Nebraska Legislature - Lobbyist Reporting Application

Clerk of the Legislature

Room 2014 State Capitol

PO Box 94604

Lincoln, NE 68509

(402) 471-2608

NEBRASKA LOBBYIST
STATEMENT of ACTIVITY

NADC FORM D

Submission Date: Jul 13, 2023

Each registered lobbyist shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of a regular session of the Legislature. The statement must be filed even if the lobbyist engaged in no activity.
Any registered lobbyist who engages in lobbying activity in connection with a special session of the Legislature shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of the special session. Late filing fees are $25.00 per day, not to exceed $750.00.
Lobbyists having more than one principal shall file a separate report for each principal.

ITEM 1

NATURE OF FILING (Check appropriate box)

For Calendar Year of

2023

Regular Session

Special Session

Amended Report

ITEM 2

NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL

LOBBYIST

Lobbyist Name

Mueller Robak

Phone

(402) 434-3399

Address

530 S. 13th Street, Suite 110

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Nebraska Medical Association

Office Phone

(402) 474-4472

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

1045 Lincoln Mall, Suite 200

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

List all the legislation upon which the lobbyist acted on behalf of the principal including bills, resolutions, amendments and procedural matters. Identify by number of bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter and state the position taken. This statement should include a list of amendments or procedural matters which the lobbyist has acted upon for the principal, even if the lobbyist has not acted upon the bill or resolution from which the amendment or procedural matter arises.

