Hearings for Health and Human Services Committee

The order of the bills listed may not be the order in which they are heard that day in committee.

Health and Human Services
Date: Wednesday October 30, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 9:00 AM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LR428
Introducer: Hardin
Description: Interim study to review how the State of Nebraska can ensure it has effective emergency medical services in rural communities
Document: LR429
Introducer: Hardin
Description: Interim study to examine the Child Care Licensing Act and the availability and affordability of liability insurance for licensed child care providers in Nebraska
Document: LR373
Introducer: Ibach
Description: Interim study to examine different methods, including potential statutory changes, to address the need to recruit, train, and retain individuals to practice dentistry in Nebraska
Document: LR377
Introducer: von Gillern
Description: Interim study to examine the components of the State of Nebraska's public health registry data collection and the release of that data to appropriate research entities
Document: LR443
Introducer: Wishart
Description: Interim study to examine assisted-living facility reimbursement rates at different facilities throughout Nebraska
Health and Human Services
Date: Wednesday October 23, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 9:00 AM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LR392
Introducer: Hansen
Description: Interim study to examine the costs and frequency of rebasing provider rates and to develop a methodology for rebasing such rates
Health and Human Services
Date: Wednesday September 25, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 9:00 AM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LR397
Introducer:
Description: Interim study to examine the structure and processes of the credentialing review process known as the "407 process"
Document: LR366
Introducer: Day
Description: Interim study to examine opportunities under the medical assistance program to improve state beneficiaries' social determinants of health by allowing coverage of clinically appropriate interventions that address enrollees' health-related social needs
Document: LR433
Introducer: Day
Description: Interim study to examine the availability and access to data regarding maternal and infant health care in Nebraska
Health and Human Services
Date: Tuesday August 06, 2024
Location: Room 1524
Time: 12:00 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Coffey, Shaila - Board of Emergency Medical Services
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Heyen, Brent - Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Rocha, Miguel - Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Schonlau, Patricia - Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Health and Human Services
Date: Wednesday April 03, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:00 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Lindau, Brett - State Board of Health
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Petersen, Connie Lynn - State Board of Health
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Wienke, Jeffrey, Jr. - State Board of Health
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Ahern, Matt - Health Information Technology Board
Health and Human Services
Date: Wednesday March 20, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:00 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Cook, J. Paul - State Board of Health
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Owens, David - Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Yi, Rui - Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Rosenthal, Daniel J. - State Board of Health
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Roop, Dennis - Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee
Health and Human Services
Date: Thursday February 29, 2024
Location: 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB982
Introducer: Riepe
Description: Provide for employment of nurse aides in intellectual and developmental disabilities facilities
Document: LB1086
Introducer: Walz
Description: Eliminate the Department of Health and Human Services and create three departments
Document: LB1283
Introducer: Arch
Description: Correct the name of a commission in the Medicine and Surgery Practice Act
Document: LB1392
Introducer: Ballard
Description: Change provisions relating to the Foster Care Reimbursement Rate Committee
Health and Human Services
Date: Thursday February 29, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:00 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: Special
Introducer:
Description: Briefing with Dr. Timothy Tesmer, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health & Human Services, to review rules and regulations pertaining to LB574
Document: Special
Introducer:
Description: Invited Testimony Only
Health and Human Services
Date: Wednesday February 28, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB871
Introducer: Cavanaugh, M.
Description: Require a report by the Department of Health and Human Services regarding the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program
Document: LB1237
Introducer: Cavanaugh, M.
