All Roll Calls
Yes: 87 • No: 0
NebraskaLB42109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET
Provide for employment of nurse aides in intellectual and developmental disability facilities
Sponsored By: Merv Riepe
Signed by Governor
Health and Human Services Committee
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Stronger training for nurse aides
If you start work as a nurse aide, you must finish an approved basic course within 120 days. In disability care facilities, training is at least 20 hours: 15 hours personal care and 5 hours therapeutic and emergency. In other nursing homes, training is at least 75 hours. A licensed registered nurse administers the training. Nursing homes may teach approved courses, but an authorized evaluator must do the competency test. Courses must teach how to report abuse or neglect under state law. The Department of Health and Human Services sets and approves the curriculum to match federal rules. Facilities may require more than the minimum.
Clear registry finding after one year
If the Nurse Aide Registry lists a conviction finding for you, you can ask to remove it after one year. You may petition the Department any time once one year has passed since the finding was added.
Rules for who can be a nurse aide
The law defines nurse aides to include workers who help nurses with personal care in disability and similar facilities. To be hired, you must be at least 16, have no conviction for moral turpitude, and speak English or a language most residents understand. Nurses whose RN or LPN licenses are revoked, suspended, or surrendered cannot serve as nurse aides. If you become a licensed RN or LPN, your nurse aide registration ends on your license date.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Merv Riepe
legislature
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 3/6/2025
Final Reading
Yes: 47 • No: 0 • Other: 2
legislature vote • 2/5/2025
Vote
Yes: 40 • No: 0 • Other: 9
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025
3/12/2025legislaturePassed on Final Reading 47-0-2
3/6/2025legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
3/6/2025legislaturePresented to Governor on March 6, 2025
3/6/2025legislaturePlaced on Final Reading
2/20/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
2/19/2025legislatureConrad name added
2/18/2025legislaturePlaced on Select File
2/10/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
2/5/2025legislatureCavanaugh, M. name added
2/5/2025legislaturePlaced on General File
1/29/2025legislatureQuick name added
1/24/2025legislatureReferred to Health and Human Services Committee
1/13/2025legislatureNotice of hearing for January 23, 2025
1/13/2025legislatureDate of introduction
1/9/2025legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
3/12/2025
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted