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NE Code § 71-1615 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1615 - Special health service; duty of district to provide; cost; how paid.

71-1615.  Special health service; duty of district to provide; cost; how paid.In the event any political subdivision within the health district desires special remedial care or treatment for the members of such political subdivisions not given by the health district to all inhabitants of said district, it shall be the duty of the health district to furnish such service, and such governmental subdivision shall pay the health district for the cost of such special treatment or care so rendered.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 11, p. 401;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3611;   R.S.1943, § 71-1615.
NE Code § 71-1616 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1616 - Board of health; department or division; director; qualifications; powers and duties.

71-1616.  Board of health; department or division; director; qualifications; powers and duties.District health boards of each health district shall organize a department or division, with a director to administer the public health work and a district remedial care department or division. The director shall be a graduate of a recognized school of medicine, qualified by training and experience in public health work, and shall devote full time to his position. The director may be empowered to act for the board in public health matters and to supervise the division of remedial care and treatment of the indigent sick people.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 12, p. 402;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3612;   R.S.1943, § 71-1616.
NE Code § 71-1617 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1617 - Rules and regulations; standards.

71-1617.  Rules and regulations; standards.In formulating rules, regulations, or other orders for the establishment of a health district or the carrying out of the purpose of sections 71-1601 to 71-1625 or for the management or control of any property which may come under the care or management of the board, the board and the director selected pursuant to section 71-1616 shall conform at least to the minimum requirements, rules, and regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services and the principles of public health and sanitation and the remedial care and treatment of the indigent sick people recognized by the medical profession.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 13, p. 403;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3613;   R.S.1943, § 71-1617;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 567;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 474.
NE Code § 71-1618 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1618 - Health district; property of county; possession; when.

71-1618.  Health district; property of county; possession; when.Any health district, organized pursuant to the provisions of sections 71-1601 to 71-1625, shall not actually take possession of the properties provided for until the first day of the fiscal year of the county in which it is organized during which a tax levy has actually been made for the support of such district.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 14, p. 403;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3614;   R.S.1943, § 71-1618.
NE Code § 71-1619 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1619 - Foods, drinks, properties; inspection; fees.

71-1619.  Foods, drinks, properties; inspection; fees.Any health district, organized pursuant to the provisions of sections 71-1601 to 71-1625 in providing for the inspection of foods, drinks and properties within the district, may impose upon the owners or possessors of such food, drinks or properties, a reasonable fee to cover the cost of such district of all inspection necessary to reasonably safeguard the public health.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 15, p. 403;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3615;   R.S.1943, § 71-1619.
NE Code § 71-1620 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1620 - Preexisting health regulations; effect.

71-1620.  Preexisting health regulations; effect.All measures that have been enacted by any governmental subdivision to effect any of the functions conferred upon a health district by sections 71-1601 to 71-1625 shall remain in full force and effect until a measure covering the same subject matter shall have been adopted by the board of the health district. Upon the adoption of such a measure, preexisting regulations shall become and be inoperative until dissolution of the health district.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 16, p. 403;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3616;   R.S.1943, § 71-1620.
NE Code § 71-1621 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1621 - Epidemics or disasters; tax limitation inapplicable.

71-1621.  Epidemics or disasters; tax limitation inapplicable.The limitation provided by section 71-1611 as to the amount of levy which may be certified to the county board, shall not apply to emergency expenditures and obligations to abate or control an extreme outbreak or epidemic of disease or the occurrence of some disaster affecting the public health in the health district. The existence of such an emergency may be conclusively established by joint resolutions declaring such an emergency by the county board and the health board, or by the Governor of the state and the health board.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 17, p. 403;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3617;   R.S.1943, § 71-1621.
NE Code § 71-1622 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1622 - Health district; bonds; optional payment; interest.

