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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-801 Nebraska Behavioral Health Services Act; act, how cited.
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Sections 71-801 to 71-830 and the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Act shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Behavioral Health Services Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-802 Purposes of act.
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The purposes of the Nebraska Behavioral Health Services Act are to: (1) Reorganize statutes relating to the provision of publicly funded behavioral health services; (2) provide for the organization and administration of the public behavioral health system within the department; (…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-803 Public behavioral health system; purposes.
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The purposes of the public behavioral health system are to ensure: (1) The public safety and the health and safety of persons with behavioral health disorders; (2) Statewide access to behavioral health services, including, but not limited to, (a) adequate availability of behavior…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-804 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Behavioral Health Services Act: (1) Behavioral health disorder means mental illness or alcoholism, drug abuse, or other addictive disorder; (2) Behavioral health region means a behavioral health region established in section 71-807; (3) Behavioral hea…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-805 Division; personnel; office of consumer affairs.
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(1) The director shall appoint a chief clinical officer and a program administrator for consumer affairs for the division. The chief clinical officer shall be a board-certified psychiatrist and shall serve as the medical director for the division and all facilities and programs o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-806 Division; powers and duties; rules and regulations.
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(1) The division shall act as the chief behavioral health authority for the State of Nebraska and shall direct the administration and coordination of the public behavioral health system, including, but not limited to: (a) Administration and management of the division, regional ce…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-807 Behavioral health regions; established.
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Six behavioral health regions are established, consisting of the following counties: (1) Region 1 shall consist of Sioux, Dawes, Box Butte, Sheridan, Scotts Bluff, Morrill, Garden, Banner, Kimball, Cheyenne, and Deuel counties; (2) Region 2 shall consist of Grant, Hooker, Thomas,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-808 Regional behavioral health authority; established; regional governing board; matching funds; requirements.
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(1) A regional behavioral health authority shall be established in each behavioral health region by counties acting under provisions of the Interlocal Cooperation Act. Each regional behavioral health authority shall be governed by a regional governing board consisting of one coun…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-809 Regional behavioral health authority; behavioral health services; powers and duties; behavioral health services provider; provide new services or expand capacity; conditions.
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(1) Each regional behavioral health authority shall be responsible for the development and coordination of publicly funded behavioral health services within the behavioral health region pursuant to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department, including, but no…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-810 Division; community-based behavioral health services; duties; reduce or discontinue regional center behavioral health services; powers and duties.
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(1) The division shall encourage and facilitate the statewide development and provision of an appropriate array of community-based behavioral health services and continuum of care for the purposes of (a) providing greater access to such services and improved outcomes for consumer…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-811 Division; funding; powers and duties.
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The division shall coordinate the integration and management of all funds appropriated by the Legislature or otherwise received by the department from any other public or private source for the provision of behavioral health services to ensure the statewide availability of an app…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-812 Behavioral Health Services Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) The Behavioral Health Services Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the division and shall contain cash funds appropriated by the Legislature or otherwise received by the department for the provision of behavioral health services from any other public or private…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-814 State Advisory Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use Services; created; members; duties.
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(1) The State Advisory Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use Services is created. Members of the committee shall have a demonstrated interest and commitment and specialized knowledge, experience, or expertise relating to the provision of mental health services in the State…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8201 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-8201 to 71-8253 shall be known and may be cited as the Statewide Trauma System Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8202 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Trauma is a severe health problem in the State of Nebraska and a major cause of death and long-term disability; (2) Trauma care is very limited in many parts of Nebraska, particularly in rural areas where there is a growing danger that…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8203 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Statewide Trauma System Act, the definitions found in sections 71-8204 to 71-8235 apply.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8204 Advanced level rehabilitation center, defined.
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Advanced level rehabilitation center means a rehabilitation center which, in addition to the services provided at intermediate level and general level rehabilitation centers, provides services to patients with traumatic brain or spinal injuries, complicated amputations, and other…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8205 Advanced level trauma center, defined.
