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NE Code § 68-154.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-154.01 - Employable recipient; community service required; exception.

68-154.01.  Employable recipient; community service required; exception.(1) Any individual applying for general assistance who has completed a county-approved vocational, rehabilitation, or job training program within two years prior to the date of such application or who refuses or fails to participate in such a program may be required to participate in a county-approved community service program. Any employable recipient who has completed such a vocational, rehabilitation, or job training program and continues to be unemployed for a period of three calendar months from the date of completing such program may be required to participate in such a community service program.(2) No individual who is a single parent and has legal custody of his or her child under six years of age shall be required to perform community service. No individual shall be required to participate in a county-approved community service program unless he or she has first been given the opportunity to participate in a county-approved vocational, rehabilitation, or job training program.(3) The maximum number of hours of community service required of each employable recipient shall be determined by dividing the amount of his or her general assistance received in the calendar month by the federal minimum hourly wage. No individual shall be required to perform community service for more than eight hours in any one day or more than sixteen hours in one week.(4) No individual required to perform community service pursuant to this section shall be denied general assistance for failure to participate in a county-approved community service program through no fault of his or her own.Source  Laws 1991, LB 227, § 5.
NE Code § 68-154.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-154.02 - Employable recipient; community service; costs; paid by county.

68-154.02.  Employable recipient; community service; costs; paid by county.The cost of transportation of participants to community service projects, supervision, and necessary equipment shall be paid by the county.Source  Laws 1991, LB 227, § 6.
NE Code § 68-154.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-154.03 - Employable recipient; community service; participation; how construed.

68-154.03.  Employable recipient; community service; participation; how construed.Participation in a county-approved community service program shall not be construed as employment for purposes of Chapter 48. No employable recipient participating in such a community service program shall be deemed an employee of the county for purposes of the County Employees Retirement Act or for any other purpose.Source  Laws 1991, LB 227, § 7. Cross References  County Employees Retirement Act, see section 23-2331.
NE Code § 68-155 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-155 - Employable recipients; ineligible; when; notice; appeal.

68-155.  Employable recipients; ineligible; when; notice; appeal.Any employable recipient who fails or refuses to participate in a county-approved vocational, rehabilitation, job training, or community service program shall be ineligible for continued general assistance for a period of three calendar months, except that any employable recipient denied general assistance pursuant to this section shall receive written notice of his or her ineligibility and shall have thirty days from the date of receipt of the written notice to appeal such decision. All such appeals shall be governed by sections 68-139 to 68-142.Source   Laws 1990, LB 422, § 5;   Laws 1991, LB 227, § 8.
NE Code § 68-158 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-158 - Program to provide amino acid-based elemental formulas; Department of Health and Human Services; duties; report.

68-158.  Program to provide amino acid-based elemental formulas; Department of Health and Human Services; duties; report.The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish a program to provide amino acid-based elemental formulas for the diagnosis and treatment of Immunoglobulin E and non-Immunoglobulin E mediated allergies to multiple food proteins, food-protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, eosinophilic disorders, and impaired absorption of nutrients caused by disorders affecting the absorptive surface, functional length, and motility of the gastrointestinal tract, when the ordering physician has issued a written order stating that the amino acid-based elemental formula is medically necessary for the treatment of a disease or disorder. Up to fifty percent of the actual out-of-pocket cost, not to exceed twelve thousand dollars, for amino acid-based elemental formulas shall be available to an individual without fees each twelve-month period. The department shall distribute funds on a first-come, first-served basis. Nothing in this section is deemed to be an entitlement. The maximum total General Fund expenditures per year for amino acid-based elemental formulas shall not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars each fiscal year in FY2014-15 and FY2015-16. The Department of Health and Human Services shall provide an electronic report on the program to the Legislature annually on or before December 15 of each year.Source Laws 2014, LB254, § 3.
NE Code § 68-216 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-216 - Transferred to section 68-1001.02.

68-216.  Transferred to section 68-1001.02.
NE Code § 68-301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-301 - State Assistance Fund; created; investment.

