NEBRASKA LOBBYIST
STATEMENT of ACTIVITY

 

 
NADC FORM D
 
  • 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)

2024

ITEM 2
NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL
LOBBYIST

Edwards Westerhold Moore  

(402) 476-1440 

1233 Lincoln Mall, Suite 201 

Lincoln 

NE 

68508 

PRINCIPAL

Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians  

(402) 505-9198 

11920 Burt Street, Suite 170 

Omaha 

NE 

68154-1598 

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 Identify amendment or procedural matter Describe bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter Position taken
LB7    Provide a statute of limitations for exposure to hazardous or toxic chemicals  Neutral
LB12    Create the Nebraska Human Breast Milk Bank  Neutral
LB13    Require coverage of human breast milk under the Medical Assistance Act  Neutral
LB15    Change provisions of the Wage and Hour Act  Neutral
LB16    Require occupational boards to issue certain credentials based on credentials or work experience in another jurisdiction, provide and change requirements regarding applicants with a criminal conviction, provide for jurisprudential examinations and appeals, change requirements for membership of the State Electrical Board, and adopt the Interior Design Voluntary Registration Act  Neutral
LB24    Change tax provisions relating to cigars, cheroots, and stogies  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  Neutral
LB46    Appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services for a provider rate study  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, change reporting requirements related to the medical assistance program, and require a report regarding to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program  Support
LB78    Redefine massage therapy under the Massage Therapy Practice Act  Neutral
LB79    Adopt the Nebraska EPIC Option Consumption Tax Act  Neutral
LB85    Provide for express lane eligibility under the Medical Assistance Act and the Children's Health Insurance Program  Support
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  Neutral
LB108    State intent regarding appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for community health centers  Support
LB128    State intent regarding appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services  Neutral
LB129    State intent regarding appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for medicaid nursing facilities  Neutral
LB130    State intent regarding medicaid nursing facility rates, require reports, and change quality assurance assessments for nursing facilities  Neutral
LB131    State intent regarding appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for medicaid assisted-living facilities  Neutral
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  Neutral
LB156    Change the caseload ratio for the Public Guardian  Neutral
LB161    Change provisions of the Workplace Privacy Act  Neutral
LB164    Change provisions relating to the Economic Recovery Act, the Municipal Inland Port Authority Act, the Nebraska Rural Projects Act, grants awarded by the Department of Economic Development, and transfers of funds and investment earnings, provide for a museum at Fort Robinson State Park, and adopt the Child Care Capacity Building and Workforce Act  Neutral
LB169    Prohibit discrimination based upon sexual orientation and gender identity  Neutral
LB179    Prohibit conversion therapy  Neutral
LB200    Adopt the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Act  Neutral
LB202    Provide for vaccine administration by pharmacy technicians  Support
LB203    Provide for a release of employee medical records as prescribed under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act  Neutral
LB204    Provide for reimbursement for pharmacy dispensing fees under the medical assistance program  Neutral
LB210    Adopt the Prior Authorization Reform Act  Support
LB216    Provide certification requirements for optometrists performing certain procedures  Neutral
LB219    Require the Department of Health and Human Services to rebase rates for critical access hospitals  Neutral
LB271    Change reporting requirements for child abuse and neglect  Neutral
LB280    Adopt the Interstate Massage Compact  Neutral
LB291    Require implicit bias or diversity, equity, and inclusion training for certain applicants and credential holders under the Uniform Credentialing Act  Neutral
LB333    Require a state plan amendment for coverage of family planning services under the Medical Assistance Act  Neutral
LB335    Adopt the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act  Neutral
LB351    Increase and eliminate limits on medical malpractice liability and change provisions relating to proof of financial responsibility and the Excess Liability Fund  Oppose
LB352    Change criminal justice provisions including offenses, sentencing, set asides, restitution, pretrial diversion, and parole; provide for benefits under the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act; create criminal justice pilot programs; terminate an oversight committee; and create a task force  Neutral
LB353    Provide for grants for projects that increase long-term care facility capacity  Neutral
LB362    State intent regarding appropriations for a rate increase for behavioral health services  Neutral