71-1622.  Health district; bonds; optional payment; interest.Any health district organized pursuant to sections 71-1601 to 71-1625 may not borrow money and issue bonds therefor unless the issuance of the bonds has been submitted to the vote of the people of the district at a regular or special election and has been approved by a majority of the electors voting on the proposition, or an emergency has been declared, as provided in section 71-1621, and their issuance has been approved by the county board, in addition to the health board. In the event either of these two conditions has been met and bonds are issued, they shall not run for longer than fifteen years, shall bear interest, and shall provide for optional payment in whole or in part on or after five years from the date of issuance thereof.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 18, p. 404;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3618;   R.S.1943, § 71-1622;   Laws 1947, c. 15, § 18, p. 93;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 119, p. 346.
NE Code § 71-1623 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1623 - Health district; additional powers.

71-1623.  Health district; additional powers.Sections 71-1601 to 71-1625 shall vest in each health district the powers heretofore granted to other governmental subdivisions by all acts covering the same subject matter, and particularly by the pertinent parts of subdivisions (3) and (28) of section 14-102 and sections 14-101, 14-103, 14-219, 14-501, 15-201, 15-235, 15-236, 15-237, 16-201, 16-231, 16-238, 16-239, 16-308, 17-114, 17-121, 17-122, 17-207, 17-208, 18-1901, 19-501, 23-104, 23-105, 68-104, 68-114, 71-501, 71-503, and 79-526. It is not intended to repeal nor to amend any of the statutes listed in this section or any portion of them, but to suspend the exercise of the powers therein granted during the period that a health district is actually functioning so far as any governmental subdivision is concerned that may be within the county containing such health district.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 19, p. 404;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3619;   R.S.1943, § 71-1623;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 1057.
NE Code § 71-1624 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1624 - Health district; dissolution; property; reversion.

71-1624.  Health district; dissolution; property; reversion.Upon the dissolution of any health district, real or personal property in its possession, originally obtained from any governmental subdivision, shall revert to such governmental subdivision. All other property shall revert to the county in which such health district has existed.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 20, p. 404;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3620;   R.S.1943, § 71-1624.
NE Code § 71-1625 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1625 - Governmental subdivision, defined.

71-1625.  Governmental subdivision, defined.The term governmental subdivision as used in sections 71-1601 to 71-1624 shall be defined to mean any county, city, village, school district, metropolitan utilities district, or any other subdivision of the state, which receives any revenue raised by taxation.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 22, p. 405;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3622;   R.S.1943, § 71-1625.
NE Code § 71-1626 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1626 - Terms, defined.

71-1626.  Terms, defined.For purposes of sections 71-1626 to 71-1636:(1) Core public health functions means assessment, policy development, and assurance designed to protect and improve the health of persons within a geographically defined community by (a) emphasizing services to prevent illness, disease, and disability, (b) promoting effective coordination and use of community resources, and (c) extending health services into the community, including public health nursing, disease prevention and control, public health education, and environmental health services;(2) County, district, or city-county health department means a governmental entity approved by the Department of Health and Human Services as a local full-time public health service which (a) utilizes local, state, federal, and other funds or any combination thereof, (b) employs qualified public health medical, nursing, environmental health, health education, and other essential personnel who work under the direction and supervision of a full-time qualified medical director or of a full-time qualified lay administrator and are assisted at least part time by at least one medical consultant who shall be a licensed physician, and (c) is operated in conformity with the rules, regulations, and policies of the Department of Health and Human Services. The medical director or lay administrator shall be called the health director; and(3) Local public health department means a county, district, or city-county health department.Source   Laws 1943, c. 152, § 1, p. 554;   R.S.1943, § 71-1626;   Laws 1972, LB 1497, § 1;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 34;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 568;  Laws 2001, LB 692, § 2;  Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 62;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 475.
NE Code § 71-1626.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1626.01 - Legislative intent.

71-1626.01.  Legislative intent.It is the intent of the Legislature that all persons residing in the State of Nebraska have access to public health services. It is the intent of the Legislature that local public health departments be established statewide and work collaboratively with local providers and community organizations in order to assure the full range of public health services as prescribed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The Legislature declares that each local public health department should be able to carry out core public health functions. Core public health functions include assessment and policy development, prevention of illness and disease, and assurance of services including public health nursing, health education, and environmental health services.Source Laws 2001, LB 692, § 4.
NE Code § 71-1627 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1627 - Local public health department; health director; other personnel.

