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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1629.01 - District health department; county board; levy; limitation.

71-1629.01.
District health department; county board; levy; limitation.
The county boards of the counties which have established a district health department may levy and collect an annual tax of not to exceed eight-tenths of one cent on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such county as may be necessary to meet the expenditures of such district health department in proportion to which the population of such county bears to the entire population of such district subject to section 77-3443.
Source
Laws 1943, c. 152, § 4, p. 556;
R.S.1943, § 71-1629;
Laws 1949, c. 206, § 2(2), p. 593;
Laws 1953, c. 287, § 69, p. 970;
Laws 1979, LB 187, § 185;
Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 159;
Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 39;
Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 63.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1629.02 - Municipalities; powers; levy.

71-1629.02.
Municipalities; powers; levy.
Municipalities located within counties which have established health departments or which join in the establishment of a city-county health department may (1) cooperate in the maintenance of such health departments as health departments for such municipalities, (2) incur the necessary expenses for their proportionate share in the establishment and maintenance of such health departments, and (3) levy and collect an annual tax to meet and pay such expenses.
Source
Laws 1943, c. 152, § 4, p. 556;
R.S.1943, § 71-1629;
Laws 1949, c. 206, § 2(3), p. 594;
Laws 1953, c. 287, § 70, p. 970;
Laws 1967, c. 449, § 2, p. 1393;
Laws 1984, LB 783, § 2;
Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 40.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1631.01 - Local boards of health; rules and regulations; violations; penalty.

71-1631.01.
Local boards of health; rules and regulations; violations; penalty.
Any person violating any rule or regulation, authorized by the provisions of either subdivision (7) or (9) of section 71-1631, shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor, and each day's violation shall be considered a separate offense.
Source
Laws 1955, c. 275, § 2, p. 872;
Laws 1969, c. 151, § 7, p. 717;
Laws 1977, LB 39, § 161.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1632 - Health director; powers; duties.

71-1632.
Health director; powers; duties.
Except as provided in subsection (4) of section 71-1630, the health director of a county, district, or city-county health department shall have the power and duty to (1) be the executive officer of the local boards of health; (2) appoint, subject to any applicable county or city civil service laws, rules, or regulations, a properly functioning staff and other personnel as may be necessary, whose qualifications shall conform to the United States Public Health Standards and whose remuneration shall conform to an established compensation schedule set by such local board of health and which is reviewed and approved annually by such board; (3) review annually, with the local board of health, the proposed budget of the department; (4) organize, with the approval of the local board of health, a citizens' advisory health council that will aid in developing a public health program to meet the particular needs, hazards, and problems of the health district; and (5) organize, with the approval of the local board of health, a medical and dental advisory committee.
Source
Laws 1943, c. 152, § 7, p. 560;
R.S.1943, § 71-1632;
Laws 1969, c. 572, § 1, p. 2318;
Laws 1969, c. 151, § 9, p. 717;
Laws 1975, LB 139, § 2;
Laws 1979, LB 198, § 3;
Laws 1984, LB 783, § 3;
Laws 1997, LB 185, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1633 - Local boards of health; records required.

71-1633.
Local boards of health; records required.
The health department of such county, district or city-county, as provided in sections 71-1626 to 71-1636, shall keep minutes of all the meetings of the health boards, and shall retain the records of everything pertaining to expenses, income, complaints, work done, meetings had, pamphlets printed and distributed, cases handled, and of any other matters pertaining to the work of the board of health.
Source
Laws 1943, c. 152, § 8, p. 560;
R.S.1943, § 71-1633.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1634 - Health department; funds; how disbursed.

