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NE Code § 68-130 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-130 - Counties; maintain office and service facilities; review by department.

68-130.  Counties; maintain office and service facilities; review by department.(1) Counties shall maintain, at no additional cost to the Department of Health and Human Services, office and service facilities used for the administration of the public assistance programs as such facilities existed on April 1, 1983.(2) The county board of any county may request in writing that the department review office and service facilities provided by the county for the department to determine if the department is able to reduce or eliminate office and service facilities within the county. The department shall respond in writing to such request within thirty days after receiving the request. The final decision with respect to maintaining, reducing, or eliminating office and service facilities in such county shall be made by the department, and the county may reduce or eliminate office and service facilities if authorized by such final decision.Source   Laws 1982, LB 602, § 5;   Laws 1983, LB 604, § 21;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 289;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 238;  Laws 2011, LB234, § 1.
NE Code § 68-131 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-131 - Poor person; support by county; when eligible.

68-131.  Poor person; support by county; when eligible.When any poor person does not have a spouse, parent, or stepparent supporting him or her or is not eligible for other general assistance programs, the poor person shall receive such relief, referred to as general assistance for purposes of sections 68-131 to 68-148, out of the treasury of the county in which he or she has legal settlement at the time of applying for assistance, in the manner provided in sections 68-131 to 68-148. Any person who is or becomes ineligible for other general assistance programs due to his or her own actions or inactions shall also be ineligible for general assistance from the county.Source   Laws 1983, LB 604, § 1;   Laws 1995, LB 455, § 4.
NE Code § 68-132 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-132 - County board; duties.

68-132.  County board; duties.The county board of each county shall be the overseer of the poor and shall be vested with the superintendence of the poor in such county. It shall be the duty of the county board to provide general assistance to all poor persons (1) who meet the requirements contained in section 68-131 and who are eligible for general assistance pursuant to standards established by the county board as required by section 68-133 or (2) who are eligible for and participate in a program established pursuant to section 68-152. Such general assistance shall be in amounts established by the county board as required by section 68-133 and shall be adequate to insure maintenance of minimum health and decency.Source   Laws 1983, LB 604, § 2;   Laws 1990, LB 422, § 6.
NE Code § 68-133 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-133 - County; adopt standards; requirements.

68-133.  County; adopt standards; requirements.Each county shall, not later than July 1, 1984, adopt written standards of eligibility and assistance for general assistance to poor persons. Such standards shall:(1) Provide that all individuals desiring to make application for general assistance shall have opportunity to do so and that general assistance shall be furnished to all eligible individuals:(a) Within seven days after the submission of the application if the need is short-term; and(b) Within thirty days after the submission of the application if the need is continuous;(2) Provide a schedule of goods and services necessary for the maintenance of minimum decency and health for families of various sizes, including single persons. Such schedule shall include, but not be limited to, food, housing, utilities, clothing, medical expenses, burial expenses, laundry, transportation, housing supplies, personal care, and such other goods and services as the county board shall deem necessary to insure the maintenance of minimum health and decency;(3) Provide a schedule setting forth the amount of money needed to obtain those goods and services referred to in subdivision (2) of this section;(4) Provide a schedule setting forth the amount of money to be paid to families and individuals who are in need of those goods and services when:(a) That need is continuous; and(b) That need is short-term;(5) Provide a schedule of the income and assets which shall be considered as being available to a family or individual and which shall guarantee that only such income and assets as are in the immediate possession and control of the family or person shall be considered as available;(6) Include a definition of poor persons which will insure that all families and individuals whose available income and assets, as set forth pursuant to subdivision (5) of this section, are less than those determined to be necessary pursuant to subdivisions (2) and (3) of this section will be eligible to receive general assistance; and(7) Designate whether the county board or a class of employees in the county shall hold and conduct the hearings of aggrieved persons as required by sections 68-139 to 68-141.Source  Laws 1983, LB 604, § 3.Annotations The Nebraska general assistance statutes obligate each county to provide to all income-eligible persons, whether or not they are residents of that county, the minimum level of care which the county has undertaken pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. Salts v. Lancaster Cty., 269 Neb. 948, 697 N.W.2d 289 (2005).
NE Code § 68-134 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-134 - Standards; review; filing; availability.