68-301.  State Assistance Fund; created; investment.A fund to be known as the State Assistance Fund is created and established in the treasury of the State of Nebraska. Such fund shall consist of all money appropriated to it by the Legislature, allocated by the government of the United States, or donated or allocated from other sources. 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 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 20, § 1, p. 134;   Laws 1937, c. 188, § 1, p. 747;   Laws 1939, c. 121, § 1, p. 509;   Laws 1941, c. 174, § 1, p. 682;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 68-317;   R.S.1943, § 68-301;   Laws 1947, c. 144, § 15, p. 400;   Laws 1959, c. 311, § 1, p. 1151;   Laws 1965, c. 399, § 1, p. 1280;   Laws 1969, c. 584, § 63, p. 2384;   Laws 1995, LB 7, § 65.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260. Annotations This section provided for allocation of certain taxes and funds to the State Assistance Fund, and was not intended as a continuing appropriation. Rein v. Johnson, 149 Neb. 67, 30 N.W.2d 548 (1947).
NE Code § 68-309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-309 - Department of Health and Human Services; sole state agency for administration of welfare programs.

68-309.  Department of Health and Human Services; sole state agency for administration of welfare programs.The Department of Health and Human Services shall be the sole agency of the State of Nebraska to administer the State Assistance Fund for assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, aid to dependent children, medical assistance, medically handicapped children's services, child welfare services, and such other assistance and services as may be made available to the State of Nebraska by the government of the United States.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 20, § 7, p. 136;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 68-323;   R.S.1943, § 68-309;   Laws 1951, c. 216, § 1, p. 780;   Laws 1963, c. 388, § 2, p. 1238;   Laws 1965, c. 399, § 2, p. 1280;   Laws 1982, LB 522, § 28;   Laws 1985, LB 249, § 2;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 294;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 239.
NE Code § 68-312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-312 - Department of Health and Human Services; rules and regulations; records and other communications; use by other agency or department.

68-312.  Department of Health and Human Services; rules and regulations; records and other communications; use by other agency or department.The Department of Health and Human Services has the power to establish and enforce reasonable rules and regulations governing the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, files, and communications of the state. The use of such records, papers, files, and communications by any other agency or department of government to which they may be furnished shall be limited to the purposes for which they are furnished.Source   Laws 1941, c. 174, § 3, p. 684;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 68-340;   R.S.1943, § 68-312;   Laws 1982, LB 522, § 29;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 295;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 240.
NE Code § 68-313 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-313 - Records and information; use and disclosure; limitations.

68-313.  Records and information; use and disclosure; limitations.It shall be unlawful, except as permitted by section 68-313.01 and except for purposes directly connected with the administration of general assistance, medically handicapped children's services, medical assistance, assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, or aid to dependent children, and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services, for any person or persons to solicit, disclose, receive, make use of, authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of, any list of or names of, any information concerning, or persons applying for or receiving such aid or assistance, directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files, or communications of the state, or subdivisions or agencies thereof, or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties.Source   Laws 1941, c. 174, § 3, p. 684;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 68-340;   R.S.1943, § 68-313;   Laws 1953, c. 234, § 1(1), p. 813;   Laws 1982, LB 522, § 30;   Laws 1985, LB 249, § 3;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 296;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 241. Annotations Read together, this section and section 68-313.01 prohibit the use of welfare-related information as evidence against a welfare applicant in a criminal trial not directly connected with the administration of general assistance. State v. Owen, 1 Neb. App. 1060, 510 N.W.2d 503 (1993).
NE Code § 68-313.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-313.01 - Records and information; access by the Legislature and state and county officials; open to public; limitation.

68-313.01.  Records and information; access by the Legislature and state and county officials; open to public; limitation.Members of the Nebraska Legislature and all state and county officials of this state shall have free access at all times to all records and information in connection with the aid and assistance referred to in section 68-313. The public shall have free access to all information concerning lists of names and amounts of payments which appear on any financial records, except that no lists shall be used for commercial or political purposes.Source   Laws 1941, c. 174, § 3, p. 684;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 68-340;   R.S.1943, § 68-313;   Laws 1953, c. 234, § 1(1), p. 813;   Laws 1982, LB 522, § 30;   Laws 1983, LB 604, § 22.  Annotations Read together, section 68-313 and this section prohibit the use of welfare-related information as evidence against a welfare applicant in a criminal trial not directly connected with the administration of general assistance. State v. Owen, 1 Neb. App. 1060, 510 N.W.2d 503 (1993).
NE Code § 68-314 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-314 - Violations; penalty.

68-314.  Violations; penalty.Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of section 68-313 shall be deemed guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1941, c. 174, § 3, p. 684;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 68-340;   R.S.1943, § 68-314;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 126.
NE Code § 68-326 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-326 - Transferred to section 68-702.01.

