Chapter 68 — PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
697 sections in this chapter.
Transferred to section 68-926.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1001 Assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled; program; administration.
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There is hereby established in and for the State of Nebraska a program to be known as assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, which assistance shall be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. Such assistance shall consist of money payments to, medical car…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1001.01 Department of Health and Human Services; rules and regulations; promulgate.
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For the purpose of adding to the security and social adjustment of former and potential recipients of assistance to the aged, blind, and disabled, and of medical assistance, the Department of Health and Human Services is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations providing fo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1001.02 Assistance; action for reimbursement; statute of limitations; when commences to run.
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No statute of limitations shall apply to any claim or cause of action, belonging to the county or state on account of the payment of assistance to the aged, blind or disabled while the recipient, former recipient, spouse, or dependent children of such recipient survive.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1002 Persons eligible for assistance.
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In order to qualify for assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, an individual: (1) Must be a bona fide resident of the State of Nebraska, except that a resident of another state who enters the State of Nebraska solely for the purpose of receiving care in a home licensed by th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1003 Assistance to the aged; additional qualifications required.
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In order to qualify for assistance to the aged, an individual must, in addition to the requirements set forth in section 68-1002, have attained the age of sixty-five years.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1004 Assistance to the blind; additional qualifications required.
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In order to qualify for assistance to the blind, an individual must, in addition to the requirements set forth in section 68-1002, have been determined to be blind by an examination by a physician skilled in diseases of the eye or by an optometrist.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1005 Assistance to the disabled; additional qualifications required; department; powers and duties.
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In order to qualify for assistance to the disabled, an individual shall, in addition to the requirements set forth in section 68-1002, be considered to be disabled if he or she is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physica…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1006 Assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled; amount authorized per person.
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The amount of assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled shall be based on the need of the individual and the circumstances existing in each case. When permitted by the federal old age and survivors insurance act, any accumulations of increased benefits under such act may be disr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1006.01 Personal needs allowance; amount authorized.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall include in the standard of need for eligible aged, blind, and disabled persons seventy-five dollars per month for a personal needs allowance if such persons reside in an alternative living arrangement. For purposes of this section…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1007 Determination of need; elements considered; amounts disregarded.
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In determining need for assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, the Department of Health and Human Services shall take into consideration all other income and resources of the individual claiming such assistance, as well as any expenses reasonably attributable to the earning …
Repealed. Laws 2026, LB867, § 41.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1009 Hospital; reimbursement for certain services; conditions.
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(1) The state shall provide medicaid reimbursement to a hospital at one hundred percent of the statewide average nursing facility per diem rate for an individual if the individual: (a) Is enrolled in the medical assistance program; (b) has been admitted as an inpatient to such ho…
Repealed. Laws 1969, c. 532, § 2.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1010 Patients with complex health needs; transfer; pilot program; termination.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall contract with, or provide a grant to, an eligible entity to implement a pilot program to facilitate the transfer of patients with complex health needs from eligible acute care hospitals to appropriate post-acute care settings,…
Repealed. Laws 1972, LB 760, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1969, c. 532, § 2.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1013 Assistance to the aged, blind, and disabled; not vested right; not assignable; exemption from levy.
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No person shall have any vested right to any claim against the county or state for assistance of any kind by virtue of being or having been a recipient of assistance to the aged, blind or disabled, aid to dependent children, or medical assistance for the aged. No such assistance …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1014 Assistance; payment to guardian or conservator; when authorized.
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If any guardian or conservator shall have been appointed to take charge of the property of any recipient of assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, aid to dependent children, or medical assistance, such assistance payments shall be made to the guardian or conservator upon his…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1015 Assistance; investigation; attendance of witnesses; production of records; subpoena power; oaths.
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For the purpose of any investigation or hearing, the chief executive officer of the Department of Health and Human Services and the division directors appointed pursuant to section 81-3115, through authorized agents, shall have the power to compel, by subpoena, the attendance and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1016 Assistance; appeals; procedure.
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The chief executive officer of the Department of Health and Human Services, or his or her designated representative, shall provide for granting an opportunity for a fair hearing to any individual whose claim for assistance to the aged, blind, or disabled, aid to dependent childre…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1017 Assistance; violations; penalties.
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(1) Any person, including vendors and providers of medical assistance and social services, who, by means of a willfully false statement or representation, or by impersonation or other device, obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person to obtain or to attempt to ob…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1017.01 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; violations; penalties.
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(1) A person commits an offense if he or she knowingly uses, alters, or transfers any Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits or electronic benefit cards or any authorizations to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in any manner not authorized …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1017.02 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; department; duties; state outreach plan; report; contents; categorical eligibility; legislative intent; person ineligible, when; work requirements; employment and training program.
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(1)(a) The Department of Health and Human Services shall apply for and utilize to the maximum extent possible, within limits established by the Legislature, any and all appropriate options available to the state under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and regu…
Transferred to section 68-903.
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Transferred to section 68-911.
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Transferred to section 68-912.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 92.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 92.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 92.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 92.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 92.
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Repealed. Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 985.
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Repealed. Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 121.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 92.
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Repealed. Laws 1969, c. 532, § 2.
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Transferred to section 68-915.
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Transferred to section 68-906.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 92.
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Transferred to section 68-910.
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Transferred to section 68-908.
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Repealed. Laws 1993, LB 816, § 22.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 92.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 92.
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Transferred to section 68-913.
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Transferred to section 68-916.
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Transferred to section 68-917.
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Transferred to section 68-918.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 92.
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Repealed. Laws 1983, LB 604, § 32.
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