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; or(ii) If money in the ICF/DD Reimbursement Protection Fund is appropriated, transferred, or otherwise expended for any use other than uses permitted pursuant to the ICF/DD Reimbursement Protection Act; and(b) If collection of the tax provided for in section 68-1803 is discontinued as provided in subdivision (a) of this subsection, the money in the ICF/DD Reimbursement Protection Fund shall be returned to the intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities from which the tax was collected on the same basis as collected.Source  Laws 2004, LB 841, § 7;  Laws 2013, LB23, § 21.
NE Code § 68-1806.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1806.01 - Tax; use.

68-1806.01.  Tax; use.The department shall collect the tax provided for in section 68-1803 and remit the tax to the State Treasurer for credit to the ICF/DD Reimbursement Protection Fund. Beginning July 1, 2014, no proceeds from the tax provided for in section 68-1803, including the federal match, shall be placed in the General Fund unless otherwise provided in the ICF/DD Reimbursement Protection Act.Source Laws 2013, LB23, § 22.
NE Code § 68-1807 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1807 - Failure to pay tax; penalty.

68-1807.  Failure to pay tax; penalty.(1) An intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities that fails to pay the tax required by section 68-1803 shall be subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars per day of delinquency. The total amount of the penalty assessed under this section shall not exceed five percent of the tax due from the intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities for the year for which the tax is assessed.(2) The department shall collect the penalties and remit them to the State Treasurer for distribution in accordance with Article VII, section 5, of the Constitution of Nebraska.Source  Laws 2004, LB 841, § 8;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 293;  Laws 2013, LB23, § 23.
NE Code § 68-1808 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1808 - Refund; procedure.

68-1808.  Refund; procedure.An intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities that has paid a tax that is not required by section 68-1803 may file a claim for refund with the department. The department may by rule and regulation establish procedures for filing and consideration of such claims.Source  Laws 2004, LB 841, § 9;  Laws 2013, LB23, § 24.
NE Code § 68-1809 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1809 - Rules and regulations.

68-1809.  Rules and regulations.The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the ICF/DD Reimbursement Protection Act.Source  Laws 2004, LB 841, § 10;  Laws 2013, LB23, § 25.
NE Code § 68-1901 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1901 - Act, how cited.

68-1901.  Act, how cited.Sections 68-1901 to 68-1930 shall be known and may be cited as the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Assessment Act.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 1.
NE Code § 68-1902 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1902 - Definitions, where found.

68-1902.  Definitions, where found.For purposes of the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Assessment Act, the definitions found in sections 68-1903 to 68-1916 apply.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 2.
NE Code § 68-1903 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1903 - Bed-hold day, defined.

68-1903.  Bed-hold day, defined.Bed-hold day means a day during which a bed is kept open pursuant to the bed-hold policy of the nursing facility or skilled nursing facility which permits a resident to return to the facility and resume residence in the facility after a transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 3.
NE Code § 68-1904 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1904 - Continuing care retirement community, defined.

68-1904.  Continuing care retirement community, defined.Continuing care retirement community means an operational entity or related organization which, under a life care contract, provides a continuum of services, including, but not limited to, independent living, assisted-living, nursing facility, and skilled nursing facility services within the same or a contiguous municipality as defined in section 18-2410.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 4.
NE Code § 68-1905 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1905 - Department, defined.

68-1905.  Department, defined.Department means the Department of Health and Human Services.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 5.
NE Code § 68-1906 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1906 - Gross inpatient revenue, defined.

68-1906.  Gross inpatient revenue, defined.Gross inpatient revenue means the revenue paid to a nursing facility or skilled nursing facility for inpatient resident care, room, board, and services less contractual adjustments, bad debt, and revenue from sources other than operations, including, but not limited to, interest, guest meals, gifts, and grants.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 6.
NE Code § 68-1907 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1907 - Hospital, defined.

68-1907.  Hospital, defined.Hospital has the meaning found in section 71-419.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 7.
NE Code § 68-1908 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1908 - Life care contract, defined.

68-1908.  Life care contract, defined.Life care contract means a contract between a continuing care retirement community and a resident of such community or his or her legal representative which:(1) Includes each of the following express promises:(a) The community agrees to provide services at any level along the continuum of care levels offered by the community;(b) The base room fee will not increase as a resident transitions among levels of care, excluding any services or items upon which both parties initially agreed; and(c) If the resident outlives and exhausts resources to pay for services, the community will continue to provide services at a reduced price or free of charge to the resident, excluding any payments from medicare, the medical assistance program, or a private insurance policy for which the resident is eligible and the community is certified or otherwise qualified to receive; and(2) Requires the resident to agree to pay an entry fee to the community and to remain in the community for a minimum length of time subject to penalties against the entry fee.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 8.
NE Code § 68-1909 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1909 - Medical assistance program, defined.

68-1909.  Medical assistance program, defined.Medical assistance program means the medical assistance program established pursuant to the Medical Assistance Act.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 9.Cross References  Medical Assistance Act, see section 68-901.
NE Code § 68-1910 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1910 - Medicare day, defined.

68-1910.  Medicare day, defined.Medicare day means any day of resident stay funded by medicare as the payment source and includes a day funded under Medicare Part A, under a Medicare Advantage or special needs plan, or under medicare hospice.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 10.
NE Code § 68-1911 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1911 - Medicare upper payment limit, defined.

68-1911.  Medicare upper payment limit, defined.Medicare upper payment limit means the limitation established by 42 C.F.R. 447.272 establishing a maximum amount of payment for services under the medical assistance program to nursing facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and hospitals.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 11.
NE Code § 68-1912 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-1912 - Nursing facility, defined.

68-1912.  Nursing facility, defined.Nursing facility has the meaning found in section 71-424.Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 12.