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NE Code § 83-108 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-108 - Department of Health and Human Services; institutions controlled.

83-108.  Department of Health and Human Services; institutions controlled.The Department of Health and Human Services shall have oversight and general control of the Beatrice State Developmental Center, the hospitals for the mentally ill, such skilled nursing care and intermediate care facilities as may be established by the department, any facility operated and utilized as a youth rehabilitation and treatment center in compliance with state law, and all charitable institutions.Source   Laws 1913, c. 179, § 9, p. 537;   R.S.1913, § 7187;   C.S.1922, § 6838;   C.S.1929, § 83-109;   Laws 1935, c. 185, § 1, p. 685;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 83-109;   R.S.1943, § 83-108;   Laws 1949, c. 291, § 2, p. 994;   Laws 1959, c. 442, § 1, p. 1485;   Laws 1959, c. 418, § 13, p. 1405;   Laws 1959, c. 419, § 11, p. 1412;   Laws 1961, c. 416, § 14, p. 1270;   Laws 1963, c. 526, § 3, p. 1649;   Laws 1963, c. 528, § 3, p. 1656;   Laws 1969, c. 814, § 7, p. 3061;   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 20;   Laws 1973, LB 536, § 2;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 897;   Laws 1997, LB 396, § 23;  Laws 2017, LB340, § 21;  Laws 2020, LB1188, § 17.  Annotations The statutes which give the Court of Industrial Relations jurisdiction over public employees are not unconstitutional. American Fed. of S., C. & M. Emp. v. Department of Public Institutions, 195 Neb. 253, 237 N.W.2d 841 (1976).
NE Code § 83-108.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-108.02 - Director of Correctional Services; establish facilities and programs; assignment of prisoners; basis.

83-108.02.  Director of Correctional Services; establish facilities and programs; assignment of prisoners; basis.The Director of Correctional Services shall establish facilities and programs for persons committed to the Department of Correctional Services. The assignment to such programs shall be based on the evaluation and recommendation from the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center. The director shall not classify prisoners committed to the department into separate dwelling units solely on the basis of race; except that any prisoner may be isolated for insubordination, security, or rehabilitation.Source   Laws 1963, c. 528, § 6, p. 1657;   Laws 1967, c. 601, § 1, p. 2043;   Laws 1980, LB 794, § 1.
NE Code § 83-108.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-108.04 - Department of Health and Human Services; additional facilities for care of children.

83-108.04.  Department of Health and Human Services; additional facilities for care of children.(1) The Department of Health and Human Services also may use other public facilities or contract for the use of private facilities for the care and treatment of children in its legal custody who have been adjudged to be as described in subdivision (3)(a) of section 43-247. Placement of children in private or public facilities not under its jurisdiction shall not terminate the legal custody of the department. No state funds may be paid for care of a child in the home of a parent.(2) For children committed to the Office of Juvenile Services, the Department of Health and Human Services may use other public facilities operated by the Department of Health and Human Services for the care and treatment of such children or may contract for the use of space in another facility operated and utilized as a youth rehabilitation and treatment center in compliance with state law.Source   Laws 1967, c. 249, § 1, p. 659;   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 21;   Laws 1988, LB 790, § 33;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 898;  Laws 2013, LB265, § 49;  Laws 2020, LB1148, § 14;  Laws 2020, LB1188, § 18.
NE Code § 83-111 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-111 - Department of Health and Human Services; estimated appropriation; suggested improvements.

83-111.  Department of Health and Human Services; estimated appropriation; suggested improvements.The Department of Health and Human Services shall prepare an estimate of the appropriations necessary for the support and needed improvements of the institutions under its charge, and a report of their operation during the preceding biennium, for the use of the Legislature. The estimate shall be printed and may include a report of the results of investigation of methods of institution management and of treatment of patients and inmates, with suggestions for the betterment of any or all conditions.Source   Laws 1913, c. 179, § 17, p. 541;   R.S.1913, § 7195;   C.S.1922, § 6846;   C.S.1929, § 83-117;   R.S.1943, § 83-111;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 900.
NE Code § 83-112 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-112 - Department of Health and Human Services; collection of information; encouragement of scientific study; investigations.