71-1627.  Local public health department; health director; other personnel.A local public health department shall have a health director at its head who is required to give his or her entire time to the duties of the office and such other necessary qualified full or part-time health officers, environmental health specialists, public health nurses, health educators, and clerical assistants as may be necessary to carry on the activities pertinent to the health department.Source   Laws 1943, c. 152, § 2, p. 554;   R.S.1943, § 71-1627;   Laws 1972, LB 1497, § 2;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 35;  Laws 2001, LB 692, § 3.
NE Code § 71-1628 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1628 - County board; powers.

71-1628.  County board; powers.The county board of any county may (1) make an agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services relative to the expenditure of local, state, federal, and other funds or any combination thereof, available for public health in such county; (2) after notice and public hearing, establish and maintain a single full-time local health department for such county and any other counties which combine for that purpose and, pursuant to such combination or agreement, such counties may cooperate with one another and the Department of Health and Human Services and may contribute to a joint fund in carrying out the purpose and intent of sections 71-1626 to 71-1636. The duration and nature of such agreement shall be evidenced by the resolutions of the county boards of such counties, and such agreement shall be submitted to and approved by the Department of Health and Human Services; or (3) cooperate with any city in the establishment and maintenance of a city-county health department as provided in section 71-1630. The duration and nature of such an agreement shall be evidenced by resolutions of the city council of the city and the county board participating, and such agreement shall be submitted to and approved by the Department of Health and Human Services. A city-county health department shall be administered as provided in the agreement between the county and the city and shall be considered a state-approved, local, full-time public health service.Source   Laws 1943, c. 152, § 3, p. 554;   R.S.1943, § 71-1628;   Laws 1949, c. 206, § 1(1), p. 591;   Laws 1972, LB 1497, § 3;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 36;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 569;   Laws 1997, LB 185, § 1;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 476.
NE Code § 71-1628.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1628.01 - County or district health department; termination; procedure.

71-1628.01.  County or district health department; termination; procedure.A county or district health department established under sections 71-1626 to 71-1636 may be terminated, following a public hearing, by a majority vote of the county board members for any county having a health department or of the majority of county boards having a district health department. A city-county health department may be terminated as provided by the agreement between the county and the city.Source   Laws 1943, c. 152, § 3, p. 554;   R.S.1943, § 71-1628;   Laws 1949, c. 206, § 1(2), p. 593;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 37;   Laws 1997, LB 185, § 2.
NE Code § 71-1628.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1628.04 - Core public health functions; contract authorized.

71-1628.04.  Core public health functions; contract authorized.(1) Each local public health department shall carry out the core public health functions within its geographically defined community.(2) Each local public health department shall include the essential elements in carrying out the core public health functions to the extent applicable within its geographically defined community and to the extent funds are available. The essential elements include, but are not limited to, (a) monitoring health status to identify community health problems, (b) diagnosing and investigating health problems and health hazards in the community, (c) informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues, (d) mobilizing community partnerships to identify and solve health problems, (e) developing policies and rules that support individual and community health efforts, (f) enforcing laws, rules, and regulations that protect public health and the environment and ensure safety, (g) linking people to needed medical and mental health services and assuring the provision of health care when not otherwise available, (h) assuring a competent workforce within the health care industry and the public health departments, (i) evaluating effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of services within the health care industry and the public health departments, and (j) researching to gain new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.(3) Any department or agency of the State of Nebraska may contract with a local public health department for the performance of public health administration or other functions at the discretion of and under the direction of such state department or agency.Source  Laws 2001, LB 692, § 7;  Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 63.
NE Code § 71-1628.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1628.05 - Report.

71-1628.05.  Report.Each local public health department shall prepare an annual report regarding the core public health functions carried out by the department in the prior fiscal year. The report shall be submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services by October 1. The Department of Health and Human Services shall compile the reports and submit the results electronically to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature by December 1.Source  Laws 2001, LB 692, § 8;  Laws 2005, LB 301, § 35;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 477;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 111.
NE Code § 71-1628.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1628.06 - Core public health functions; personnel.