71-1634.
Health department; funds; how disbursed.
(1) No funds shall be disbursed except upon vouchers approved by the director of health and the president of the board of health of a county or district health department. In the absence of the health director, the president and the vice president or, in his or her absence, the secretary are authorized to approve such vouchers before any funds are disbursed. In the absence of the president, the health director and the vice president or, in his or her absence, the secretary are authorized to approve such vouchers before any funds are disbursed. In the absence of both president and health director, the vice president and the secretary are authorized to approve such vouchers before any funds are disbursed.
(2) Funds of a city-county health department shall be disbursed as provided by the agreement between the county and the city.
Source
Laws 1943, c. 152, § 9, p. 560;
R.S.1943, § 71-1634;
Laws 1953, c. 249, § 2, p. 853;
Laws 1967, c. 449, § 4, p. 1395;
Laws 1997, LB 185, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1635 - Health department; establishment; other health agencies abolished; exception; city-county health department; control by department.

71-1635.
Health department; establishment; other health agencies abolished; exception; city-county health department; control by department.
When the county board of any county or counties creates a health department as provided by sections 71-1626 to 71-1636, every other local, municipal, or county public health agency or department, except city or county hospitals, may be abolished, and such county or district health department may be given full control over all health matters in the county or counties, including all municipalities in the county in conformity with the rules, regulations, and policies of the Department of Health and Human Services. When a city has joined in the establishment of a city-county health department, such city-county health department may be given such control over all health matters in the city as may be provided by agreement between the county and the city with the approval of the Department of Health and Human Services. If the health department in a county or city is changed, any lawful ordinance, resolution, regulation, policy, or procedure relating to any of the functions conferred by sections 71-1626 to 71-1636 of the former health department shall remain in full force and effect until it is repealed or replaced or until it conflicts with a subsequently enacted measure.
Source
Laws 1943, c. 152, § 10, p. 560;
R.S.1943, § 71-1635;
Laws 1967, c. 449, § 5, p. 1396;
Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 572;
Laws 1997, LB 185, § 7;
Laws 2007, LB296, § 482.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1636 - Sections not applicable to school district; exception.

71-1636.
Sections not applicable to school district; exception.
Sections 71-1626 to 71-1636 do not apply to any school district in the State of Nebraska, except that any school district, upon application to a county, district, or city-county health department formed under such sections, may accept in whole or in part any of the provisions of such sections, by entering into an agreement for that purpose with such health department.
Source
Laws 1943, c. 152, § 11, p. 560;
R.S.1943, § 71-1636;
Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 65.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1637 - Political subdivision; employment and contracts authorized; duties; tax to support; limitation; section, how construed.

71-1637.
Political subdivision; employment and contracts authorized; duties; tax to support; limitation; section, how construed.
(1) Any city by its mayor and council or by its commission, any village by its village board, any county by its board of supervisors or commissioners, or any township by its electors shall have power to employ a visiting community nurse, a home health nurse, or a home health agency defined in section 71-417 and the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act. Such nurses or home health agency shall do and perform such duties as the city, village, county, or township, by their officials and electors, shall prescribe and direct. The city, village, county, or township shall have the power to levy a tax, not exceeding three and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars on the taxable valuation of the taxable property of such city, village, county, or township, for the purpose of paying the salary and expenses of such nurses or home health agency. The levy shall be subject to sections 77-3442 and 77-3443. The city, village, county, or township shall have the power to constitute and empower such nurses or home health agency with police power to carry out the order of such city, village, county, or township.
(2) The governing body of any city, village, county, or township may contract with any visiting nurses association, licensed hospital home health agency, or other licensed home health agency, including those operated by the Department of Health and Human Services, to perform the duties contemplated in subsection (1) of this section, subject to the supervision of the governing body, and may pay the expense of such contract out of the general funds of the city, village, county, or township.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow any city, village, county, township, nurse, or home health agency to (a) avoid the requirements of individual licensure, (b) perform any service beyond the scope of practice of licensure or beyond the limits of licensure prescribed by the Health Care Facility Licensure Act, or (c) violate any rule or regulation adopted and promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 209, § 1, p. 514;
C.S.1922, § 8234;
C.S.1929, § 71-2406;
R.S.1943, § 71-1701;
Laws 1973, LB 483, § 1;
Laws 1979, LB 187, § 186;
R.S.1943, (1986), § 71-1701;
Laws 1987, LB 389, § 1;
Laws 1989, LB 429, § 1;
Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 160;
Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 573;
Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 64;
Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 29;
Laws 1997, LB 269, § 32;
Laws 1997, LB 608, § 8;
Laws 1998, LB 306, § 17;
Laws 2000, LB 819, § 98;
Laws 2007, LB296, § 483.
Cross References
Health Care Facility Licensure Act, see section 71-401.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1638 - Political subdivision; tax levy; limitation; election; procedure.

