Chapter 43 — INFANTS AND JUVENILES
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Repealed. Laws 2025, LB298, § 109.
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Repealed. Laws 2025, LB298, § 109.
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Repealed. Laws 2025, LB298, § 109.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4401 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 43-4401 to 43-4407: (1) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services; and (2) Service area means a geographic area administered by the department and designated pursuant to section 81-3116.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4402 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds that the department needs a uniform electronic data collection system to collect and evaluate data regarding children served, the quality of child welfare services provided, and the outcomes produced by such child welfare services.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4403 Legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the Legislature: (1) To provide for (a) legislative oversight of the child welfare system through an improved electronic data collection system, (b) improved child welfare outcome measurements through increased reporting by the department, and (c) an independe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4404 Child welfare information system; department; duties; objectives; capacity.
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(1) The department shall develop and implement a web-based, statewide automated child welfare information system to integrate child welfare information into one system. Objectives for the web-based, statewide automated child welfare information system shall include: (a) Improving…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4405 Statewide automated child welfare information system; report; contents.
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On or before December 1, 2012, the department, with assistance from other agencies as necessary, including the data coordinator for the State Foster Care Review Board or a successor entity to the powers and duties of the board, shall report in writing to the Legislature on a plan…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4406 Child welfare services; report; contents.
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On or before each September 15, the department shall report electronically to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature the following information regarding child welfare services, with respect to children served by the department: (1) The percentage of children s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4407 Service area administrator; annual survey; duties; reports.
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(1) Each service area administrator shall annually survey children, parents, foster parents, judges, guardians ad litem, attorneys representing parents, and service providers involved with the child welfare system to monitor satisfaction with (a) adequacy of communication by the …
Repealed. Laws 2022, LB1173, § 23.
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Repealed. Laws 2022, LB1173, § 23.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4410 Contract to provide child welfare services; evidence of financial stability and liquidity required; prohibited acts.
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(1) Any entity seeking to enter into a contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to provide child welfare services shall provide evidence of financial stability and liquidity prior to executing such contract. (2) An entity contracting with the department to provid…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4411 Child welfare system; legislative findings and intent.
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(1) The Legislature finds that the State of Nebraska, in order to support the well-being, permanency, and safety of children and families in Nebraska's communities, needs to comprehensively transform its child welfare system. The Legislature further finds that this comprehensive …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4412 Child welfare system; terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 43-4411 to 43-4416: (1) Child welfare system means children and families receiving, and persons providing or effecting: (a) In-home and out-of-home child welfare case management services; (b) Physical and behavioral health care; (c) Youth rehabilitation a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4413 Child welfare system; work group; established; duties.
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(1) There is hereby established a child welfare practice model work group. The work group may include, but is not limited to: (a) The Director of Behavioral Health of the Division of Behavioral Health or the director's designee; (b) The Director of Children and Family Services of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4414 Child welfare system; strategic leadership group; members.
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There is hereby established a child welfare strategic leadership group. The strategic leadership group shall be a nonvoting group that exists for purposes of receiving updates on the work group's activities. The strategic leadership group shall consist of: (1) The chairperson of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4415 Child welfare system; work group; consultant; submit practice and finance model framework.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall contract with an outside consultant with expertise in child welfare system transformation by December 15, 2022. The consultant shall assist the work group with the development of a written framework for the practice and financ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4416 Child welfare system; work group; strategic leadership group; termination.
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The work group and strategic leadership group shall terminate on December 31, 2023.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4501 Act, how cited.
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Sections 43-4501 to 43-4514 shall be known and may be cited as the Young Adult Bridge to Independence Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4502 Purpose of act.
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The purpose of the Young Adult Bridge to Independence Act is to provide support for former state or tribal wards, and for other youth who are exiting state care, who are disconnected from family support, and who are at risk of homelessness, as they transition to adulthood, become…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4503 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Young Adult Bridge to Independence Act: (1) Age of eligibility means: (a) Nineteen years of age; or (b) Eighteen years of age if the young adult has attained the age of majority under tribal law; (2) Bridge to independence program means the extended services a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4504 Bridge to independence program; availability.