LB367    Adopt the Fair Chance Hiring Act  Neutral
LB381    Adopt the Mental Health Wellness Act and authorize county sales and use taxes  Neutral
LB383    Change provisions relating to insurance coverage for screenings for colorectal cancer  Support
LB421    Provide procedures for directed health measures  Neutral
LB422    Exempt certain activities from disciplinary action under the Uniform Credentialing Act  Neutral
LB430    Prohibit a multiple procedure payment reduction policy from being applied to physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech-language pathology services as prescribed under the Uniform Credentialing Act  Neutral
LB433    Provide requirements for distribution of funding for behavioral health regions  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  Neutral
LB448    Prohibit certain provisions in a health plan in relation to clinician-administered drugs  Neutral
LB451    Provide for the Department of Health and Human Services to award a grant to assist a rehabilitation hospital  Neutral
LB458    Allow certain central fill pharmacies to deliver to a patient under the Prescription Drug Safety Act  Neutral
LB468    Create the position of State Dementia Director in the Department of Health and Human Services  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  Neutral
LB523    Require a state plan amendment to include school psychologists as medicaid providers  Neutral
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  Neutral
LB549    Change restrictions based on age for certain health care, power of attorney, and financial documents  Neutral
LB551    State intent to appropriate funds to certain counties for long-term care facility operations and services  Neutral
LB570    Adopt the Overdose Fatality Review Teams Act  Neutral
LB588    Adopt the Medicinal Cannabis Act  Neutral
LB592    Adopt the Social Care Information Privacy Act  Neutral
LB595    Change supervision requirements under the Pharmacy Practice Act  Neutral
LB606    Adopt the Nebraska Pregnancy Help Act and provide tax credits  Neutral
LB610    Appropriate funds to the State Department of Education  Neutral
LB611    Provide requirements for certain health care facility-provided medications  Neutral
LB619    Prohibit assault on a public transportation driver and clarify provisions relating to assault on officers, emergency responders, certain employees, and health care professionals  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  Neutral
LB663    State intent to appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services  Neutral
LB664    Provide powers and duties for the state medicaid fraud control unit and the Attorney General  Neutral
LB668    Authorize mental health professionals and practitioners to take persons into emergency protective custody and provide for a training and certification process  Neutral
LB670    Prohibit discrimination under the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation and prohibit discrimination by employers regardless of size  Neutral
LB678    Change provisions and definitions of the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act relating to disability  Neutral
LB680    Change provisions of the Parkinson’s Disease Registry Act  Neutral
LB761    Appropriate funds to the Supreme Court for the Office of Public Guardian  Neutral
LB778    Change the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act  Neutral
LB779    Limit the amount an insured pays for prescription insulin drugs  Support
LB794    Adopt the Nursing Incentives Scholarship Act  Neutral
LB795    Provide immunity for administration of naloxone or other federally approved opioid antagonists  Neutral
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  Neutral
LB819    Change provisions relating to the Cash Reserve Fund  Neutral
LB823    Adopt the Physician Assistant (PA) Licensure Compact and change provisions relating to criminal background checks  Neutral
LB829    Change provisions relating to insurance coverage for screening for colorectal cancer  Support
LB833    Adopt the Prescription Drug Affordability Act  Neutral
LB852    Change provisions of the Medicare Supplement Insurance Minimum Standards Act  Neutral
LB857    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  Neutral
LB870    Provide for additional rights of notification, information, and preservation of evidence under the Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights Act  Neutral
LB876    Adopt the Newborn Safe Haven Act  Neutral
LB879    Repeal the Let Them Grow Act and the Preborn Child Protection Act  Neutral
LB885    Provide requirements for insurance coverage of lung cancer screening  Support
LB892    Change provisions relating to controlled substances under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act  Neutral
LB896    Change provisions relating to telehealth consultations  Neutral
LB902    Prohibit assisted-living facilities from requiring a third-party guarantee of payment  Neutral
LB904    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  Neutral
LB905    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  Neutral
LB907    Require medicaid coverage for treatment of obesity  Support
LB913    Require a state plan amendment for postpartum coverage under the Children’s Health Insurance Program  Support