68-134.  Standards; review; filing; availability.The standards established pursuant to section 68-133 and all amendments to such standards shall be reviewed by the county on a biennial basis to insure that such standards reflect changes in living standards and costs-of-living. A copy of all standards and amendments to such standards shall be filed with the Department of Health and Human Services within thirty days after their adoption by the county. Upon request of a county board, the Department of Health and Human Services shall assist the board in developing standards or amendments. Each county shall make a copy of its standards and amendments available for public inspection during normal business hours.Source   Laws 1983, LB 604, § 4;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 290.
NE Code § 68-135 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-135 - Standards; hearing and notice.

68-135.  Standards; hearing and notice.No county shall adopt standards or amendments to such standards pursuant to section 68-133 or 68-134 without first holding a public hearing to permit discussion and the presentation of testimony or evidence by interested persons. Notice of such hearing shall be published not more than twenty days nor less than ten days prior to the hearing in a newspaper in general circulation throughout the county.Source  Laws 1983, LB 604, § 5.
NE Code § 68-136 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-136 - Failure to adopt or review standards; judicial review.

68-136.  Failure to adopt or review standards; judicial review.A county board's failure to adopt standards or to review standards as required by sections 68-131 to 68-148 may be reviewed by the district court of the county in an action in mandamus.Source  Laws 1983, LB 604, § 6.
NE Code § 68-137 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-137 - Repayment; when required.

68-137.  Repayment; when required.No county shall require a person to make repayment or any other form of compensation for general assistance provided to such person pursuant to sections 68-131 to 68-148 if such general assistance was not obtained through misrepresentation or fraud, except that a county may require reimbursement for interim general assistance granted pending a determination of an applicant's eligibility for any supplemental security income program or other program of categorical assistance or pending the issuance of a lost or stolen categorical warrant.Source   Laws 1983, LB 604, § 7;   Laws 1984, LB 886, § 3.
NE Code § 68-138 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-138 - Assistance; denial; termination; reduction; notice; hearing.

68-138.  Assistance; denial; termination; reduction; notice; hearing.Any person whose application for assistance, made pursuant to section 68-104 or sections 68-131 to 68-148, is denied or whose continuing assistance is terminated or reduced shall, at the time of the denial, termination, or reduction, be given a written notice of the specific reasons for such denial, termination, or reduction. Such notice shall also inform the person of the right to a hearing to review the denial, termination, or reduction and the procedures for requesting such hearing.Source   Laws 1983, LB 604, § 8;   Laws 1984, LB 886, § 4.
NE Code § 68-139 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-139 - Hearing before county board or hearing examiner; when allowed.

68-139.  Hearing before county board or hearing examiner; when allowed.Any person whose claim for general assistance or medical services (1) has not been acted upon within the time established by section 68-133, (2) has been denied, (3) has not been granted in full, (4) has been reduced or terminated, or (5) has been suspended for failure to participate in a program established pursuant to section 68-152 may request a hearing on such action or inaction before the county board or, if the county board so delegates as allowed by section 68-133, before an employee of the county.Source   Laws 1983, LB 604, § 9;   Laws 1984, LB 886, § 5;   Laws 1990, LB 422, § 7.
NE Code § 68-140 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-140 - Hearing; rights of person requesting.

68-140.  Hearing; rights of person requesting.A person requesting a hearing pursuant to section 68-139 shall have the following rights:(1) To examine the county file pertaining to his or her case prior to and during the hearing;(2) To be represented in the proceedings by a lawyer, friend, relative, or anyone else he or she may select;(3) To present evidence; and(4) To confront and cross-examine witnesses.Source   Laws 1983, LB 604, § 10;   Laws 1984, LB 886, § 6.
NE Code § 68-141 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-141 - Hearing; procedure.

68-141.  Hearing; procedure.The county board or hearing examiner, as the case may be, shall use the following procedure for all hearings:(1) Tape-record the hearing;(2) Make a decision within thirty days following the hearing;(3) Make the decision based upon the evidence adduced and the law;(4) Provide the claimant a written copy of the decision setting forth findings and conclusions; and(5) Preserve the tape of the hearing and all exhibits offered at the hearing for not less than sixty days following entry of the hearing decision.Source  Laws 1983, LB 604, § 11.
NE Code § 68-142 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-142 - Judicial review; procedure.

