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 8, 2025

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

2025

Regular Session

Special Session

Amended Report

ITEM 2

NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL

LOBBYIST

Lobbyist Name

Dubas, Annette

Phone

(308) 550-0614

Address

54906 N. 180th Ave.

City

Fullerton

State

Zip

68638

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Nebraska Association of Behavioral Health Organizations

Office Phone

(308) 550-0614

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

P.O. Box 36

City

Fullerton

State

Zip

68638

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
LB5		Provide immunity for administration of naloxone or other federally approved opioid antagonists	Support
LB26	767	Include certain hospital and health clinic employees within statutes protecting health care professionals from assault	Support
LB55	832	State intent regarding appropriations for medicaid rates for mental health providers	Support
LB66	AM 52	Adopt the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act	Support
LB77		Adopt the Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act and provide for insurance and medicaid coverage of biomarker testing	Support
LB84		Adopt the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact	Support
LB96		Require the Department of Health and Human Services to file certain 1115 waivers	Support
LB104	348	Adopt the Family Home Visitation Act	Support
LB119	828	Provide requirements for the Rural Health Opportunity Program and provide tuition waivers	Support
LB153		Require the Department of Health and Human Services to file a state plan amendment for postpartum coverage	Support
LB165		Authorize syringe services programs in municipalities and counties and provide exceptions to penalties related to drug paraphernalia under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act	Support
LB189		Adopt the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act	Support
LB195		Provide immunity for administration of naloxone, nalmefene, or other federally approved opioid overdose reversal medications	Support
LB230		Adopt the Kratom Consumer Protection Act, regulate nitrous oxide, and change the Uniform Controlled Substances Act	Support
LB255		Provide for use of the Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Cash Fund for problem solving courts	Support
LB283		Require the Department of Health and Human Services to implement express lane eligibility	Support
LB308		Adopt the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act	Support
LB330		Change provisions relating to the sales tax rate and create the Alcohol Addiction Prevention and Treatment Fund	Support
LB332		Provide for assistant funeral directors, change scope of practice and regulatory provisions regarding funeral directing and embalming, hearing instrument specialists, and audiologists, change membership provisions for the Board of Pharmacy, change provisions regarding delegated dispensing permits and prescription refills, provide medicaid coverage for psychology services, and establish the Rural Health Opportunity Program	Support
LB350		Change provisions relating to commitment for restoration of competency to stand trial or for sentencing and require filing of certain documents with the court or appropriate tribal official under the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act and the Sex Offender Commitment Act	Support
LB351		Change requirements for priority of admission to state hospitals for the mentally ill	Support
LB359		State intent regarding appropriations for reimbursement rates for child welfare service providers	Support
LB367		Prohibit conversion therapy and provide for disciplinary sanctions and a deceptive trade practice	Support
LB368		Establish the Nebraska Youth in Care Bill of Rights	Support
LB380	728	Change provisions regarding program integrity, ground emergency medical transport, and mental health and substance use disorder services under the Medical Assistance Act and provide duties for the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care	Support
LB381		Change requirements relating to program integrity audits under the Medical Assistance Act	Support
LB386	1370	Adopt the Regional Mental Health Expansion Pilot Program Act, provide for videoconferencing of hearings under the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act and the Sex Offender Commitment Act, provide for detention of certain persons at mental health beds in jails, and change provisions relating to hearings and rights of confrontation	Support
LB454	952	Change provisions relating to regional behavioral health authorities and the Behavioral Health Services Fund	Support
LB530	AM 1218	Change provisions relating to motor vehicle homicide, motor vehicle homicide of an unborn child, tampering with an electronic monitoring device, controlled substances violations, adult and juvenile probation, detention of juveniles, motorists passing stopped vehicles or vulnerable road users, and speed limits	Oppose
LB549		Allow a school board to employ a chaplain, including in a volunteer capacity, at a school	Oppose
LB556		Change jurisdiction of juvenile courts and adult criminal courts and change provisions relating to detention and hearings under the Nebraska Juvenile Code	Oppose

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

Annette Dubas

Lobbyist Name

Jul 8, 2025

Date