71-1638.
Political subdivision; tax levy; limitation; election; procedure.
Whenever petitions signed by twenty-five percent of the electors of a city, county, or village shall be presented to the city council or board of supervisors, commissioners, or trustees praying for the submission of the question of making a levy to provide for salary and expenses of a visiting community nurse, a home health nurse, or a home health agency and stating the amount of the levy and the period of years in which the same shall be made, it shall be the duty of such council or board of supervisors, commissioners, or trustees to submit the question to a vote of the people at a regular or special election called for that purpose. If the question is submitted at a special election, three weeks' notice of such special election shall be given by publication in some newspaper of general circulation. Such notice shall be published three consecutive weeks if the election is in a city or village or, if in a village and no paper is published in such village, then the notice shall be posted in three of the most public places in the village. If a majority of the votes cast at such election on the question are in favor of the levy, then the regularly constituted authorities of the city, county, or village shall include the same in the estimate for expenses for each year during the period for which adopted, unless the same shall be revoked. The tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected. The levy shall be subject to section 77-3443.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 209, § 2, p. 515;
C.S.1922, § 8235;
C.S.1929, § 71-2407;
R.S.1943, § 71-1702;
R.S.1943, (1986), § 71-1702;
Laws 1987, LB 389, § 4;
Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 65;
Laws 1997, LB 269, § 33.
Annotations
Regular election as used in this section has the same meaning as general election, and therefore a general November election is a competent time at which to submit to the voters the proposed tax levy. State ex rel. Long v. City of Nebraska City, 123 Neb. 614, 243 N.W. 858 (1932).
Writ of mandamus was denied in an action to compel the county clerk to make an additional tax levy for the expenses of a community nurse after the clerk had completed the main tax list and turned it over to the treasurer. State ex rel. Long v. Barstler, 122 Neb. 167, 240 N.W. 273 (1931).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1639 - Political subdivision; tax levy; resubmission; procedure.

71-1639.
Political subdivision; tax levy; resubmission; procedure.
Whenever a petition signed by twenty-five percent of the electors, as required in section 71-1638, shall be presented to the city council, county board or village trustees praying for the resubmission of the question of making a levy under sections 71-1637 to 71-1639, it shall be the duty of that body to resubmit the question in the same manner as provided by section 71-1638. If a majority of the votes cast at such election favor the discontinuance of such levy, the same shall be discontinued. If a majority favor its continuance, then it shall be continued for the period which has been approved by the electors at the election.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 209, § 3, p. 516;
C.S.1922, § 8236;
C.S.1929, § 71-2408;
R.S.1943, § 71-1703;
R.S.1943, (1986), § 71-1703.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1795.02 - Termination of prior compact.

71-1795.02.
Termination of prior compact.
Section 71-1795 and the Nurse Licensure Compact contained in section 71-1795 terminate six months after the earlier of the date of legislative enactment of the Nurse Licensure Compact in section 71-1795.01 into law by no less than twenty-six states or December 31, 2018. The State of Nebraska shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Nurse Licensure Compact in section 71-1795 at the time the compact terminates under this section.
Source
Laws 2017, LB88, § 27.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1796 - Act, how cited.

71-1796.
Act, how cited.
Sections 71-1796 to 71-1799 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Center for Nursing Act.
Source
Laws 2000, LB 1025, § 1;
Laws 2005, LB 243, § 2;
Laws 2010, LB849, § 25.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1797 - Legislative findings and intent.

71-1797.
Legislative findings and intent.
The Legislature finds that it is imperative that the State of Nebraska protect its investment and the progress made in its efforts to alleviate the nursing shortage which exists. The Legislature also finds that the Nebraska Center for Nursing will provide the appropriate means to do so. It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds necessary for the center to carry out the Nebraska Center for Nursing Act, including, but not limited to, (1) administrative costs incurred by the Department of Health and Human Services to expand clinical training sites as provided in subsection (3) of section 71-1798 and (2) funds for such expansion of clinical training sites in the amount of three million dollars from the General Fund for fiscal year 2023-24 and three million dollars from the General Fund for fiscal year 2024-25.
Source
Laws 2000, LB 1025, § 2;
Laws 2023, LB227, § 75.
Operative Date: September 2, 2023
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1798 - Nebraska Center for Nursing; established; goals; expansion of clinical training sites.

71-1798.
Nebraska Center for Nursing; established; goals; expansion of clinical training sites.
(1) The Nebraska Center for Nursing is established. The center shall address issues of supply and demand for nurses, including issues of recruitment, retention, and utilization of nurses. The Legislature finds that the center will repay the state's investment by providing an ongoing strategy for the allocation of the state's resources directed towards nursing.
(2) The primary goals for the center are:
(a) To develop a strategic statewide plan to alleviate the nursing shortage in Nebraska by:
(i) Establishing and maintaining a database on nursing supply and demand in Nebraska, including current supply and demand and future projections; and
(ii) Selecting priorities from the plan to be addressed;
(b) To convene various groups representative of nurses, other health care providers, business and industry, consumers, legislators, and educators to:
(i) Review and comment on data analysis prepared for the center;
(ii) Recommend systemic changes, including strategies for implementation of recommended changes; and
(iii) Evaluate and report the results of these efforts to the Legislature and the public; and
(c) To enhance and promote recognition, reward, and renewal activities for nurses by:
(i) Proposing and creating recognition, reward, and renewal activities; and
(ii) Promoting media and positive image-building efforts for nursing.
(3) After consultation with a statewide association representing hospitals and health systems that provide clinical nursing opportunities, the Nebraska Center for Nursing Board shall provide for the expansion of clinical training sites for nurses throughout the state, giving preference to areas that have lower numbers of registered nurses per capita compared to the state average, and shall provide for the development of programs that:
(a) Incentivize clinical nurses to become clinical nurse faculty;
(b) Incentivize nurse faculty to partner with staff nurses in the development of clinical nurse faculty;
(c) Expand simulation training for nurse clinical education; and
(d) Incentivize hospital facilities to support the center in carrying out this subsection.
Source
Laws 2000, LB 1025, § 3;
Laws 2023, LB227, § 76.
Operative Date: September 2, 2023
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1798.01 - Board of Nursing; duties.

71-1798.01.
Board of Nursing; duties.
The Board of Nursing shall recommend annually to the Department of Health and Human Services the percentage of all nursing fees collected during the year that are to be used to cover the cost of the Nebraska Center for Nursing, except that the percentage shall not be greater than fifteen percent of the biennial revenue derived from the fees.
Source
Laws 2005, LB 243, § 3;
Laws 2007, LB296, § 488.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-1799 - Nebraska Center for Nursing Board; created; members; terms; powers and duties; expenses.

