Chapter 68 — PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
697 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1112 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds that: (1) The state should anticipate and prepare for significant growth in the number of older Nebraskans and the future needs of persons with disabilities, both of which will require costly long-term care services; (2) The state should improve access to ex…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1113 Purpose of act; legislative intent.
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The purpose of the Aging and Disability Resource Center Act is to provide information about long-term care services and support available in the home and community for older Nebraskans or persons with disabilities, family caregivers, and persons who request information or assista…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1114 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Aging and Disability Resource Center Act: (1) Aging and disability resource center means a community-based entity established to provide information about long-term care services and support and to facilitate access to options counseling to assist eligible ind…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1115 Funding for aging and disability resource centers.
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The department shall award funding for aging and disability resource centers. The department shall pursue federal matching funds as applicable and allocate such funds to the aging and disability resource centers.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1116 Aging and disability resource centers; services.
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(1) The aging and disability resource centers shall be a means of promoting appropriate, effective, and efficient use of long-term care resources. (2) Each aging and disability resource center shall provide one or more of the following services: (a) Comprehensive information on t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1117 Area agency on aging or partnering organization; powers and duties.
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(1) An area agency on aging or partnering organization receiving funding pursuant to section 68-1115, may work in partnership with one or more partnering organizations that specialize in serving persons with congenital and acquired disabilities to provide services as described in…
Repealed. Laws 2025, LB376, § 42.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1119 Reimbursement; schedule.
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The department shall reimburse each area agency on aging operating an aging and disability resource center on a schedule agreed to by the department and the area agency on aging. If a partnering organization has contracted with the department for the purpose of providing services…
Repealed. Laws 1982, LB 522, § 46.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1120 Funding; legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the costs for staff, operations, and state aid necessary to carry out the Aging and Disability Resource Center Act be funded from the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund for fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20.
Repealed. Laws 1982, LB 522, § 46.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-114 Nonresident poor persons; temporary aid; relief when legal residence not determined.
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Whenever any nonresident shall fall sick in any county in this state, not having money or property to pay his or her board, or whenever any poor person not having a legal settlement in the county is found in distress, without friends or money, so that he or she is likely to suffe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-115 Legal settlement, defined; exclusions; minors; termination.
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(1) The term legal settlement for all public assistance programs shall be taken and considered to mean as follows: Every person, except those hereinafter mentioned, who has resided one year continuously in any county, shall be deemed to have a legal settlement in such county. Eve…
Repealed. Laws 1982, LB 522, § 46.
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Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 212, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 212, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 212, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 212, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1201 Eligibility determination; exclusion of certain assets and income.
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(1) In determining eligibility for the program for aid to dependent children pursuant to section 43-512 as administered by the State of Nebraska pursuant to the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq., for the low-income home energy assistan…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1202 Social services; services included.
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Social services may be provided on behalf of recipients with payments for such social services made directly to vendors. Social services shall include those mandatory and optional services to former, present, or potential social services recipients provided for under the federal …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1203 Social services; provided or purchased; dependent children and families; aged, blind, or disabled persons.
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Social services shall be provided or purchased for dependent children and families, aged persons, blind individuals, and disabled individuals as defined by state law and to former and potential recipients as defined in federal regulations.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1204 Social services or specialized developmental disability services; rules and regulations; agreements; fee schedules.
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(1) For the purpose of providing or purchasing social services described in section 68-1202, the state hereby accepts and assents to all applicable provisions of the federal Social Security Act, as amended. The Department of Health and Human Services may adopt and promulgate rule…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1205 Matching funds.