LB917    Require the establishment of a standard prior authorization process for health benefit plans and the approval and use of prior authorization forms  Support
LB933    Change medicaid coverage requirements for continuous glucose monitors  Support
LB937    Provide for tax credits, tax exemptions, and certain grant programs and change provisions relating to tax credits and fuel taxes  Neutral
LB954    Adopt the Biometric Autonomy Liberty Law  Neutral
LB961    Prohibit noncompete agreements for lower-wage employees  Neutral
LB977    Prohibit discrimination based on military or veteran status  Neutral
LB984    Prohibit certain actions relating to distribution of drugs by 340B entities  Neutral
LB990    Change provisions of the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act  Neutral
LB1004    Change motorcycle, moped, and autocycle helmet provisions  Neutral
LB1007    Provide for medicaid coverage for certain aged, blind, and disabled individuals  Neutral
LB1015    Change provisions of the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act  Neutral
LB1023    Adopt the Relocation Incentive Act and change provisions relating to certain business deductions, nonresident income, incentives under the ImagiNE Nebraska Act, and occupation taxes  Neutral
LB1024    Change provisions relating to documents and information provided to an independent review organization under the Health Carrier External Review Act  Neutral
LB1028    Require city-county health departments to obtain approval for directed health measures  Neutral
LB1035    Adopt the Prescription Drug Donation Program Act  Support
LB1060    Provide an exemption from newborn screening  Oppose
LB1073    Adopt the Peer-to-Peer Vehicle Sharing Program Act and provide, change, and prohibit certain actions relating to insurance, real estate, and deceptive trade practices  Neutral
LB1074    Adopt changes to federal law regarding banking and finance, change provisions of the Commodity Code, the Credit Union Act, and the Securities Act of Nebraska, adopt the Data Privacy Act and the Public Entities Pooled Investment Act, exempt certain records from public disclosure, and change breach of security provisions and computerized data, criminal history background checks, and vital records  Neutral
LB1082    Require coverage for in vitro fertilization for state employees under the Nebraska State Insurance Program  Neutral
LB1086    Eliminate the Department of Health and Human Services and create three departments  Neutral
LB1087    Adopt the Hospital Quality Assurance and Access Assessment Act and provide duties for the Nebraska Center for Nursing  Neutral
LB1094    Provide restrictions on insurance coverage of epinephrine injectors and inhalers  Neutral
LB1099    Change the use of appropriated Federal Funds for nursing scholarships  Neutral
LB1100    Change provisions relating to capitation payments made in accordance with the Medical Assistance Act as prescribed  Neutral
LB1101    Provide requirements for the Public Health Early Admission Student Track Program and the Rural Health Opportunities Program and provide for tuition waivers  Neutral
LB1104    Change fees for lobbyist registration and change distribution of such fees  Neutral
LB1106    Provide for coverage of lactation consultations under the Medical Assistance Act  Neutral
LB1107    Provide for coverage of breast pumps under the Medical Assistance Act  Neutral
LB1108    Provide for transfer of certain sales and use taxes to the Nebraska Emergency Medical System Operations Fund and provide additional uses for the fund  Neutral
LB1109    Provide an exception under the Preborn Child Protection Act to allow an abortion after twelve weeks in the case of a fatal fetal anomaly and change and eliminate certain penalty provisions relating to abortions  Neutral
LB1111    Require city-county health departments to obtain approval for directed health measures  Neutral
LB1128    Change provisions of the Opioid Prevention and Treatment Act  Neutral
LB1138    Provide an exemption from requirements for prescribers issuing prescriptions for controlled substances  Neutral
LB1139    Adopt the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act  Neutral
LB1143    Eliminate provisions relating to certain health districts  Neutral
LB1148    Change requirements relating to insurance coverage of step therapy for certain drugs  Neutral
LB1155    Appropriate federal funds to the Department of Health and Human Services and state intent relating to appropriations  Neutral
LB1158    Adopt the Medical Debt Relief Act and provide certain income tax consequences  Neutral
LB1168    Adopt the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act  Neutral
LB1170    Change provisions of the Employment Security Law relating to benefit amounts and periods of disqualification for benefits  Neutral
LB1171    Change verification requirements for pharmacy technicians  Neutral
LB1172    Change provisions relating to access to health data in certain registries and databases for research purposes  Neutral
LB1181    Change requirements relating to controlled substances, prescription drugs, pharmacists, and pharmacies as prescribed  Neutral
LB1187    Allow registered nurses to perform auricular acupuncture as prescribed  Neutral
LB1194    Require legislative approval of medicaid state plan amendments and state plan amendments for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program  Neutral