68-142.  Judicial review; procedure.(1) Any person aggrieved by a decision rendered pursuant to sections 68-139 to 68-141 may obtain a review of such decision in the district court of the county.(2) Proceedings for review shall be instituted by filing a petition in the district court of the county where the decision was rendered within thirty days after service of the decision on the claimant. The county shall be made a party to the proceedings for review and summons shall be served as in other actions against a county. The court may permit other interested parties to intervene.(3) Within fifteen days after service of summons upon the county or within such further time as the court for good cause shown may allow, the county shall prepare and transmit to the court a certified transcript of the proceedings had before it, which transcript shall include the county's standards and all amendments regarding eligibility and assistance for general assistance, the transcribed hearing record, all exhibits offered at the hearing, and the final decision sought to be reversed, vacated, or modified.(4) The review shall be conducted by the court without a jury on the record of the county.(5) The court may affirm the decision, remand the case for further proceedings, or reverse or modify the decision if any substantial rights of the petitioner may have been prejudiced because the decision is:(a) In violation of constitutional provisions;(b) In excess of the statutory authority or jurisdiction of the county;(c) Made upon unlawful procedure;(d) Unsupported by competent, material, and substantial evidence in view of the entire record as made on review; or(e) Arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with the law.Source  Laws 1983, LB 604, § 12.
NE Code § 68-143 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-143 - Poor person; where chargeable.

68-143.  Poor person; where chargeable.Any person becoming chargeable as a poor person in this state shall be chargeable as such in the county in which he or she has established a legal settlement as defined in section 68-115.Source  Laws 1983, LB 604, § 13.
NE Code § 68-144 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-144 - Poor person; duties of county where found and county of legal settlement.

68-144.  Poor person; duties of county where found and county of legal settlement.If any person shall become chargeable in any county in which he or she has not established a legal settlement at the time of applying for aid, he or she shall be duly taken care of by the proper authority of the county where he or she may be found. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county board to send a notice by mail to the clerk of the county board of the county in which such poor person has a legal settlement that such person has become chargeable as a poor person, and requesting the authorities of such county to promptly remove such poor person and to pay the expense accrued in taking care of him or her.Source  Laws 1983, LB 604, § 14.
NE Code § 68-145 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-145 - Poor person; county where found; action to recover costs; when authorized.

68-145.  Poor person; county where found; action to recover costs; when authorized.If a poor person, by reason of sickness or disease, or by neglect of the authorities of the county in which he or she has a legal settlement, or for any other sufficient cause, cannot be removed, then the county taking charge of such individual may sue for, and recover from the county to which such individual belongs, the amount expended for and in behalf of such poor person and in taking care of such person.Source  Laws 1983, LB 604, § 15.
NE Code § 68-146 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-146 - Nonresident poor person; general assistance; legal settlement verified; assurances.

68-146.  Nonresident poor person; general assistance; legal settlement verified; assurances.Whenever any poor person without a legal settlement in this state shall become sick in any county in this state, not having income and assets available to pay for medical services, or whenever any poor person without a legal settlement in this state is found in distress in any county in this state and is without income and assets to preclude suffering, it shall be the duty of the county board to furnish such temporary assistance to such person as it shall deem necessary. If any such person shall die, the county board shall provide all necessary means for a decent burial of such person. If such poor person has a legal settlement in another state, the county board may furnish such person, in addition to temporary assistance, transportation and the requisite expenses incurred thereby and may return such poor person to the state in which he or she has legal settlement. The representation by a poor person of a legal settlement shall be verified by the county board and assurance shall be given the board that such poor person will be received and given care in the place of his or her legal settlement. If any poor person without a legal settlement in this state shall apply for general assistance in any county in which he or she is situated, the county board may proceed at its discretion to provide for such poor person in the same manner as it would provide for a poor person with legal settlement in the county.Source  Laws 1983, LB 604, § 16.
NE Code § 68-147 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-147 - County, when liable.

