# Nebraska LB48: Establish a Family Resource and Juvenile Assessment Center Pilot Program Nebraska LB48, Establish a Family Resource and Juvenile Assessment Center Pilot Program, is a 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions legislature bill sponsored by Terrell McKinney; status signed, last action 2025-06-04 (Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB48-109 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nebraska LB48 - State: Nebraska - Session: 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions - Title: Establish a Family Resource and Juvenile Assessment Center Pilot Program - Status: signed - Chamber: legislature - Introduced: 2025-01-09 - Last action: 2025-06-04, Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025 - Sponsor: Terrell McKinney - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Health and Human Services Committee - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 13 (392 yes, 95 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Free 24/7 family help centers: benefit, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, DHHS runs a five-year pilot with two 24/7 centers in metropolitan-class cities. The centers serve youth at risk of or involved in the juvenile system and their families. All assessments and services are free. Help includes counseling, mental health and substance use car… - Standards, selection, and yearly reviews: benefit, low. DHHS uses a formal process to pick two centers. Applicants complete a self-assessment using national family-strengthening standards and apply. The department visits sites, interviews staff, and offers feedback and technical help to applicants that miss the mark. To be designated, centers must use t… - Pilot funding from Medicaid fund: mixed, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, each selected center can get up to $500,000 per year from the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund. With two centers, that totals up to $1,000,000 a year. No more than 10% of pilot funds, and at most $50,000 a year, may cover administration. If this fund has no mone… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Terrell McKinney, Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-30 | legislature | Final Reading | pass | 27 | 21 | | | 2025-05-30 | legislature | Final Reading | pass | 26 | 22 | | | 2025-05-28 | legislature | Vote | fail | 35 | 0 | 14 | | 2025-05-28 | legislature | Select File | fail | 35 | 0 | 14 | | 2025-05-28 | legislature | Select File | fail | 32 | 0 | 17 | | 2025-05-28 | legislature | Vote | fail | 31 | 1 | 17 | | 2025-05-14 | legislature | Vote | fail | 30 | 13 | 6 | | 2025-05-08 | legislature | Vote | fail | 30 | 7 | 12 | | 2025-04-03 | legislature | Vote | fail | 22 | 14 | 13 | | 2025-04-03 | legislature | Vote | fail | 29 | 8 | 12 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 31 | 1 | 17 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 35 | 0 | 14 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 29 | 8 | 12 | ## Actions (33) - 2025-06-04: Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025 (legislature) - 2025-05-30: Presented to Governor on May 30, 2025 (legislature) - 2025-05-30: Correctly enrolled (legislature) - 2025-05-30: President/Speaker signed (legislature) - 2025-05-30: Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause stricken 27-21*-1 (legislature) - 2025-05-30: Failed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 26-22*-1 (legislature) - 2025-05-30: Dispensing of reading at large approved (legislature) - 2025-05-28: Enrollment and Review ST48 recorded (legislature) - 2025-05-28: Enrollment and Review ST48 filed (legislature) - 2025-05-28: Placed on Final Reading Second with ST48 (legislature) - 2025-05-28: Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Reengrossment (legislature) - 2025-05-28: McKinney FA329 adopted (legislature) - 2025-05-28: Returned to Select File for specific amendment (legislature) - 2025-05-28: McKinney FA329 filed (legislature) - 2025-05-28: McKinney AM1465 adopted (legislature) - 2025-05-28: Returned to Select File for specific amendment (legislature) - 2025-05-28: Brandt MO272 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-19: Brandt MO272 Recommit to the Health and Human Services Committee filed (legislature) - 2025-05-19: McKinney AM1465 filed (legislature) - 2025-05-19: Placed on Final Reading (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Enrollment and Review ER79 adopted (legislature) - 2025-05-12: Enrollment and Review ER79 filed (legislature) - 2025-05-12: Placed on Select File with ER79 (legislature) - 2025-05-08: Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial (legislature) - 2025-04-03: Failed to advance to Enrollment and Review Initial (legislature) - 2025-04-03: Health and Human Services AM680 adopted (legislature) - 2025-03-26: Health and Human Services AM680 filed (legislature) - 2025-03-26: Placed on General File with AM680 (legislature) - 2025-03-14: McKinney priority bill (legislature) - 2025-02-21: Notice of hearing for March 12, 2025 (legislature) - 2025-01-13: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee (legislature) - 2025-01-09: Date of introduction (legislature) ## Bill text - Introduced, 2025-01-09: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB48.pdf) - Enrolled / Slip Law: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB48.pdf) - Final / Enacted: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB48.pdf) ## Related bills - LB468: Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centers (failed) - LB13: Require the Department of Health and Human Services to file a state plan amendment relating to child care (failed) - LB677: Change provisions of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act and provide for regulation of medical cannabis (failed) - LB170: Eliminate the sales tax exemptions for candy and soft drinks (failed) - LB646: Provide an exemption from brand inspections and change fees under the Livestock Brand Act (failed) - LB714: Change provisions relating to motor vehicle taxes and fees (failed) ## Sources - [Introduced (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB48.pdf) - [Enrolled / Slip Law (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB48.pdf) - [Final / Enacted (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB48.pdf) ## Related - [LB468: Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax pro…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB468-109) - [LB13: Require the Department of Health and Human Services to file a state plan amendm…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB13-109) - [LB677: Change provisions of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act and provide f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB677-109) - [LB170: Eliminate the sales tax exemptions for candy and soft drinks](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB170-109) - [LB646: Provide an exemption from brand inspections and change fees under the Livestock…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB646-109) - [LB714: Change provisions relating to motor vehicle taxes and fees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB714-109) - 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