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NebraskaLB312109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET

Include nurse anesthesia practice and dietitian nutrition practice under the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act

Sponsored By: Paul Strommen

Signed by Governor

Health and Human Services Committee

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Loan repayment and Medicaid rules for clinicians

The law pays up to $30,000 per year for physicians, psychiatrists, dentists, and psychologists. It pays up to $15,000 per year for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, dietitian nutritionists, and mental-health practitioners. For these listed allied practitioners, total payments cannot exceed $45,000. You must work full time at least three years in a designated Nebraska shortage area and accept Medicaid patients. The State and a local entity share the cost equally, and the department pays you directly.

More loan help for nurse anesthetists and dietitians

The law adds nurse anesthetists and dietitian nutritionists to the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act. Students accepted into accredited Nebraska programs in these fields can get student loans, up to $30,000 per year. Licensed practitioners in these fields can apply for loan repayment when they start work in a designated shortage area. You cannot be in a residency or on a provisional or temporary license. Nebraska now names shortage areas for these fields, which unlocks these incentives.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Paul Strommen

    legislature

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 165 • No: 1

legislature vote • 4/24/2026

Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11

legislature vote • 4/3/2025

Final Reading

Yes: 46 • No: 1

legislature vote • 3/11/2025

Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11

legislature vote • 2/27/2025

Vote

Yes: 43 • No: 0 • Other: 6

Actions Timeline

  1. Provisions/portions of LB553 amended into LB312 by AM591

    6/6/2025legislature

  2. Approved by Governor on April 7, 2025

    4/8/2025legislature

  3. Dispensing of reading at large approved

    4/3/2025legislature

  4. Passed on Final Reading 46-1*-2

    4/3/2025legislature

  5. President/Speaker signed

    4/3/2025legislature

  6. Presented to Governor on April 3, 2025

    4/3/2025legislature

  7. Placed on Final Reading with ST12

    3/19/2025legislature

  8. Enrollment and Review ST12 filed

    3/19/2025legislature

  9. Enrollment and Review ST12 recorded

    3/19/2025legislature

  10. Riepe AM591 filed

    3/11/2025legislature

  11. Riepe AM591 adopted

    3/11/2025legislature

  12. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    3/11/2025legislature

  13. Placed on Select File

    3/5/2025legislature

  14. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    2/27/2025legislature

  15. Placed on General File

    2/10/2025legislature

  16. Notice of hearing for February 07, 2025

    1/24/2025legislature

  17. Referred to Health and Human Services Committee

    1/21/2025legislature

  18. Date of introduction

    1/16/2025legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    6/6/2025

    PDF

  • Enrolled / Slip Law

    PDF

  • Final / Enacted

    PDF

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