83-112.  Department of Health and Human Services; collection of information; encouragement of scientific study; investigations.(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall gather information as to the expenditures of charitable institutions in this and other countries and regarding the best and most successful methods of caring for persons with an intellectual disability and persons with a mental disorder.(2) The Department of Health and Human Services shall encourage scientific investigation of the treatment of mental problems, epilepsy, and all other diseases and causes that contribute to mental disabilities by the medical staffs of the state medical institutions. The department shall provide forms for statistical returns to be made by the institutions. The department shall make an investigation of the conditions, causes, prevention, and cure of epilepsy, intellectual disability, and mental disorders. The department shall give special attention to the methods of care, treatment, education, and improvement of the persons served by the institutions under its control and shall exercise a careful supervision of the methods to the end that, so far as practicable, the best treatment and care known to modern science shall be given to such persons and that the best methods of teaching, improving, and educating such persons shall be used.Source   Laws 1913, c. 179, § 28, p. 547;   R.S.1913, § 7206;   C.S.1922, § 6857;   C.S.1929, § 83-128;   R.S.1943, § 83-112;   Laws 1955, c. 231, § 22, p. 728;   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 22;   Laws 1979, LB 322, § 62;   Laws 1981, LB 545, § 40;   Laws 1986, LB 1177, § 39;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 901;  Laws 2013, LB23, § 49.
NE Code § 83-113 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-113 - Department of Health and Human Services; examination of employees; investigation of alleged abuses; report.

83-113.  Department of Health and Human Services; examination of employees; investigation of alleged abuses; report.The Department of Health and Human Services may examine any of the officers, attendants, guards, and other employees and make such inquiries as will determine their fitness for their respective duties and shall investigate and report to the Governor any abuses or wrongs alleged to exist in the institution. The department shall also electronically submit any such report to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature.Source   Laws 1913, c. 179, § 18, p. 542;   R.S.1913, § 7196;   C.S.1922, § 6847;   C.S.1929, § 83-118;   R.S.1943, § 83-113;   Laws 1961, c. 416, § 16, p. 1271;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 902;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 780;  Laws 2020, LB1188, § 19.
NE Code § 83-114 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-114 - Department of Health and Human Services; investigatory powers; interference with investigation; penalty; privileges of witnesses; contempt.

83-114.  Department of Health and Human Services; investigatory powers; interference with investigation; penalty; privileges of witnesses; contempt.The Department of Health and Human Services shall have the power to summon and examine witnesses under oath, to examine books and papers pertaining to the subject under investigation, and to compel the production of such books and papers. Witnesses who are not employees of the state shall receive the same fees as witnesses in civil cases in the district court, and their fees shall be paid by vouchers. Any officer or employee who interferes in any manner with the department's official investigation shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be removed from his or her position, and be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. The claim that any testimony or evidence sought to be elicited or produced may tend to incriminate the person giving or producing it, or expose him or her to public ignominy, shall not excuse him or her from testifying or producing the evidence, but any evidence given by a witness at such an investigation shall not be used against him or her in a criminal prosecution. A witness shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury for testifying falsely at an investigation. It shall be the duty of the department to cause such testimony to be filed in the office of the department as soon thereafter as practicable, and such testimony shall be open for inspection. Any person failing to obey the orders of the department, issued under the provisions of this section, shall be reported by the department to the district court, or any judge thereof, and shall be dealt with by the court or judge as for contempt of court.Source   Laws 1913, c. 179, § 19, p. 542;   R.S.1913, § 7197;   C.S.1922, § 6848;   C.S.1929, § 83-119;   R.S.1943, § 83-114;   Laws 1961, c. 416, § 17, p. 1271;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 903;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 781. Cross References  For witness fees in district court, see section 33-139.
NE Code § 83-115 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-115 - Department of Health and Human Services; investigation; legislative committee; powers of committee.

83-115.  Department of Health and Human Services; investigation; legislative committee; powers of committee.The Department of Health and Human Services shall be prepared to give any information desired by the Legislature concerning the institutions under its control, and its administration shall be subject to examination under oath by a legislative committee, touching any matter in regard to which the Legislature may desire information concerning the condition of the institutions, their inmates, and the performance of their duties by the department. The committee may call and examine under oath any other persons as witnesses in such investigation. Such examinations shall be conducted in the manner and subject to the provisions of section 83-114.Source   Laws 1913, c. 179, § 20, p. 543;   R.S.1913, § 7198;   C.S.1922, § 6849;   C.S.1929, § 83-120;   R.S.1943, § 83-115;   Laws 1961, c. 416, § 18, p. 1272;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 904;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 782.
NE Code § 83-116 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-116 - Department of Health and Human Services; actions at law.

83-116.  Department of Health and Human Services; actions at law.The Department of Health and Human Services shall have the power to bring all suits necessary to protect the interests of the state. Such proceedings shall be instituted in the name of the State of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1913, c. 179, § 26, p. 546;   R.S.1913, § 7204;   C.S.1922, § 6855;   C.S.1929, § 83-126;   R.S.1943, § 83-116;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 905.  Cross References  Service of summons in actions against state, see section 25-21,203.
NE Code § 83-121 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-121 - School District Reimbursement Fund; created; use; investment.

