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: Jun 3, 2024

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

2024

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, 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
LB22	Decriminalize use and possession of marijuana	Neutral
LB24	Change tax provisions relating to cigars, cheroots, and stogies	Oppose
LB25	Allow claims involving child abuse or sexual assault of a child under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act	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
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	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
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	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
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
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
LB262	Change and eliminate provisions relating to warehouse operators, hemp, the Grain Dealer Act, the Grain Warehouse Act, the Nebraska Agricultural Products Marketing Act, the Nebraska Hemp Farming Act, the Nebraska Corn Resources Act, the Nebraska Pure Food Act, and the Uniform Controlled Substances Act	Neutral
LB291	Require implicit bias or diversity, equity, and inclusion training for certain applicants and credential holders under the Uniform Credentialing Act	Oppose
LB307	Authorize syringe services programs in municipalities and counties and provide exceptions to penalties related to drug paraphernalia under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act	Support
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	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
LB388	Adopt the Property Tax Growth Limitation Act, the Advertising Services Tax Act, and the Property Tax Relief Act and change provisions relating to revenue and taxation	Neutral
LB391	Provide criminal and civil immunity for pregnancy outcomes	Neutral
LB421	Provide procedures for directed health measures	Neutral
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
LB443	Change provisions relating to compensation for total disability under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act	Neutral
LB444	Provide for a one-time grant for a health sciences education center, infrastructure costs, and a community athletics complex	Neutral
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
LB468	Create the position of State Dementia Director in the Department of Health and Human Services	Support
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
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
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
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
LB823	Adopt the Physician Assistant (PA) Licensure Compact and change provisions relating to criminal background checks	Support
LB829	Change provisions relating to insurance coverage for screening for colorectal cancer	Support
LB833	Adopt the Prescription Drug Affordability Act	Oppose
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	Support
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	Support
LB896	Change provisions relating to telehealth consultations	Support
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	Support
LB907	Require medicaid coverage for treatment of obesity	Neutral
LB912	Provide for contracting for reasonable terms for coverage under the Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Insurance Coverage Act	Neutral
LB917	Require the establishment of a standard prior authorization process for health benefit plans and the approval and use of prior authorization forms	Neutral
LB929	Provide for coordination of the 911 service system and the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline	Support
LB933	Change medicaid coverage requirements for continuous glucose monitors	Neutral
LB935	Appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services for medicaid dental services	Neutral
LB937	Provide for tax credits, tax exemptions, and certain grant programs and change provisions relating to tax credits and fuel taxes	Neutral
LB944	Provide for use of the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund for behavioral health needs	Neutral
LB954	Adopt the Biometric Autonomy Liberty Law	Neutral
LB961	Prohibit noncompete agreements for lower-wage employees	Neutral
LB972	Prohibit kratom as a controlled substance	Neutral
LB982	Provide for employment of nurse aides in intellectual and developmental disabilities facilities	Neutral
LB984	Prohibit certain actions relating to distribution of drugs by 340B entities	Support
LB990	Change provisions of the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act	Support
LB999	Change provisions of the Nebraska Hemp Farming Act and the Uniform Controlled Substances Act	Neutral
LB1004	Change motorcycle, moped, and autocycle helmet provisions	Oppose
LB1015	Change provisions of the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act	Support
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
LB1033	Provide for enforcement of violations relating to use of handheld wireless communication devices as a primary action	Neutral
LB1035	Adopt the Prescription Drug Donation Program Act	Support
LB1060	Provide an exemption from newborn screening	Neutral
LB1062	Change provisions of the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act	Neutral
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
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	Support
LB1094	Provide restrictions on insurance coverage of epinephrine injectors and inhalers	Neutral
LB1099	Change the use of appropriated Federal Funds for nursing scholarships	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
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	Support
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
LB1124	State intent to appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services	Support
LB1125	State intent to appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services	Support
LB1128	Change provisions of the Opioid Prevention and Treatment Act	Neutral
LB1130	Change provisions relating to mental health practitioner licenses	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
LB1148	Change requirements relating to insurance coverage of step therapy for certain drugs	Neutral
LB1158	Adopt the Medical Debt Relief Act and provide certain income tax consequences	Neutral
LB1168	Adopt the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act	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
LB1196	Change provisions relating to registration of medication aides	Support
LB1200	Change provisions relating to motor vehicles, roads, excise taxes, and federal law and regulations and provide for coordination of the 911 service system and the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline	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
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	Support
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	Support
LB1299	Change the tax on sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems	Support
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
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	Support
LB1341	Provide for sales tax on consumable hemp products and state intent regarding funding for post-traumatic stress disorder	Neutral
LB1353	Change provisions relating to insurance coverage for screening mammography and breast examinations	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
LB1373	Adopt the Dietitian Licensure Compact and change provisions relating to criminal background checks	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
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	Support
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	Neutral
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

Jun 3, 2024

Date