Description: Require a report regarding the medical assistance program
Document: LB1261
Introducer: Walz
Description: Adopt the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Respite Services Act
Document: LB1280
Introducer: McDonnell
Description: Provide eligibility for child care assistance to qualified apprentices and semiconductor workers
Health and Human Services
Date: Friday February 23, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB882
Introducer: Bostar
Description: Change provisions relating to benefits under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Document: LB927
Introducer: Fredrickson
Description: Require suicide awareness and prevention training for certain employees of child-placing agencies and employees of the Department of Health and Human Services
Document: LB1194
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Require legislative approval of medicaid state plan amendments and state plan amendments for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program
Document: LB1221
Introducer: Day
Description: Provide staff training requirements for facilities offering care to persons with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or related disorders
Health and Human Services
Date: Thursday February 22, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1106
Introducer: Day
Description: Provide for coverage of lactation consultations under the Medical Assistance Act
Document: LB1107
Introducer: Day
Description: Provide for coverage of breast pumps under the Medical Assistance Act
Document: LB1373
Introducer: Blood
Description: Adopt the Dietitian Licensure Compact and change provisions relating to criminal background checks
Document: LB823
Introducer: Blood
Description: Adopt the Physician Assistant (PA) Licensure Compact and change provisions relating to criminal background checks
Health and Human Services
Date: Wednesday February 21, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB920
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Require the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a Restaurant Meals Program
Document: LB946
Introducer: Day
Description: Change requirements for payments to Child Care Subsidy program providers
Document: LB1350
Introducer: DeBoer
Description: Define certain terms under the Health Care Facilities Licensure Act
Document: LB1100
Introducer: McDonnell
Description: Change provisions relating to capitation payments made in accordance with the Medical Assistance Act as prescribed
Health and Human Services
Date: Thursday February 15, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1387
Introducer: Hansen
Description: Change provisions relating to approval and regulation of adding fluoride to the water supply of certain political subdivisions
Document: LB1016
Introducer: Walz
Description: Eliminate a termination date relating to prioritization of certain developmental disabilities services
Document: LB874
Introducer: Bostar
Description: Change requirements relating to child care licensing and child care facilities
Document: LB907
Introducer: Riepe
Description: Require medicaid coverage for treatment of obesity
Document: LB1144
Introducer: Ballard
Description: Change provisions relating to care management units for long-term care
Health and Human Services
Date: Wednesday February 14, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1381
Introducer: Hansen
Description: Provide work requirements for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Document: LB1278
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Provide for reimbursement of doula and full spectrum doula services under the Medical Assistance Act
Document: LB1111
Introducer: Clements
Description: Require city-county health departments to obtain approval for directed health measures
Document: LB1007
Introducer: Walz
Description: Provide for medicaid coverage for certain aged, blind, and disabled individuals
Document: LB904
Introducer: DeBoer
Description: Change provisions regarding child care reimbursement rates, create the Intergenerational Care Facility Incentive Grant Program, and provide for use of the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund
Health and Human Services
Date: Thursday February 08, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB822
Introducer: Blood
Description: Adopt the Social Worker Licensure Compact and change provisions relating to criminal background checks
Document: LB933
Introducer: Bosn
Description: Change medicaid coverage requirements for continuous glucose monitors
Document: LB1320
Introducer: Ballard
Description: Require emergency medical services to report patient overdose information as prescribed
Document: LB1054
Introducer: Walz
Description: Adopt the Child Care Safety and Security Act
Document: LB903
Introducer: DeBoer
Description: Change provisions relating to membership of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council and the State Alzheimer’s Plan
Health and Human Services
Date: Wednesday February 07, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Bish, Alyssa L. - Division of Children and Family Services-Department of Health and Human Services
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Corsi, Steven L. - Department of Health and Human Services
Document: LB1178
Introducer: Wishart
Description: Create the Intergenerational Care Facility Incentive Grant Program
Document: LB932
Introducer: Fredrickson
