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NE Code § 71-5661 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5661 - Financial incentives; funding; Rural Health Professional Incentive Fund; created; use; investment.

71-5661.  Financial incentives; funding; Rural Health Professional Incentive Fund; created; use; investment.(1) The financial incentives provided by the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act shall consist of (a) student loans to eligible students for attendance at an eligible school as determined pursuant to section 71-5662, (b) the repayment of qualified educational debts owed by physicians in an approved medical specialty residency program in Nebraska as determined pursuant to section 71-5662, and (c) the repayment of qualified educational debts owed by eligible health professionals as determined pursuant to section 71-5662. Funds for such incentives shall be appropriated from the General Fund to the department for such purposes.(2) The Rural Health Professional Incentive Fund is created. The fund shall be used to carry out the purposes of the act, except that transfers may be made from the fund to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature. Money credited pursuant to section 71-5670.01 and payments received pursuant to sections 71-5666, 71-5668, and 71-5669.01 shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Rural Health Professional Incentive Fund. 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 1991, LB 400, § 12;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 58;   Laws 1995, LB 7, § 79;   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 50;  Laws 1999, LB 242, § 1;  Laws 2001, LB 214, § 3;  Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 103;  Laws 2009, First Spec. Sess., LB3, § 46;  Laws 2015, LB196, § 4.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 71-5662 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5662 - Student loan; medical resident incentive; loan repayment; eligibility.

71-5662.  Student loan; medical resident incentive; loan repayment; eligibility.(1) To be eligible for a student loan under the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act, an applicant or a recipient shall be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an accredited medical or dental education program or physician assistant education program or an approved mental health practice program in Nebraska.(2) To be eligible for the medical resident incentive under the act, an applicant or a recipient shall be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an approved medical specialty residency program in Nebraska.(3) To be eligible for loan repayment under the act, an applicant or a recipient shall be a pharmacist, a dentist, a physical therapist, an occupational therapist, a mental health practitioner, a psychologist licensed under the requirements of section 38-3114 or the equivalent thereof, a nurse practitioner, a physician assistant, or a physician in an approved specialty and shall be licensed to practice in Nebraska, not be enrolled in a residency program, not be practicing under a provisional or temporary license, and enter practice in a designated health profession shortage area in Nebraska.Source   Laws 1991, LB 400, § 13;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 59;   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 51;   Laws 1997, LB 577, § 2;  Laws 2000, LB 1115, § 81;  Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 104;  Laws 2007, LB463, § 1234;  Laws 2008, LB797, § 19;  Laws 2015, LB196, § 5.
NE Code § 71-5663 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5663 - Amount of financial assistance; limitation.

71-5663.  Amount of financial assistance; limitation.(1) The amount of financial assistance provided through student loans pursuant to the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act shall be limited to thirty thousand dollars for each recipient for each academic year and shall not exceed one hundred twenty thousand dollars per medical, dental, or doctorate-level mental health student or thirty thousand dollars per master's level mental health or physician assistant student.(2) The amount of financial assistance provided through the medical resident incentive program pursuant to the act shall be limited to forty thousand dollars for each recipient for each year of residency and shall not exceed one hundred twenty thousand dollars.(3) The amount of financial assistance provided by the state through loan repayments pursuant to the act (a) for physicians, dentists, and psychologists shall be limited to thirty thousand dollars per recipient per year of full-time practice in a designated health profession shortage area and shall not exceed ninety thousand dollars per recipient and (b) for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and mental health practitioners shall be limited to fifteen thousand dollars per recipient per year of full-time practice in a designated health profession shortage area and shall not exceed forty-five thousand dollars per recipient.Source   Laws 1991, LB 400, § 14;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 60;   Laws 1997, LB 577, § 3;  Laws 2000, LB 1115, § 82;  Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 105;  Laws 2006, LB 962, § 2;  Laws 2008, LB797, § 20;  Laws 2015, LB196, § 6.
NE Code § 71-5664 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5664 - Financial incentives; commission; considerations.

71-5664.  Financial incentives; commission; considerations.In screening applicants for financial incentives, the commission shall consider the following factors:(1) Motivation to practice in a health profession shortage area in Nebraska;(2) Motivation and preference toward an approved specialty; and(3) Other factors that would influence a choice to practice in a health profession shortage area in Nebraska.The commission shall select recipients who are most likely to practice in a health profession shortage area in Nebraska.Source   Laws 1991, LB 400, § 15;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 61;   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 52.
NE Code § 71-5665 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5665 - Commission; designate health profession shortage areas; factors.