68-147.  County, when liable.Even though a poor person may be eligible for general assistance, the county board shall have no liability to such person until the county board or the person to whom it has delegated responsibility for administration of general assistance shall have passed upon a written application for assistance or shall have failed to act upon the written application within the appropriate time prescribed in section 68-133. If a poor person is incapable, for any cause, of completing a written application for assistance, it may be completed by another acting in the interest of such poor person.Source  Laws 1983, LB 604, § 17.
NE Code § 68-148 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-148 - General assistance; not alienable; exception.

68-148.  General assistance; not alienable; exception.No general assistance shall be alienable by assignment or transfer, or be subject to attachment, garnishment, or any other legal process, except that a county may pay general assistance directly to any person, corporation, or other legal entity providing goods or services, as described in section 68-133, to the poor person.Source  Laws 1983, LB 604, § 18.
NE Code § 68-149 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-149 - Reimbursement to county; when; procedure.

68-149.  Reimbursement to county; when; procedure.The county shall be reimbursed for any medical assistance or health services by the spouse, father, or mother of any recipient if they or any of them are of sufficient ability. A proceeding may be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state against such relative for reimbursement of medical care or health services made to or on behalf of a recipient at any time prior to the expiration of one year after the date of the last assistance payment. Suit shall be instituted in the name of the county.Source  Laws 1984, LB 886, § 7.
NE Code § 68-150 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-150 - Application; right of subrogation.

68-150.  Application; right of subrogation.An application for county general assistance or for county health services shall give a right of subrogation to the county furnishing such aid. Subject to sections 68-921 to 68-925, subrogation shall include every claim or right which the applicant may have against a third party when such right or claim involves money for medical care. The third party shall be liable to make payments directly to the county as soon as he or she is notified in writing of the valid claim for subrogation under this section.Source   Laws 1984, LB 886, § 8;   Laws 1988, LB 419, § 12;   Laws 1989, LB 362, § 5;  Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 68.
NE Code § 68-151 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-151 - Employable recipients; legislative findings.

68-151.  Employable recipients; legislative findings.The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the increase in the number of recipients of county general assistance funds by employable recipients is a cause of great concern among county governments. County officials realize that a part of the recent increase in recipients was caused by the recent economic recession, especially in the rural areas of the state. Recognizing such increase and some of its causes, county officials wish to establish a program designed to encourage employable recipients to enroll in county-approved vocational, rehabilitation, or job training programs or to require employable recipients to perform community service in exchange for county general assistance. The establishment of such a program will result in more persons leading productive lives, less unemployment, and savings for the taxpayers of the state.Source   Laws 1990, LB 422, § 1;   Laws 1991, LB 227, § 1.
NE Code § 68-152 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-152 - Employable recipients; programs authorized.

68-152.  Employable recipients; programs authorized.A county may develop, establish, and implement vocational, rehabilitation, job training, and community service programs for employable recipients.Source   Laws 1990, LB 422, § 2;   Laws 1991, LB 227, § 2.
NE Code § 68-153 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-153 - Employable recipients; terms, defined.

68-153.  Employable recipients; terms, defined.For purposes of sections 68-151 to 68-155:(1) Community service shall mean labor performed for a governmental agency, nonprofit corporation, or health care corporation;(2) Employable recipient shall mean any individual who is eighteen years of age or older, who is receiving county general assistance pursuant to sections 68-131 to 68-148, who is not engaged in full-time employment or satisfactorily participating in a county-approved vocational, rehabilitation, job training, or community service program, and who is not rendered unable to work by illness or significant and substantial mental or physical incapacitation to the degree and of the duration that the illness or incapacitation prevents the person from performing designated vocational, rehabilitation, job training, or community service activities;(3) Full-time employment shall mean being employed at least twenty-five hours per week and receiving wages, tips, and other compensation which meet the applicable federal minimum wage requirements; and(4) Job training program shall mean vocational training in technical job skills and equivalent knowledge.Source   Laws 1990, LB 422, § 3;   Laws 1991, LB 227, § 3;  Laws 2013, LB156, § 1.
NE Code § 68-154 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-154 - Employable recipients; rules and regulations.

68-154.  Employable recipients; rules and regulations.Any county which establishes a vocational, rehabilitation, job training, or community service program shall adopt and promulgate written rules and regulations to ensure fair and equitable treatment of employable recipients of general assistance.Source   Laws 1990, LB 422, § 4;   Laws 1991, LB 227, § 4.