Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 473 - SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE AGED AND DISABLED › Chapter 4 - DEFINED SERVICES › Section 473-4-005 - TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

Current through June 17, 2024
Transportation service is transporting an eligible recipient to and
	 from allowable community resources when the recipient has no other
	 transportation. Service may be provided by an individual, exempt provider, or
	 by common carrier .
005.01
TRANSPORTATION DEFINITIONS.
The following definitions
  apply to Transportation services :
005.01(A)
COMMON CARRIER.
Common carrier means any person who
  transports passengers by motor vehicle for hire and is licensed as such with
  the Public Service Commission.
005.01(B)
ESCORT
  SERVICES.
Escort Services means an attendant or caregiver
  accompanying a minor or person who is physically, mentally, or developmentally
  disabled and unable to travel or wait without assistance or
  supervision.
005.01(C)
EXEMPT PROVIDER.
An exempt provider means the carriers are
  exempted from Public Service Commission licensure by law including those that:
(i) Transport for hire persons who are aged
  and their spouses and dependents under a contract with a municipality or
  county;
(ii) Are owned and operated
  by a nonprofit organization which has been exempted from the payment of federal
  income taxes as provided by Section 501(c)(4), Internal Revenue Code, and
  transporting solely those persons over age 60, their spouses and dependents, or
  persons experiencing disabilities;
(iii) Are operated by a municipality or
  county as authorized by law in the transportation of persons who are
  aged;
(iv) Are operated by a
  governmental subdivision or a qualified public purpose organization having
  motor vehicles with a seating capacity of 20 or less and are engaged in the
  transportation of passengers in the state;
(v) Are operated by a governmental
  subdivision or a qualified public purpose organization having motor vehicles
  with a seating capacity of 20 or less and are engaged in the transportation of
  passengers in the state;
(vi) Are
  engaged in the transportation of passengers and are operated by a transit
  authority created under and acting pursuant to the laws of the State of
  Nebraska; and
(vii) Provide escort
  services under contract with the Department or with any agency organized under
  the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act.
005.01(D)
INDIVIDUAL
  PROVIDER.
An individual provider is a person who is not in the
  business of providing transportation for hire for example, a friend, neighbor
  or non-legally responsible relative.
005.01(E)
MEDICAL ESCORT.
A medical escort is an attendant or caregiver accompanying a minor
  or persons who are physically, mentally, or developmentally disabled and unable
  to travel or wait without assistance or supervision to receive a Nebraska
  Medicaid coverable service.
005.01(F)
NEBRASKA MEDICAID
  COVERED SERVICE.
This is a medical service that could be covered
  by the Nebraska Medical Assistance Program as specified in Nebraska
  Administrative Code Title 471.
005.01(G)
TARIFF.
Tariff is the geographic and rate parameters of operation assigned to a
  particular carrier by the Public Service Commission.