LB1195    Provide requirements for grants awarded by the Commission on Public Advocacy and thirty-party guarantees under the Assisted-Living Facility Act, change provisions relating to homestead exemptions for judgment liens and executions, the Nebraska Probate Code, the Nebraska Uniform Trust Code, the Nebraska Uniform Power of Attorney Act, and the Nebraska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, and authorize acceptance of cession or retrocession of federal jurisdiction for juvenile matters  Neutral
LB1196    Change provisions relating to registration of medication aides  Neutral
LB1204    Change provisions relating to certain lotteries and raffles, certain tobacco and nicotine delivery products, the State Lottery Act, the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, the Tobacco Products Tax Act, and public records  Neutral
LB1213    Require employers to provide twenty hours of paid leave per year for school-related activities  Neutral
LB1214    Change provisions relating to a criminal background check for certain professions under the Uniform Credentialing Act  Neutral
LB1215    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  Neutral
LB1221    Provide staff training requirements for facilities offering care to persons with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or related disorders  Neutral
LB1232    Prohibit certain actions under the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act  Neutral
LB1237    Require a report regarding the medical assistance program  Neutral
LB1248    Eliminate certain sales and use tax exemptions  Neutral
LB1261    Adopt the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Respite Services Act  Neutral
LB1274    Require insurance coverage of prosthetics and orthotics as prescribed  Neutral
LB1278    Provide for reimbursement of doula and full spectrum doula services under the Medical Assistance Act  Neutral
LB1283    Correct the name of a commission in the Medicine and Surgery Practice Act  Neutral
LB1294    Adopt the Data Privacy Act, change provisions relating to certain certificates and information relating to vital records, and provide for certain records to be exempt from public disclosure  Neutral
LB1296    Change provisions relating to electronic nicotine delivery systems and tobacco products and provide for a directory of manufacturers of such systems  Neutral
LB1299    Change the tax on sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems  Neutral
LB1307    Require the Director of Insurance to identify certain health benefits and provide for reimbursements for qualified health plan issuers as prescribed  Neutral
LB1309    Provide an income tax deduction for the costs of medical care  Neutral
LB1310    Adopt the Advertising Services Tax Act and eliminate certain sales and use tax exemptions  Neutral
LB1313    Provide for regulation of health benefit plans for nonprofit agricultural organizations  Neutral
LB1315    Change the sales tax rate  Neutral
LB1320    Require emergency medical services to report patient overdose information as prescribed  Neutral
LB1325    Allow pharmacists and local public health departments to distribute fentanyl strips as prescribed  Neutral
LB1353    Change provisions relating to insurance coverage for screening mammography and breast examinations  Neutral
LB1354    Adopt the Advertising Services Tax Act  Neutral
LB1355    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  Neutral
LB1376    Appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services for prescription reimbursements  Neutral
LB1391    Require certain high schools to have automated external defibrillators and an athletics emergency action plan as prescribed  Neutral
LB1400    Adopt the Relocation Incentive Act and provide tax incentives  Neutral
LB1412    Provide, change, and eliminate appropriations for operation of state government, postsecondary education, state aid, capital construction, and federal funds allocated to the State of Nebraska from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021  Neutral
LB1413    Transfer and provide for the transfer of funds and create and change the use and distribution of funds  Neutral
LB1416    Adopt the Child Care Capacity Building and Workforce Act  Neutral
LB1417    Create, eliminate, terminate, and provide, change, eliminate, and transfer powers, duties, and membership of boards, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, panels, authorities, and departments and change and eliminate funds  Oppose
LR6CA    Constitutional amendment to prohibit governmental entities from imposing any taxes other than retail consumption taxes and excise taxes  Neutral
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  Neutral
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
LR20CA    Constitutional amendment to protect the right of individual privacy  Neutral
LR279CA    Constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to enact laws providing for a minimum term of life imprisonment for certain offenses against first responders  Neutral
 
I certify that all information presented in this form is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Edwards Westerhold Moore

Lobbyist Name

May 31, 2024

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