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The bridge to independence program is available, on a voluntary basis, to a young adult: (1) Who has attained the age of eligibility; (2) Who was adjudicated to be a juvenile described in: (a) Subdivision (3)(a) of section 43-247 or the equivalent under tribal law and (i) who, up…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4505 Extended services and support; services enumerated.
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Extended services and support provided under the bridge to independence program include, but are not limited to: (1) Medical care under the medical assistance program for young adults who meet the eligibility requirements of section 43-4504 and have signed a voluntary services an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4506 Participation in bridge to independence program; voluntary services and support agreement; contents; services provided; independence coordinator; department; duties.
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(1) If a young adult chooses to participate in the bridge to independence program and is eligible under section 43-4504, the young adult and the department shall sign, and the young adult shall be provided a copy of, a voluntary services and support agreement that includes, at a …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4507 Termination of voluntary services and support agreement; notice; appeal; procedure; department; duties.
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(1) A young adult may choose to terminate the voluntary services and support agreement and stop receiving services and support under the bridge to independence program at any time. If a young adult chooses to terminate the voluntary services and support agreement, the department …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4508 Department; filing with juvenile court; contents; jurisdiction of court; bridge to independence program file; hearing for permanency review; appointment of hearing officer; department; duties; court review services and support; confidentiality; waiver.
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(1) Within fifteen days after the voluntary services and support agreement is signed, the department shall file a petition with the juvenile court describing the young adult's current situation, including the young adult's name, date of birth, and current address and the reasons …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4508.01 Permanency review or case review; independence coordinator; duties.
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At least thirty days prior to each permanency review or case review, the independence coordinator shall meet with the young adult to notify the young adult of the date, time, and location of the review, to explain the purpose of the review, and to identify additional persons the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4509 Department; periodic case reviews; written notice; contents.
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(1) The department and at least one person who is not responsible for case management, in collaboration with the young adult and additional persons identified by the young adult, shall conduct periodic case reviews consistent with 42 U.S.C. 675(5)(B) not less than once every one …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4510 Court-appointed attorney; continuation of guardian ad litem or defense counsel; independence coordinator; duties; notice; court appointed special advocate volunteer.
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(1) If desired by the young adult, the young adult shall be provided a court-appointed attorney who has received training appropriate to the role. The attorney's representation of the young adult shall be client-directed. The attorney shall protect the young adult's legal rights …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4511 Extended guardianship assistance and medical care; eligibility; use.
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(1) The department shall provide extended guardianship assistance and medical care under the medical assistance program for a young adult who has attained the age of eligibility but is less than twenty-one years of age and with respect to whom a kinship guardianship assistance ag…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4511.01 Participation in extended guardianship or bridge to independence program; participation in extended adoption assistance or bridge to independence program; choice of participant; notice; contents; department; duties.
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(1)(a) Young adults who are eligible to participate under both extended guardianship assistance as provided in section 43-4511 and the bridge to independence program as provided in subdivision (2)(b)(ii) of section 43-4504 may choose to participate in either program. (b) Young ad…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4512 Extended adoption assistance and medical care; eligibility; use.
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(1) The department shall provide extended adoption assistance and medical care under the medical assistance program for a young adult who has attained the age of eligibility but is less than twenty-one years of age and with respect to whom an adoption assistance agreement was in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4513 Bridge to independence program; Nebraska Children's Commission; duties; report; contents.
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The Nebraska Children's Commission shall advise and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding ongoing implementation of the bridge to independence program, extended guardianship assistance described in section 43-4511, and extended adoption assistance described in section…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4514 Department; submit amended state plan amendment to seek federal funding; department; duties; rules and regulations; references to United States Code; how construed.
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(1) The department shall submit an amended state plan amendment by October 1, 2023, to seek federal Title IV-E funding under 42 U.S.C. 672 for any newly eligible young adult who was adjudicated to be a juvenile described in subdivision (1), (2), or (3)(b) of section 43-247 and wh…