71-5665.  Commission; designate health profession shortage areas; factors.The commission shall periodically designate health profession shortage areas within the state for the following professions: Medicine and surgery, physician assistants' practice, nurse practitioners' practice, psychology, and mental health practitioner's practice. The commission shall also periodically designate separate health profession shortage areas for each of the following professions: Pharmacy, dentistry, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. In making such designations the commission shall consider, after consultation with other appropriate agencies concerned with health services and with appropriate professional organizations, among other factors:(1) The latest reliable statistical data available regarding the number of health professionals practicing in an area and the population to be served by such practitioners;(2) Inaccessibility of health care services to residents of an area;(3) Particular local health problems;(4) Age or incapacity of local practitioners rendering services; and(5) Demographic trends in an area both past and future.Source   Laws 1991, LB 400, § 16;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 62;   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 53;   Laws 1997, LB 577, § 4;  Laws 2000, LB 1115, § 83;  Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 106;  Laws 2008, LB797, § 21.
NE Code § 71-5667 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5667 - Agreements under prior law; renegotiation.

71-5667.  Agreements under prior law; renegotiation.Agreements executed prior to July 1, 2007, under the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act may be renegotiated and new agreements executed to reflect the terms required by section 71-5666. No funds repaid by borrowers under the terms of agreements executed prior to July 1, 2007, shall be refunded. Any repayments being made under the terms of prior agreements may be discontinued upon execution of a new agreement if conditions permit. Any agreement renegotiated pursuant to this section shall be exempt from the requirements of sections 73-501 to 73-510.Source   Laws 1991, LB 400, § 18;   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 55;  Laws 2007, LB374, § 2;  Laws 2009, LB196, § 2;  Laws 2012, LB858, § 2;  Laws 2015, LB196, § 8.   Note: The Nebraska Medical Student Assistance Act, sections 71-5613 to 71-5645, was repealed by Laws 1991, LB 400, § 26.
NE Code § 71-5668 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5668 - Loan repayment recipient agreement; contents.

71-5668.  Loan repayment recipient agreement; contents.Each loan repayment recipient shall execute an agreement with the department and a local entity. Such agreement shall be exempt from the requirements of sections 73-501 to 73-510 and shall include, at a minimum, the following terms:(1) The loan repayment recipient agrees to practice his or her profession, and a physician, dentist, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant also agrees to practice an approved specialty, in a designated health profession shortage area for at least three years and to accept medicaid patients in his or her practice;(2) In consideration of the agreement by the recipient, the State of Nebraska and a local entity within the designated health profession shortage area will provide equal funding for the repayment of the recipient's qualified educational debts, in amounts up to thirty thousand dollars per year per recipient for physicians, dentists, and psychologists and up to fifteen thousand dollars per year per recipient for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and mental health practitioners toward qualified educational debts for up to three years. The department shall make payments directly to the recipient;(3) If the loan repayment recipient discontinues practice in the shortage area prior to completion of the three-year requirement, the recipient shall repay to the state one hundred fifty percent of the total amount of funds provided to the recipient for loan repayment with interest at a rate of eight percent simple interest per year from the date of default. Upon repayment by the recipient to the department, the department shall reimburse the local entity its share of the funds which shall not be more than the local entity's share paid to the loan repayment recipient; and(4) Any practice or payment obligation incurred by the loan repayment recipient under the loan repayment program is canceled in the event of the loan repayment recipient's total and permanent disability or death.Source   Laws 1991, LB 400, § 19;   Laws 1993, LB 536, § 101;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 64;   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 56;   Laws 1997, LB 577, § 5;  Laws 2000, LB 1115, § 84;  Laws 2001, LB 214, § 5;  Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 108;  Laws 2006, LB 962, § 3;  Laws 2008, LB797, § 22;  Laws 2009, LB196, § 3;  Laws 2012, LB858, § 3;  Laws 2015, LB196, § 9.
NE Code § 71-5669 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5669 - Loan repayment program; office; duties.

71-5669.  Loan repayment program; office; duties.The office shall develop guidelines for community participation in the loan repayment program. The office shall provide consultation to potential community participants and facilitate the matching of communities and health professionals.Source   Laws 1991, LB 400, § 20;   Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 65;   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 57.
NE Code § 71-5669.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5669.01 - Medical resident incentive recipient; agreement; contents.