71-1799.
Nebraska Center for Nursing Board; created; members; terms; powers and duties; expenses.
(1) The Nebraska Center for Nursing Board is created. The board shall be a policy-setting board for the Nebraska Center for Nursing. The board shall be appointed by the Governor as follows:
(a) Ten members, at least three of whom shall be registered nurses, one of whom shall be a licensed practical nurse, one of whom shall be a representative of the hospital industry, and one of whom shall be a representative of the long-term care industry;
(b) One nurse educator recommended by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska;
(c) One nurse educator recommended by the Nebraska Community College Association;
(d) One nurse educator recommended by the Nebraska Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; and
(e) Three members recommended by the State Board of Health.
(2) The initial terms of the members of the Nebraska Center for Nursing Board shall be:
(a) Five of the ten members appointed under subdivision (1)(a) of this section shall serve for one year and five shall serve for two years;
(b) The member recommended by the Board of Regents shall serve for three years;
(c) The member recommended by the Nebraska Community College Association shall serve for two years;
(d) The member recommended by the Nebraska Association of Independent Colleges and Universities shall serve for one year; and
(e) The members recommended by the State Board of Health shall serve for three years.
The initial appointments shall be made within sixty days after July 13, 2000. After the initial terms expire, the terms of all of the members shall be three years with no member serving more than two consecutive terms.
(3) The Nebraska Center for Nursing Board shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) To determine operational policy;
(b) To elect a chairperson and officers to serve two-year terms. The chairperson and officers may not succeed themselves;
(c) To establish committees of the board as needed;
(d) To appoint a multidisciplinary advisory council for input and advice on policy matters;
(e) To implement the major functions of the Nebraska Center for Nursing; and
(f) To seek and accept nonstate funds for carrying out center policy.
(4) The board members shall be reimbursed for expenses as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.
(5) The Department of Health and Human Services shall provide administrative support for the board. The board may contract for additional support not provided by the department.
Source
Laws 2000, LB 1025, § 4;
Laws 2007, LB296, § 489;
Laws 2020, LB381, § 62.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-17,102 - Terms, defined.

71-17,102.
Terms, defined.
For purposes of the Nursing Student Loan Act:
(1) Approved nursing program means a program offered by a public or private institution in this state (a) which consists of courses of instruction in regularly scheduled classes leading to a master of science degree, a bachelor of science degree, an associate degree, or a diploma in nursing or (b) for the preparation for licensure as a licensed practical nurse available to regularly enrolled undergraduate or graduate students;
(2) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services;
(3) Nontraditional student means a student who has not attended classes as a regular full-time student for at least three years; and
(4) Practice of nursing has the definition found in section 38-2210.
Source
Laws 2001, LB 468, § 2;
Laws 2007, LB296, § 490;
Laws 2007, LB463, § 1191.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-17,103 - Department; duties.

71-17,103.
Department; duties.
The department shall administer a student loan program under the Nursing Student Loan Act which shall make loans directly to qualified students enrolled in approved nursing programs in the State of Nebraska as provided in section 71-17,106. The number of loans made to qualified students at each institution which has an approved nursing program shall be in direct proportion to the number of students enrolled in each nursing program, except that the program shall include at least one qualified student at each institution in the state which has an approved nursing program. The funds shall be loaned in a manner intended to result in the greatest increase in the number of persons engaged in the study of nursing. Loans shall be made available for students beginning January 1, 2002, and in each academic year thereafter. It is the intent of the Legislature that a portion of the loans allocated be used to enhance the educational opportunities of nontraditional students and ethnic minority students.
Source
Laws 2001, LB 468, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-17,104 - Student loan; eligibility.

71-17,104.
Student loan; eligibility.
(1) To qualify for a loan under the Nursing Student Loan Act, a student shall be a resident of Nebraska, intend to practice in Nebraska, be motivated to practice in Nebraska, and have substantial financial need. For purposes of this section, substantial financial need means the difference between the student's financial resources available, including those available from parents, a parent, a guardian, or a spouse, and the student's anticipated educational expenses while attending the approved nursing program, taking into account that:
(a) In determining whether a dependent student has substantial financial need, the following factors shall be considered: (i) Serious family illness; (ii) the number of dependent children of the student's parents; (iii) the number of such dependent children attending institutions of higher education; and (iv) such other circumstances as may affect the ability of the student and student's parents to contribute toward the cost of the student's education; and
(b) In determining whether an independent or self-supporting student has substantial financial need, the following factors shall be considered: (i) Any serious illness in the student's family; (ii) the number of dependent children of the student; (iii) the number of such dependent children attending institutions of higher education; and (iv) such other circumstances as may affect the ability of the student or spouse to contribute toward the cost of the student's education.
(2) Each recipient of a loan under the act shall agree to engage in the practice of nursing in the State of Nebraska for the equivalent of one year of full-time practice for each year a loan is received.
(3) Each approved nursing program shall forward to the department the names of the qualified students recommended to receive loans under the act, based on the criteria specified in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, and any other information and documentation the department deems necessary.
Source
Laws 2001, LB 468, § 4;
Laws 2003, LB 574, § 23.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-17,105 - Loans; restrictions; repayment; when.