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The matching funds required to obtain the federal share of the services described in section 68-1202 may come from either state, county, or donated sources in amounts and other provisions to be determined by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1206 Social services; administration; contracts; payments; duties; federal Child Care Subsidy program; participation; requirements; funding.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall administer the program of social services in this state. The department may contract with other social agencies for the purchase of social services at rates not to exceed those prevailing in the state or the cost at which the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1207 Department of Health and Human Services; public child welfare services; supervise; department; caseload requirements; case plan developed.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall supervise all public child welfare services as described by law. The department shall maintain caseloads to carry out child welfare services which provide for adequate, timely, and indepth investigations and services to childr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1207.01 Department of Health and Human Services; caseloads report; contents.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall annually provide a report to the Legislature and Governor outlining the caseloads of child protective services, the factors considered in their establishment, and the fiscal resources necessary for their maintenance. The report su…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1207.02 Child welfare system; suicide awareness and prevention; curriculum and training materials.
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For purposes of providing training for individuals involved in the child welfare system, the Department of Health and Human Services shall develop a baseline of curriculum and training materials related to suicide awareness and prevention in consultation with statewide and nation…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1207.03 Child welfare system; Department of Health and Human Services; staff training in suicide awareness and prevention.
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All staff involved in the child welfare system of the Department of Health and Human Services that provide direct services to children or families or interact directly with children or families, and any other appropriate personnel as determined by the Division of Children and Fam…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1208 Rules and regulations; right of appeal and hearings.
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Authority to adopt rules and regulations and the right to appeal and hearing shall be the same in the program of social services as in the program of assistance to families and children and the aged, blind, or disabled.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1209 Applications for social services; information; safeguarded.
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Information regarding applicants for or recipients of social services shall be safeguarded and shall be used only for purposes connected with the administration of social services.
Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 212, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1210 Department of Health and Human Services; certain foster care children; payment rates; family care services; plan; implementation.
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Health and Human Services shall have the authority through rule or regulation to establish payment rates for children with special needs who are in foster care and in the custody of the department. (2)(a) On or bef…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1211 Case management of child welfare services; legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) The State of Nebraska has the legal responsibility for children in its custody and accordingly should maintain the decisionmaking authority inherent in direct case management of child welfare services; (2) Training and longevity of chi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1212 Department of Health and Human Services; cases; case manager; employee of department; duties; referrals authorized.
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For all cases in which a court has awarded a juvenile to the care of the Department of Health and Human Services according to subsection (1) of section 43-285 and for any noncourt and voluntary cases, the case manager shall be an employee of the department. Such case manager shal…
Repealed. Laws 2022, LB1173, § 23.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1214 Case managers; training program; department; duties; training curriculum; contents.
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To facilitate consistency in training all case managers and allow for Title IV-E reimbursement for case manager training under Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, the same program for initial training of case managers shall be utilized for all case managers…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1215 Low-income home energy assistance program; eligibility; determination; crisis assistance payments.
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(1) For purposes of determining eligibility of a household for the low-income home energy assistance program pursuant to section 68-1201 as administered by the State of Nebraska pursuant to the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. 8621 to 8630, the Department of Health an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1216 Low-income home energy assistance program; allocation of funds.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall annually allocate at least ten percent of available funds for the low-income home energy assistance program established pursuant to the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. 8621 to 8630, to weatherization assistance for el…
Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 212, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 212, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 212, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 212, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-126 Health services; maximum payments; rules and regulations; standard of need for medical services; established.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations establishing maximum payments for all health services furnished to recipients of public assistance. Each county shall, not later than December 31, 1984, establish a standard of need for m…
Repealed. Laws 1984, LB 904, § 11.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-128 Emergency assistance; families with children.
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From such funds as may be appropriated for such purpose, the Department of Health and Human Services shall provide emergency assistance benefits on behalf of families who have children.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-129 Public assistance; computation of available resources; exclusions.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall, by rule and regulation, when determining need for public assistance on the basis of available resources, exclude from the definition of available resources of an applicant for assistance either the funds deposited in an irrevocab…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-130 Counties; maintain office and service facilities; review by department.
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(1) Until June 30, 2028, counties shall maintain, at no additional cost to the Department of Health and Human Services, office and service facilities used for the administration of the public assistance programs as such facilities existed on April 1, 1983. (2) The county board of…
Repealed. Laws 1990, LB 1067, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1990, LB 1067, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1990, LB 1067, § 2.
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