71-5669.01.  Medical resident incentive recipient; agreement; contents.Each medical resident incentive recipient shall execute an agreement with the department. Such agreement shall be exempt from the requirements of sections 73-501 to 73-510 and shall include, at a minimum, the following terms:(1) The medical resident incentive recipient agrees to practice an approved medical specialty the equivalent of one year of full-time practice in a designated health profession shortage area and to accept medicaid patients in his or her practice;(2) In consideration of the agreement by the medical resident incentive recipient, the State of Nebraska will provide funding for the repayment of the recipient's qualified educational debts, in amounts up to forty thousand dollars per year for up to three years while in an approved medical specialty residency program in Nebraska. The department shall make payments directly to the medical resident incentive recipient;(3) If the medical resident incentive recipient extends his or her residency training but not in an approved specialty, practices an approved specialty in Nebraska but not in a designated health profession shortage area, practices a specialty other than an approved specialty in Nebraska, does not practice the profession for which the loan was given, discontinues practice of the profession for which the loan was given, or practices outside Nebraska, the medical resident incentive recipient shall repay to the state one hundred fifty percent of the outstanding loan principal with interest at a rate of eight percent simple interest per year from the date of default. Such repayment shall commence within six months of the completion or discontinuation of an approved specialty residency training in Nebraska and shall be completed within a period not to exceed twice the number of years for which the medical resident incentive recipient received awards; and(4) Any practice or payment obligation incurred by the medical resident incentive recipient under the medical resident incentive program is canceled in the event of the medical resident incentive recipient's total and permanent disability or death.Source Laws 2015, LB196, § 10.
NE Code § 71-5670 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5670 - Department; rules and regulations.

71-5670.  Department; rules and regulations.The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to the administration of the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act.Source  Laws 1991, LB 400, § 21.
NE Code § 71-5670.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5670.01 - Rural Health Opportunities Loan Pool Fund; transfers.

71-5670.01.  Rural Health Opportunities Loan Pool Fund; transfers.On and after August 28, 1999, any money remaining in the Rural Health Opportunities Loan Pool Fund and any money remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to such fund shall be credited by the State Treasurer to the Rural Health Professional Incentive Fund created under section 71-5661 and used to carry out the purposes of the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act.Source Laws 1999, LB 242, § 2. Cross References  Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act, see section 71-5650.
NE Code § 71-5680 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5680 - Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program Act; act, how cited.

71-5680.  Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program Act; act, how cited.Sections 71-5680 to 71-5683 shall be known and may be cited as the Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program Act.Source Laws 2006, LB 994, § 38.
NE Code § 71-5681 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5681 - Legislative findings and declarations.

71-5681.  Legislative findings and declarations.The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:(1) Eighty-eight of Nebraska's ninety-three counties are classified as mental and behavioral health profession shortage areas by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services;(2) The Department of Health and Human Services reports that seventy-four percent of the state's psychiatrists, psychologists, and licensed mental health practitioners live and practice in the urban areas of Omaha and Lincoln, which leaves the remaining seventy-two thousand square miles of Nebraska to be covered by approximately one-fourth of the professionals licensed to practice behavioral health in Nebraska;(3) Thirty-eight Nebraska counties have one or no licensed behavioral health professional; and(4) Reductions in federal funding will result in the elimination of over five thousand five hundred behavioral health patient visits in rural Nebraska.Source  Laws 2006, LB 994, § 39;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 628.
NE Code § 71-5682 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5682 - Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program; created.

71-5682.  Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program; created.The Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program is created and shall be administered by the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The program shall address behavioral health professional shortages in rural areas by:(1) Offering service learning opportunities for behavioral health professionals to provide integrated mental health services in rural areas;(2) Educating physicians to integrate behavioral health into primary care practice;(3) Providing outreach clinical training opportunities in rural areas for interns, fellows, and graduate students from public and private universities and colleges in Nebraska that offer behavioral health graduate education; and(4) Placing program graduates in primary care practices for the purpose of providing behavioral health patient visits.Source Laws 2006, LB 994, § 40.
NE Code § 71-5683 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5683 - Funding under act; use.

71-5683.  Funding under act; use.Funding under the Rural Behavioral Health Training and Placement Program Act shall support:(1) Faculty clinical training activities;(2) Internship stipends for behavioral health interns and postdoctoral fellows; and(3) Training and service provision expenses, including, but not limited to, travel to rural clinic sites, equipment, clinic space, patient-record management, scheduling, and telehealth supervision.Source Laws 2006, LB 994, § 41.
NE Code § 71-5714 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5714 - Tobacco Prevention and Control Program; created.