71-17,105.
Loans; restrictions; repayment; when.
(1) Loans received under the Nursing Student Loan Act shall be used only for educational expenses for an approved nursing program. The use of such loan funds by a student is subject to review by the department.
(2) Each loan shall be for one academic year. Each student shall not be loaned more than one thousand dollars per academic year nor a total of more than two thousand dollars.
(3) If a student who has received a loan discontinues the approved nursing program before completing the program, the student shall repay one hundred percent of the outstanding loan principal with simple interest at a rate of one point below the prime interest rate. Such repayment shall commence within six months after the date of discontinuation of the course of study and shall be completed within the number of years for which loans were awarded.
(4) After completion of the approved nursing program, a loan awarded to a student shall be forgiven when the recipient of the loan has engaged in the full-time practice of nursing in Nebraska for a period of time which would be the equivalent of full-time practice for the number of years for which loans were received.
(5) If a recipient of a loan under the act is not engaged in full-time practice, or the equivalent of full-time practice, as required in subsection (2) of section 71-17,104, the recipient shall repay one hundred twenty-five percent of the outstanding loan principal. Such repayment shall be with simple interest at a rate of one point below the prime interest rate. Interest shall accrue beginning upon completion of the approved nursing program. Such repayment shall commence within six months after the date of discontinuation of the practice of nursing in Nebraska and shall be completed within the number of years for which loans were awarded.
Source
Laws 2001, LB 468, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-17,106 - Rules and regulations.

71-17,106.
Rules and regulations.
The department, in conjunction with approved nursing programs, shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Nursing Student Loan Act. In conformance with such rules and regulations, institutions with approved nursing programs may act as agents of the department for the distribution of the loans to eligible students. The department may contract with outside sources to carry out the act.
Source
Laws 2001, LB 468, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-17,107 - Nursing Student Loan Cash Fund; created; use; investment.

71-17,107.
Nursing Student Loan Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
The Nursing Student Loan Cash Fund is created. The fund shall be the repository for loan repayments received under section 71-17,105. 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 2001, LB 468, § 7.
Cross References
Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.
Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-17,108 - Act, how cited.

71-17,108.
Act, how cited.
Sections 71-17,108 to 71-17,116 shall be known and may be cited as the Nursing Faculty Student Loan Act.
Source
Laws 2005, LB 146, § 1.
Cross References
Nurse Practice Act, see section 38-2201.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-17,109 - Terms, defined.

71-17,109.
Terms, defined.
For purposes of the Nursing Faculty Student Loan Act:
(1) Approved nursing program means a program offered by a public or private postsecondary educational institution in Nebraska (a) which consists of courses of instruction in regularly scheduled classes leading to a master of science degree, a bachelor of science degree, an associate degree, or a diploma in nursing or (b) for the preparation for licensure as a licensed practical nurse available to regularly enrolled undergraduate or graduate students;
(2) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services; and
(3) Masters or doctoral accredited nursing program means a postgraduate nursing education program that has been accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency and offered by a public or private postsecondary educational institution in Nebraska.
Source
Laws 2005, LB 146, § 2;
Laws 2007, LB296, § 491.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-17,110 - Loan; eligibility.

71-17,110.
Loan; eligibility.
To qualify for a loan under the Nursing Faculty Student Loan Act, a student shall (1) be a resident of Nebraska, (2) be enrolled in a masters or doctoral accredited nursing program, and (3) agree in writing to engage in nursing instruction in an approved nursing program.
Source
Laws 2005, LB 146, § 3.