83-121.  School District Reimbursement Fund; created; use; investment.There is hereby created the School District Reimbursement Fund for use by the Department of Health and Human Services. The fund shall consist of money received from school districts or the department for the operation of special education programs within the department. The fund shall be used for the operation of such programs pursuant to sections 79-1155 to 79-1158.Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.Source   Laws 1994, LB 1194, § 11;   Laws 1995, LB 7, § 139;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 1066;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 907;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 783;  Laws 2019, LB675, § 54.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 83-123 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-123 - Department of Correctional Services; license plates; materials; Department of Motor Vehicles; duties.

83-123.  Department of Correctional Services; license plates; materials; Department of Motor Vehicles; duties.(1) Out of the fund appropriated by the Legislature, the Department of Correctional Services shall purchase the materials for and manufacture the license plates each year for the various counties and the Department of Motor Vehicles. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall furnish to the Department of Correctional Services the information concerning license plates through a secure process and system, together with the number of plates to be manufactured for each county and the Department of Motor Vehicles for the current licensing year.(2) The Department of Correctional Services shall deliver the license plates each year as directed by the Department of Motor Vehicles through a secure process and system.Source   Laws 1931, c. 22, § 2, p. 95;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 83-137;   R.S.1943, § 83-123;   Laws 1951, c. 319, § 2, p. 1091;   Laws 1953, c. 207, § 14, p. 730;   Laws 1959, c. 442, § 3, p. 1486;   Laws 1959, c. 284, § 5, p. 1078;   Laws 1969, c. 497, § 2, p. 2067;   Laws 1993, LB 31, § 24;   Laws 1993, LB 112, § 46;  Laws 2009, LB49, § 9;  Laws 2017, LB263, § 101.
NE Code § 83-124 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-124 - Transferred to section 80-325.

83-124.  Transferred to section 80-325.
NE Code § 83-126 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-126 - Facilities; chief executive officer; appointment.

83-126.  Facilities; chief executive officer; appointment.The chief executive officer of the Department of Health and Human Services shall appoint the chief executive officer of each facility referred to in section 83-107.01. Each chief executive officer shall report to the chief executive officer of the department or his or her designee and shall serve full time and without term at the pleasure of the chief executive officer of the department.Source   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 83;   Laws 1997, LB 307, § 220;  Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 66;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 784.
NE Code § 83-127 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-127 - Superintendent of institutional schools; qualifications; powers and duties.

83-127.  Superintendent of institutional schools; qualifications; powers and duties.(1) On or before December 1, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services shall establish the position of superintendent of institutional schools to administer the education programs in state institutions under the supervision of the department that house juveniles and shall hire an individual meeting the qualifications required under section 79-801 to fill such position.(2) The superintendent of institutional schools shall report directly to the chief executive officer of the Department of Health and Human Services.(3) The superintendent of institutional schools shall report annually to the State Board of Education as a requirement for accreditation pursuant to section 79-703 of the education programs in state institutions under the supervision of the Department of Health and Human Services that house juveniles.(4) Whenever a vacancy arises in the position of superintendent of institutional schools, the Department of Health and Human Services shall expediently hire another individual meeting the qualifications required under section 79-801 to fill such position.Source Laws 2020, LB1188, § 14.
NE Code § 83-128 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-128 - Officers and employees; bond or insurance.

83-128.  Officers and employees; bond or insurance.Each official and employee who is given the custody of funds or property of the state shall be bonded or insured as required by section 11-201.Source   Laws 1913, c. 179, § 15, p. 541;   R.S.1913, § 7193;   C.S.1922, § 6844;   C.S.1929, § 83-115;   Laws 1941, c. 186, § 1, p. 754;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 83-115;   R.S.1943, § 83-128;   Laws 1978, LB 653, § 36;  Laws 2004, LB 884, § 45.
NE Code § 83-130 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-130 - Emergency Revolving Fund; amount; source; accounting.

83-130.  Emergency Revolving Fund; amount; source; accounting.An Emergency Revolving Fund, not to exceed three thousand dollars for any one institution, upon order of the Department of Health and Human Services, shall be drawn from the State Treasurer, to be used by the chief executive officer of each institution as an emergency cash fund. The fund shall be drawn from the general maintenance appropriation for the department. An accounting of this fund shall be made by each executive officer once each month to the department.Source   Laws 1913, c. 179, § 15, p. 541;   R.S.1913, § 7193;   C.S.1922, § 6844;   C.S.1929, § 83-115;   Laws 1941, c. 186, § 1, p. 754;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 83-115;   R.S.1943, § 83-130;   Laws 1951, c. 321, § 1, p. 1093;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 909;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 785.
NE Code § 83-133 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-133 - Chief executive officers; excess funds belonging to inmates; investment; use and distribution of income.