Identify bill or resolution number	Describe bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter	Position taken
LB5	Provide for compensability under Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act for mental injuries resulting from workplace violence	Neutral
LB12	Create the Nebraska Human Breast Milk Bank	Neutral
LB13	Require coverage of human breast milk under the Medical Assistance Act	Neutral
LB16	Require occupational boards to issue certain credentials based on credentials or work experience in another jurisdiction and make a determination regarding an applicant with a criminal conviction, provide for jurisprudential examinations and appeals from denial of a license, and change requirements for membership of the State Electrical Board	Oppose
LB22	Decriminalize use and possession of marijuana	Neutral
LB24	Change tax provisions relating to cigars, cheroots, and stogies	Oppose
LB25	Authorize punitive damages as prescribed and provide for distribution	Neutral
LB32	Change requirements for issuers of medicare supplement insurance policies or certificates relating to coverage of individuals under sixty-five years of age who are eligible for medicare by reason of disability or end-stage renal disease	Support
LB44	Adopt the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact	Neutral
LB57	Adopt the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act	Neutral
LB62	Provide for coverage of translation and interpretation services under the medical assistance program	Support
LB68	Increase limits on medical malpractice liability and change provisions of the Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act	Support
LB75	Provide for review of incidents of severe maternal morbidity	Support
LB78	Redefine massage therapy under the Massage Therapy Practice Act	Neutral
LB79	Adopt the Nebraska EPIC Option Consumption Tax Act	Oppose
LB85	Provide for express lane eligibility under the Medical Assistance Act and the Children's Health Insurance Program	Neutral
LB87	Allow persons eighteen years of age to make health care decisions and persons under nineteen years of age in correctional facilities to consent to medical and mental health care	Support
LB89	Repeal provisions stating that surrogate parenthood contracts are void and unenforceable	Neutral
LB91	Change motorcycle, moped, and autocycle helmet and eye protection provisions	Oppose
LB108	State intent regarding appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for community health centers	Support
LB123	Adopt the Behavior Analyst Practice Act	Neutral
LB128	State intent regarding appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services	Support
LB142	Limit the amount an insured pays for prescription insulin drugs	Support
LB142	Limit the amount an insured pays for prescription insulin drugs	Support
LB145	Change provisions relating to coverage for screening mammography and breast examinations	Support
LB149	State intent regarding appropriations and rebasing rates under the medical assistance program	Support
LB157	Provide for appointment of temporary guardians and change provisions relating to attorney's fees, third-party practice, change of name proceedings, enforcement of debts against certain victims, controlled substances schedules, decedents' estates, and crime victims' reparations	Support
LB179	Prohibit conversion therapy	Neutral
LB181	Provide for filling and refilling prescriptions in certain circumstances	Support
LB202	Provide for vaccine administration by pharmacy technicians	Support
LB210	Adopt the Prior Authorization Reform Act	Support
LB216	Provide certification requirements for optometrists performing certain procedures	Oppose
LB219	Require the Department of Health and Human Services to rebase rates for critical access hospitals	Support
LB227	Change provisions relating to public health and welfare	Support
LB256	Change provisions related to insurance coverage of telehealth	Support
LB276	Adopt the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Act	Support
LB286	Provide for confidentiality of a physician wellness program under the Uniform Credentialing Act	Support
LB291	Require implicit bias or diversity, equity, and inclusion training for certain applicants and credential holders under the Uniform Credentialing Act	Oppose
LB335	Adopt the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act	Support
LB345	Define palliative care under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act	Support
LB351	Increase and eliminate limits on medical malpractice liability and change provisions relating to proof of financial responsibility and the Excess Liability Fund	Oppose
LB362	State intent regarding appropriations for a rate increase for behavioral health services	Support
LB383	Change provisions relating to insurance coverage for screenings for colorectal cancer	Support
LB419	Require submission of a medicaid state plan amendment to extend postpartum coverage	Support
LB422	Exempt certain activities from disciplinary action under the Uniform Credentialing Act	Neutral
LB434	Require the Department of Health and Human Services to enroll long-term care hospitals as providers under the medical assistance program and submission of a state plan amendment or waiver	Support
LB448	Prohibit certain provisions in a health plan in relation to clinician-administered drugs	Support
LB451	Provide for the Department of Health and Human Services to award a grant to assist a rehabilitation hospital	Support
LB464	Change provisions relating to proof of mental injuries and mental illness for first responders under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act	Neutral
LB468	Create the position of State Dementia Director in the Department of Health and Human Services	Support
LB480	Change medical lien provisions	Neutral
LB488	Adopt the Sexual Assault Emergency Care Act	Neutral
LB490	Appropriate federal funds to the Department of Health and Human Services for health aid	Neutral
LB503	Adopt the Rural Nebraska Nursing Workforce Act	Neutral
LB517	Require the Department of Health and Human Services to pay discharge incentives to post-acute placement facilities	Support
LB525	State intent to appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services for rate increases for psychiatric diagnostic evaluation	Neutral
LB539	State intent regarding use of the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund for the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program	Support
LB570	Adopt the Overdose Fatality Review Teams Act	Support
LB572	Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to the Medical Nutrition Therapy Practice Act	Support
LB574	Adopt the Let Them Grow Act and the Preborn Child Protection Act and provide for discipline under the Uniform Credentialing Act	Oppose
LB584	Impose a tax on selling or dealing in electronic nicotine delivery systems	Support
LB586	Provide duties for the Nebraska Center for Nursing regarding clinical training sites	Support
LB588	Adopt the Medicinal Cannabis Act	Neutral
LB592	Adopt the Social Care Information Privacy Act	Neutral
LB593	Change provisions relating to licensure and regulation of hearing instrument specialists	Oppose
LB605	Change provisions of the Mental Health Practice Act to include protections and requirements for certified art therapists	Neutral
LB610	Appropriate funds to the State Department of Education	Support
LB611	Provide requirements for certain health care facility-provided medications	Support
LB626	Adopt the Nebraska Heartbeat Act	Oppose
LB628	Change provisions relating to limited liability companies and professional corporations	Neutral
LB634	Adopt the Cannabis Control Act and the Cannabis Conviction Clean Slate Act	Neutral
LB640	Require an off-campus location of a hospital to obtain and use a separate National Provider Identifier in billing for health care services	Neutral
LB657	Appropriate funds to the University of Nebraska	Support
LB668	Authorize mental health professionals and practitioners to take persons into emergency protective custody and provide for a training and certification process	Oppose
LB680	Change provisions of the Parkinson’s Disease Registry Act	Neutral
LB745	Increase the cigarette tax and provide for distribution of the proceeds	Support
LB765	Change, provide, and eliminate definitions, powers, and duties under the Statewide Trauma System Act	Neutral
LB778	Change the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act	Neutral
LB779	Limit the amount an insured pays for prescription insulin drugs	Support
LB792	Provide for a pilot program for assessing and treating post traumatic stress disorder	Neutral
LB794	Adopt the Nursing Incentives Scholarship Act	Neutral
LB795	Provide immunity for administration of naloxone or other federally approved opioid antagonists	Support
LB802	State intent to appropriate funds to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	Neutral
LB810	Adopt the Medical Ethics and Diversity Act	Oppose
LR6CA	Constitutional amendment to prohibit governmental entities from imposing any taxes other than retail consumption taxes and excise taxes	Oppose
LR7CA	Constitutional amendment to require the state to impose a consumption tax or an excise tax on all new goods and services and to provide a tax exemption for grocery items	Oppose
LR18CA	Constitutional amendment to protect the right to reproductive freedom	Neutral
LR19CA	Constitutional amendment to protect the right to reproductive freedom and prohibit the state from taking adverse action for exercising or assisting in the exercise of such right	Neutral

I certify that all information presented in this form is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Mueller Robak LLC

Lobbyist Name

Jul 13, 2023

Date