71-5714.  Tobacco Prevention and Control Program; created.The Tobacco Prevention and Control Program is created as a comprehensive statewide tobacco-related public health program administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. The program includes, but is not limited to (1) community programs to reduce tobacco use, (2) chronic disease programs, (3) school programs, (4) statewide programs, (5) enforcement, (6) counter marketing, (7) cessation programs, (8) surveillance and evaluation, and (9) administration.The State Treasurer shall transfer, on July 1, 2016, the unobligated balance in the Tobacco Prevention and Control Cash Fund to the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund.Source  Laws 2000, LB 1436, § 3;  Laws 2002, LB 1310, § 8;  Laws 2003, LB 412, § 3;  Laws 2005, LB 301, § 56;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 633;  Laws 2009, First Spec. Sess., LB2, § 2;  Laws 2009, First Spec. Sess., LB3, § 47;  Laws 2016, LB957, § 5.
NE Code § 71-5716 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5716 - Act, how cited.

71-5716.  Act, how cited.Sections 71-5716 to 71-5735 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act.Source  Laws 2008, LB395, § 1;  Laws 2015, LB118, § 8;  Laws 2020, LB840, § 1.
NE Code § 71-5717 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5717 - Purpose of act.

71-5717.  Purpose of act.The purpose of the Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act is to protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting smoking in public places and places of employment with limited exceptions for guestrooms and suites, research, tobacco retail outlets, electronic smoking device retail outlets, and cigar shops. The limited exceptions permit smoking in public places where the public would reasonably expect to find persons smoking, including guestrooms and suites which are subject to expectations of privacy like private residences, institutions engaged in research related to smoking, and tobacco retail outlets, electronic smoking device retail outlets, and cigar shops which provide the public legal retail outlets to sample, use, and purchase tobacco products and products related to smoking. The act shall not be construed to prohibit or otherwise restrict smoking in outdoor areas. The act shall not be construed to permit smoking where it is prohibited or otherwise restricted by other applicable law, ordinance, or resolution. The act shall be liberally construed to further its purpose.Source  Laws 2008, LB395, § 2;  Laws 2015, LB118, § 9;  Laws 2020, LB840, § 2.
NE Code § 71-5718 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5718 - Definitions, where found.

71-5718.  Definitions, where found.For purposes of the Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act, the definitions found in sections 71-5718.01 to 71-5728 apply.Source  Laws 2008, LB395, § 3;  Laws 2020, LB840, § 3.
NE Code § 71-5718.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5718.01 - Electronic smoking device, defined.

71-5718.01.  Electronic smoking device, defined.Electronic smoking device means an electronic nicotine delivery system as defined in section 28-1418.01. The term includes any such device regardless of whether it is manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, e-hookah, or vape pen or under any other product name or descriptor. The term also includes any substance that is used in an electronic smoking device. The term does not include a diffuser, humidifier, prescription inhaler, or similar device.Source Laws 2020, LB840, § 4.
NE Code § 71-5718.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5718.02 - Electronic smoking device retail outlet, defined; persons allowed to enter; employees; age restrictions.

71-5718.02.  Electronic smoking device retail outlet, defined; persons allowed to enter; employees; age restrictions.(1) Electronic smoking device retail outlet means a store that:(a) Is licensed as provided under sections 28-1421 and 28-1422;(b) Sells electronic smoking devices and products directly related to electronic smoking devices;(c) Does not sell alcohol or gasoline;(d) Derives no more than twenty percent of its revenue from the sale of food and food ingredients as defined in section 77-2704.24; and(e) Prohibits persons under twenty-one years of age from entering the store in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.(2)(a) Prior to January 1, 2022, an electronic smoking device retail outlet shall not allow a person under twenty-one years of age to enter the store but may allow an employee who is under twenty-one years of age to work in the store.(b) On and after January 1, 2022, an electronic smoking device retail outlet shall not allow a person under twenty-one years of age to enter the store and shall not allow an employee who is under twenty-one years of age to work in the store.Source Laws 2020, LB840, § 5.
NE Code § 71-5719 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5719 - Employed, defined.

71-5719.  Employed, defined.Employed means hired, contracted, subcontracted, or otherwise engaged to furnish goods or services.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 4.
NE Code § 71-5720 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-5720 - Employee, defined.

71-5720.  Employee, defined.Employee means a person who is employed by an employer in consideration for direct or indirect monetary wages, profit, or other remuneration.Source Laws 2008, LB395, § 5.