All Roll Calls
Yes: 236 • No: 0
NebraskaLB641109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET
Change provisions relating to medicaid estate recovery
Sponsored By: Eliot Bostar
Signed by Governor
Judiciary Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Home protections for Medicaid family caregivers
The state cannot foreclose on a Medicaid lien against a home when a sibling with an ownership interest lived there at least 1 year before admission and still lives there. It also cannot foreclose when an adult child lived there at least 2 years before admission, still lives there, and provided care that delayed admission. A doctor’s written note is enough to show the care. If a deed kept a life estate and it was recorded at least 12 months earlier, that life estate is excluded when a relative lives solely and continuously with you and provided care that delayed admission. A doctor’s written note is enough for this too.
Medicaid estate recovery includes assisted living
The law treats assisted living as a medical institution for estate recovery. If you got Medicaid at age 55 or older, the state can recover those costs from your estate. It can also recover if you were in a facility and could not reasonably return home. Recovery happens only after you die and your spouse has died, and not while you have a child under 21 or who is blind or disabled.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Eliot Bostar
Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 5/14/2025
Final Reading
Yes: 49 • No: 0
legislature vote • 5/1/2025
Vote
Yes: 39 • No: 0 • Other: 10
legislature vote • 5/1/2025
Vote
Yes: 37 • No: 0 • Other: 12
legislature vote • 5/1/2025
Vote
Yes: 37 • No: 0 • Other: 12
legislature vote • Unknown
Vote
Yes: 37 • No: 0 • Other: 12
legislature vote • Unknown
Vote
Yes: 37 • No: 0 • Other: 12
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on May 20, 2025
5/20/2025legislaturePresented to Governor on May 14, 2025
5/14/2025legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
5/14/2025legislaturePassed on Final Reading 49-0-0
5/14/2025legislatureDispensing of reading at large approved
5/14/2025legislaturePlaced on Final Reading
5/12/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
5/8/2025legislaturePlaced on Select File
5/7/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
5/1/2025legislatureJudiciary AM538 adopted
5/1/2025legislatureBostar AM672 adopted
5/1/2025legislatureBostar AM672 to AM538 filed
5/1/2025legislatureSpeaker priority bill
3/17/2025legislatureJudiciary AM538 filed
3/13/2025legislaturePlaced on General File with AM538
3/13/2025legislatureNotice of hearing for March 06, 2025
2/6/2025legislatureReferred to Judiciary Committee
1/24/2025legislatureDate of introduction
1/22/2025legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
1/22/2025
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted
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