Description: Adopt the Social Worker Licensure Compact and change provisions of the Mental Health Practice Act and the Uniform Credentialing Act
Document: LB857
Introducer: Dungan
Description: Create the Nebraska Prenatal Plus Program, provide for use of the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund, and change provisions relating to coverage of glucose monitors under the Medical Assistance Act
Document: LB1355
Introducer: Vargas
Description: Provide for release of certain patient data by an emergency medical service, change provisions of the Opioid Prevention and Treatment Act, and provide for state aid, research, first responder training, and overdose fatality review
Document: LB1325
Introducer: Vargas
Description: Allow pharmacists and local public health departments to distribute fentanyl strips as prescribed
Health and Human Services
Date: Friday February 02, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB913
Introducer: Hunt
Description: Require a state plan amendment for postpartum coverage under the Children’s Health Insurance Program
Document: LB1003
Introducer: Hansen
Description: Change a requirement relating to child care licensing in cities, villages, or counties
Document: LB1087
Introducer: Jacobson
Description: Adopt the Hospital Quality Assurance and Access Assessment Act and provide duties for the Nebraska Center for Nursing
Document: LB1187
Introducer: Hardin
Description: Allow registered nurses to perform auricular acupuncture as prescribed
Health and Human Services
Date: Thursday February 01, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB905
Introducer: Riepe
Description: Require the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a medicaid waiver or state plan amendment for medical respite care, change the definition of respite care, and change provisions relating to the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund
Document: LB910
Introducer: Riepe
Description: Authorize an emergency medical service to transport and emergency care providers to provide emergency medical care to injured law enforcement canines
Document: LB952
Introducer: Day
Description: Require the Department of Health and Human Services to implement the federal Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer Program
Document: LB1172
Introducer: von Gillern
Description: Change provisions relating to access to health data in certain registries and databases for research purposes
Document: LB1214
Introducer:
Description: Change provisions relating to a criminal background check for certain professions under the Uniform Credentialing Act
Health and Human Services
Date: Wednesday January 31, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1035
Introducer: Hughes
Description: Adopt the Prescription Drug Donation Program Act
Document: LB1060
Introducer: Hansen
Description: Provide an exemption from newborn screening
Document: LB1171
Introducer: Hardin
Description: Change verification requirements for pharmacy technicians
Document: LB1196
Introducer: Ballard
Description: Change provisions relating to registration of medication aides
Document: LB1215
Introducer: Hansen
Description: Adopt the Dietitian Licensure Compact and the Physician Assistant (PA) Licensure Compact, change provisions relating to prescriptions, death certificates, credentialing of barbers, nurses, pharmacies, pharmacy professionals, and certain health care facilities and services, treatment of individuals with communicable tuberculosis, and telehealth consultations, and provide for abstracts of death and coverage under the medical assistance program for certain breast pumps and lactation visits
Health and Human Services
Date: Friday January 26, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB856
Introducer: Fredrickson
Description: Change eligibility requirements for the federal child care subsidy program
Document: LB1143
Introducer:
Description: Eliminate provisions relating to certain health districts
Document: LB896
Introducer: Ballard
Description: Change provisions relating to telehealth consultations
Document: LB1009
Introducer: Walz
Description: Change provisions of the Barber Act
Health and Human Services
Date: Thursday January 25, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1181
Introducer: Ballard
Description: Change requirements relating to controlled substances, prescription drugs, pharmacists, and pharmacies as prescribed
Document: LB1130
Introducer: Raybould
Description: Change provisions relating to mental health practitioner licenses
Document: LB1138
Introducer: Riepe
Description: Provide an exemption from requirements for prescribers issuing prescriptions for controlled substances
Document: LB1173
Introducer: Riepe
Description: Provide for use of abstracts of death and change a requirement relating to death certificates
Health and Human Services
Date: Wednesday January 24, 2024
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Document
Introducer
Description
Document: LB1015
Introducer: Walz
Description: Change provisions of the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act
Document: LB824
Introducer: Blood
Description: Adopt the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and change provisions relating to criminal background checks
Document: LB834
Introducer: Blood
Description: Establish requirements for a resident dental license
Document: LB1062
Introducer: Ibach
Description: Change provisions of the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act