68-326.  Transferred to section 68-702.01.
NE Code § 68-328 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-328 - Assistance; application; furnish with reasonable promptness.

68-328.  Assistance; application; furnish with reasonable promptness.All individuals desiring to make an application for any type of public assistance shall have an opportunity to do so, and public assistance shall be furnished with reasonable promptness to all eligible individuals.Source   Laws 1951, c. 210, § 1, p. 772;   Laws 1965, c. 399, § 3, p. 1281.
NE Code § 68-601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-601 - Social security; policy.

68-601.  Social security; policy.(1) In order to extend to the employees of the state and its political subdivisions and to the dependents and survivors of such employees the basic protection accorded to others by the old age and survivors insurance system embodied in the Social Security Act, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature, subject to the limitations of sections 68-601 to 68-631, that such steps be taken as to provide such protection to employees of the State of Nebraska and its political subdivisions on as broad a basis as is permitted under the act.(2) In conformity with the policy of the Congress of the United States of America, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of Nebraska that the protection afforded employees in positions covered by retirement systems on the date the state agreement is made applicable to service performed in such positions or receiving periodic benefits under such retirement systems at such time will not be impaired as a result of making the agreement so applicable or as a result of legislative or executive action taken in anticipation or in consequence thereof and that the benefits provided by the Social Security Act and made available to employees of the State of Nebraska and of political subdivisions thereof or instrumentalities jointly created by the state and any other state or states, who are or may be members of a retirement system, shall be supplementary to the benefits provided by such retirement system.Source   Laws 1951, c. 297, § 1, p. 977;   Laws 1955, c. 264, § 1, p. 812;   Laws 1990, LB 820, § 1;  Laws 2000, LB 1216, § 8;  Laws 2010, LB684, § 1. Annotations A member of a county mental health board, appointed pursuant to statute, is an "officer of the state or a political subdivision thereof" and, as such, is an employee of the State of Nebraska for the purposes of the Social Security Act. Sullivan v. Hajny, 210 Neb. 481, 315 N.W.2d 443 (1982).
NE Code § 68-604 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-604 - Agreement with federal government; instrumentality jointly created with other state.

68-604.  Agreement with federal government; instrumentality jointly created with other state.Any instrumentality jointly created by this state and any other state or states is hereby authorized, upon the granting of like authority by such other state or states, (1) to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services whereby the benefits of the federal old age and survivors' insurance system shall be extended to employees of such instrumentality, (2) to require its employees to pay, and for that purpose to deduct from their wages, contributions equal to the amounts which they would be required to pay under section 68-605 if they were covered by an agreement made pursuant to section 68-603, and (3) to make payments to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States in accordance with such agreement, including payments from its own funds, and otherwise to comply with such agreements. Such an agreement shall, to the extent practicable, be consistent with the terms and provisions of section 68-603 and other provisions of sections 68-601 to 68-631.Source   Laws 1951, c. 297, § 3(2), p. 980;   Laws 1955, c. 264, § 4, p. 816;   Laws 1984, LB 933, § 4;   Laws 1990, LB 820, § 4;  Laws 2000, LB 1216, § 11;  Laws 2010, LB684, § 4.
NE Code § 68-605 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-605 - Contributions by state employees; amount.

68-605.  Contributions by state employees; amount.Every employee of the state whose services are covered by an agreement entered into under sections 68-603 and 68-604 shall be required to pay for the period of such coverage, contributions, with respect to wages, as defined in section 68-602, equal to the amount of tax which would be imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act if such services constituted employment within the meaning of that act. Such liability shall arise in consideration of the employee's retention in the service of the state, or his or her entry upon such service, after the enactment of sections 68-601 to 68-631.Source   Laws 1951, c. 297, § 4(1), p. 980;   Laws 1955, c. 264, § 5, p. 817;   Laws 1987, LB 3, § 1;  Laws 2000, LB 1216, § 12;  Laws 2010, LB684, § 5.
NE Code § 68-606 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-606 - Contribution by state employees; collection.

68-606.  Contribution by state employees; collection.The contribution imposed by section 68-605 shall be collected by deducting the amount of the contribution from wages as and when paid, but failure to make such deduction shall not relieve the employee from liability for such contribution.Source  Laws 1951, c. 297, § 4(2), p. 981.
NE Code § 68-607 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-607 - Contribution by state employees; adjustments.