83-133.  Chief executive officers; excess funds belonging to inmates; investment; use and distribution of income.The chief executive officer of any state institution under the control of the Department of Health and Human Services shall refer for investment in accordance with sections 72-1244 and 72-1267 any surplus of canteen funds or trust funds which he or she may have belonging to the residents of the institution under his or her control. The income accruing from the investment of canteen funds shall be used for the general entertainment of the residents of the institution. The income accruing from the investment of the residents' personal trust funds shall be distributed and prorated to each resident's personal trust account in accordance with the participation of each resident's personal account.Source   Laws 1929, c. 195, § 1, p. 682;   C.S.1929, § 83-201;   R.S.1943, § 83-133;   Laws 1985, LB 335, § 4;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 910;  Laws 2003, LB 149, § 6.
NE Code § 83-135 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-135 - Grounds; abutting streets; paving; procedure.

83-135.  Grounds; abutting streets; paving; procedure.The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Correctional Services shall have authority to petition the authorities of any city, town, or village in which a state institution is located, to grade, curb, and pave any street or streets upon which the grounds of the institution abut, where the streets are a part of a paving district, to waive any damage sustained by the grounds from the grading, curbing, or paving, and to charge the grounds with a proportionate share of the cost of paving. The contract for grading, curbing, and paving shall be let by the authorities of the city, town, or village, as provided for by the law governing the city, town, or village, and none of the provisions for the letting of contracts by the department shall apply. The cost of paving, including curbing and grading, assessed and levied against the property, shall be paid to the proper officers of the city, town, or village, by the State Treasurer, out of funds which may be appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose.Source   Laws 1913, c. 179, § 22, p. 544;   R.S.1913, § 7200;   Laws 1915, c. 129, § 1, p. 291;   C.S.1922, § 6851;   C.S.1929, § 83-122;   R.S.1943, § 83-135;   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 25;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 912.
NE Code § 83-136 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-136 - Paving petitions; power to sign.

83-136.  Paving petitions; power to sign.Wherever any paving district is created adjacent to any state institution or the Nebraska State Fairgrounds, the chief executive officer in charge of the state institution or the chairperson of the Nebraska State Fair Board for the fairgrounds is authorized to sign petitions, in the name of the state, to create paving districts.Source   Laws 1919, c. 215, § 1, p. 926;   C.S.1922, § 6861;   C.S.1929, § 83-132;   R.S.1943, § 83-136;  Laws 2002, LB 1236, § 20.  Annotations County commissioners are authorized to count the state's property as favoring the improvement when a petition is signed by the officers having charge of state institutions. Brown Real Estate Co. v. Lancaster County, 108 Neb. 514, 188 N.W. 247 (1922).
NE Code § 83-137 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-137 - State institutions; adjacent highways; improvement.

83-137.  State institutions; adjacent highways; improvement.Upon written request being filed with the Department of Transportation by the chief executive officer of any state institution, located more than one-half mile and not exceeding three miles from a railroad unloading track or permanent highway leading to a railroad unloading track, requesting aid for the improvement of a highway connecting the institution with the permanent highway or railroad unloading track, the department shall make a careful estimate of the cost of improving the highway, and the amount of the special benefits to abutting property, together with the excess of the cost of the improvement above the benefits. If the local authorities in charge of the highway shall adequately provide for the payment of the special benefits and one-half of the excess of the cost of the improvement, the department shall pay the remaining one-half of the excess from funds appropriated for that purpose.Source   Laws 1919, c. 215, § 2, p. 927;   C.S.1922, § 6862;   C.S.1929, § 83-133;   R.S.1943, § 83-137;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 294.  Cross References  Procedure for acquiring institutional land for county roads and state highways, see sections 39-1323 and 39-1703.
NE Code § 83-139 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-139 - Stewards; duties; reports; shortages; default; penalty.

83-139.  Stewards; duties; reports; shortages; default; penalty.The steward of each institution shall have charge of all supplies for that institution, and shall be charged therewith at their invoice value. Supplies shall be issued only on requisition by the chief executive officer, and on printed blanks which shall serve as the steward's vouchers. The steward shall report monthly to the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Correctional Services, whichever has jurisdiction, the amounts of supplies received, used, and on hand. At the close of the biennial period the steward shall make a comprehensive report to the department showing all the transactions of his or her department. Any shortage, not allowed by the department for unavoidable causes, shall be paid for by the steward within ten days after the amount due is officially determined, and in default of payment the steward shall forfeit his or her office and suit to recover the amount shall be instituted upon his or her official bond or equivalent commercial insurance policy.Source   Laws 1913, c. 179, § 14, p. 540;   R.S.1913, § 7192;   C.S.1922, § 6843;   C.S.1929, § 83-114;   R.S.1943, § 83-139;   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 26;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 913;  Laws 2004, LB 884, § 46.