71-1628.06.  Core public health functions; personnel.The Department of Health and Human Services shall employ two full-time persons with expertise in the public health field to provide technical expertise in carrying out core public health functions and essential elements and coordinate the dissemination of materials to the local public health departments.Source  Laws 2001, LB 692, § 9;  Laws 2005, LB 301, § 36;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 478.
NE Code § 71-1628.07 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1628.07 - Satellite office of minority health; duties.

71-1628.07.  Satellite office of minority health; duties.(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish a satellite office of minority health in each congressional district to coordinate and administer state policy relating to minority health. Each office shall implement a minority health initiative in counties with a minority population of at least five percent of the total population of the county as determined by the most recent federal decennial census which shall target, but not be limited to, infant mortality, cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, and asthma.(2) Each office shall prepare an annual report regarding minority health initiatives implemented in the immediately preceding fiscal year. The report shall be submitted to the department by October 1. The department shall submit such reports electronically to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature by December 1.Source  Laws 2001, LB 692, § 10;  Laws 2003, LB 412, § 1;  Laws 2005, LB 301, § 37;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 479;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 112.
NE Code § 71-1628.08 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1628.08 - County Public Health Aid Program; created; funds; distribution.

71-1628.08.  County Public Health Aid Program; created; funds; distribution.(1) The County Public Health Aid Program is created. Aid as appropriated by the Legislature from the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund shall be distributed in each fiscal year as provided in this section.(2) Of funds appropriated by the Legislature under subsection (1) of this section, the following amounts shall be distributed to local public health departments established under sections 71-1626 to 71-1636:(a) One hundred thousand dollars to each local public health department established by at least three contiguous counties with a total population of at least thirty thousand and not more than fifty thousand persons;(b) One hundred twenty-five thousand dollars to each local public health department established by a single county with a total population of more than fifty thousand and not more than one hundred thousand persons, with or without additional counties as part of the department, or by at least three contiguous counties with a total population of more than fifty thousand and not more than one hundred thousand persons; and(c) One hundred fifty thousand dollars to each local public health department established by one or more counties with a total population of more than one hundred thousand persons.(3) Any appropriated funds not distributed under subsection (2) of this section shall be allocated among all counties on a per capita basis as determined by the most recent federal decennial census. The funds allocated for each county shall be distributed to the local public health department which is established by such county and receiving funding under subsection (2) of this section. Any funds not distributed under this subsection shall be equally distributed among all local public health departments receiving funding under subsection (2) of this section.(4) Funds appropriated under this section shall not be used to replace existing county funding to any local public health department. Funding for any local public health department under this section shall be reduced to offset any such replacement.Source  Laws 2001, LB 692, § 11;  Laws 2003, LB 412, § 2;  Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 64.
NE Code § 71-1629 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1629 - County or city-county health department; county board; powers; tax; election; when required.

71-1629.  County or city-county health department; county board; powers; tax; election; when required.(1) The county board of a county which has established a county or city-county health department may (a) incur the expenses necessary for the establishment and maintenance of such health department and (b) appropriate and use any unused funds in the general fund belonging to the county for the purposes set forth in sections 71-1626 to 71-1636.(2) An annual tax to meet and pay the expenses necessary for the establishment and maintenance of a county or city-county health department may be levied and collected (a) by the county board of a county which has a population of thirty thousand inhabitants or more or (b) by the county board of a county which has a population of less than thirty thousand if the county board has put the proposition of having such a tax to the electors of the county and imposition of the tax has been approved by a majority of electors voting on the proposition. The election shall be called, proclaimed, held, conducted, and canvassed in the manner of general or special elections held for the submission of propositions to the voters of a county as provided in sections 23-126 and 23-128.Source   Laws 1943, c. 152, § 4, p. 556;   R.S.1943, § 71-1629;   Laws 1949, c. 206, § 2(1), p. 593;   Laws 1953, c. 287, § 68, p. 970;   Laws 1967, c. 449, § 1, p. 1393;   Laws 1984, LB 783, § 1;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 38.