68-607.  Contribution by state employees; adjustments.If more or less than the correct amount of the contribution imposed by section 68-605 is paid or deducted with respect to any remuneration, proper adjustments, or refund if adjustment is impracticable, shall be made, without interest, in such manner and at such times as the state agency shall prescribe.Source  Laws 1951, c. 297, § 4(3), p. 981.
NE Code § 68-608 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-608 - Coverage by political subdivisions; plan; modification; approval by state agency.

68-608.  Coverage by political subdivisions; plan; modification; approval by state agency.Unless otherwise provided for by sections 68-601 to 68-631, each political subdivision of the state is hereby authorized to submit for approval by the state agency a plan for extending the benefits of Title II of the Social Security Act, in conformity with applicable provisions of such act, to employees of such political subdivision and is hereby further authorized to submit for approval by the state agency any modification or amendment to any then existing plan if such modification or amendment is necessary or desirable to secure the benefits and exemptions allowable to such political subdivisions thereof or to any employee of the political subdivision in conformity with Title II of the act. Each such plan and any amendment thereof shall be approved by the state agency if it finds that such plan or such plan as amended is in conformity with such requirements as are provided in regulations of the state agency, except that no such plan shall be approved unless: (1) It is in conformity with the requirements of the act and with the agreement entered into under sections 68-603 and 68-604; (2) it provides that all services which constitute employment and are performed in the employ of the political subdivision by employees thereof will be covered by the plan; (3) it specifies the source or sources from which the funds necessary to make the payments required by subsection (1) of section 68-610 and by section 68-611 are expected to be derived and contains reasonable assurance that such sources will be adequate for such purpose; (4) it provides for such methods of administration of the plan by the political subdivision as are found by the state agency to be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the plan; (5) it provides that the political subdivision will make such reports in such form and containing such information as the state agency may from time to time require and will comply with such provisions as the state agency or the Secretary of Health and Human Services may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and (6) it authorizes the state agency to terminate the plan in its entirety, in the discretion of the state agency, if it finds that there has been a failure to comply substantially with any provision contained in such plan, such termination to take effect at the expiration of such notice and on such conditions as may be provided by regulations of the state agency and may be consistent with the provisions of the act.Source   Laws 1951, c. 297, § 5(1), p. 981;   Laws 1955, c. 264, § 6, p. 817;   Laws 1969, c. 536, § 3, p. 2184;   Laws 1984, LB 933, § 5;   Laws 1990, LB 820, § 5;  Laws 2000, LB 1216, § 13;  Laws 2010, LB684, § 6.
NE Code § 68-609 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-609 - Coverage by political subdivisions; refusal, amendment, or termination of plan; notice; hearing.

68-609.  Coverage by political subdivisions; refusal, amendment, or termination of plan; notice; hearing.The state agency shall not finally refuse to approve a plan submitted by a political subdivision under section 68-608, nor any proposed amendment to such plan, and shall not terminate an approved plan, without reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the political subdivision affected thereby, nor with respect to the employees of such a political subdivision who are members of a retirement system, until such political subdivision has proposed and adopted a method that is acceptable to the members concerned of protecting the retirement rights and expectancies of such members.Source   Laws 1951, c. 297, § 5(2), p. 982;   Laws 1955, c. 264, § 7, p. 818;   Laws 1969, c. 536, § 4, p. 2186.
NE Code § 68-610 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 68 - Public Assistance|68-610 - Coverage by political subdivisions; amount; payment.

68-610.  Coverage by political subdivisions; amount; payment.(1) Each political subdivision as to which a plan has been approved under sections 68-608 to 68-611 or prepared under section 68-625 shall be required to pay for the period of such coverage, contributions in the amounts and at the rates specified in the applicable agreement entered into by the state agency under sections 68-603 and 68-604.(2) Each political subdivision required to make payments under section 68-609 is authorized, in consideration of the employee's retention in or entry upon employment after enactment of sections 68-601 to 68-631, to impose upon each of its employees, as to services which are covered by an approved plan, a contribution with respect to his or her wages not exceeding the amount of tax which would be imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act if such services constituted employment within the meaning of the act and to deduct the amount of such contribution from his or her wages as and when paid. Failure to deduct such contribution shall not relieve the employee or employer of liability therefor.Source   Laws 1951, c. 297, § 5(3), p. 982;   Laws 1955, c. 264, § 8, p. 819;   Laws 1990, LB 820, § 6;  Laws 2000, LB 1216, § 14;  Laws 2010, LB684, § 7.