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Advanced level trauma center means a trauma center which, in addition to providing all of the services provided by basic level and general level trauma centers, also provides definitive care for complex and severe trauma, an emergency trauma team available within fifteen minutes,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8207 Basic level trauma center, defined.
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Basic level trauma center means a trauma center which has a trauma-trained physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant available within thirty minutes to provide stabilization and transfer to a higher level trauma center when appropriate, which has basic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8209 Complete data set, defined.
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Complete data set means a predetermined set of demographic and medical definitions that includes the minimum data set with additional data points as set forth in the rules and regulations adopted under the Statewide Trauma System Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-821 Children and Family Behavioral Health Support Act; act, how cited.
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Sections 71-821 to 71-826 shall be known and may be cited as the Children and Family Behavioral Health Support Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8210 Comprehensive level trauma center, defined.
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Comprehensive level trauma center means a trauma center which (1) provides the highest level of definitive, comprehensive care for patients with complex traumatic injury, (2) provides an emergency trauma team available within fifteen minutes, twenty-four hours per day, including …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8211 Department, defined.
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Department means the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8212 Designated rehabilitation centers, defined.
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Designated rehabilitation centers means advanced, intermediate, or general level rehabilitation centers.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8213 Designated trauma centers, defined.
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Designated trauma centers means advanced, basic, comprehensive, general, and specialty level trauma centers.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8214 Designation, defined.
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Designation means a formal determination by the department that a hospital or health care facility is capable of providing designated trauma care or rehabilitative services as authorized in the Statewide Trauma System Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8215 Emergency medical service, defined.
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Emergency medical service means the organization responding to a perceived individual need for medical care in order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or injury.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8217 General level rehabilitation center, defined.
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General level rehabilitation center means a rehabilitation center which provides services to individuals with musculoskeletal injuries, peripheral nerve injuries, uncomplicated lower extremity amputations, and other diagnoses resulting in functional impairment in one or more func…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8218 General level trauma center, defined.
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General level trauma center means a trauma center that (1) provides initial evaluation and stabilization, including surgical stabilization if appropriate, and general medical and surgical inpatient services to patients who can be maintained in a stable or improving condition with…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8219 Hospital, defined.
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Hospital means a health care facility licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act or a comparable health care facility operated by the federal government or located and licensed in another state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-822 Children and Family Support Hotline; establishment.
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No later than January 1, 2010, the department shall establish a Children and Family Support Hotline which shall: (1) Be a single point of access for children's behavioral health triage through the operation of a twenty-four-hour-per-day, seven-day-per-week telephone line; (2) Be …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8220.01 Intermediate level rehabilitation center, defined.
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Intermediate level rehabilitation center means a rehabilitation center which provides rehabilitative services to individuals with musculoskeletal trauma, peripheral nerve lesions, lower extremity amputations, and other diagnoses resulting in functional impairment in one or more f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8221 Minimum data set, defined.
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Minimum data set means a predetermined set of demographic and medical definitions set forth in the rules and regulations adopted under the Statewide Trauma System Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8224 Patient care protocols, defined.
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Patient care protocols means the written procedures adopted by the medical staff of a trauma center, specialty level burn or pediatric trauma center, or rehabilitation center that direct the care of the patient, based upon the assessment of the patient's medical needs. Patient ca…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8225 Pediatric trauma patient, defined.
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Pediatric trauma patient means a trauma patient known or estimated to be less than sixteen years of age.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8228 Regional medical director, defined.
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Regional medical director means a physician licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8229 Rehabilitative services, defined.
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Rehabilitative services means a system or collection of comprehensive medical and therapy services that are interdisciplinary, coordinated, and resource-intense with the goal of restoring physical, cognitive, psychological, social, and vocational functioning so that an individual…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-823 Family Navigator Program; establishment; evaluation.
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(1) No later than January 1, 2010, the department shall establish a Family Navigator Program to respond to children's behavioral health needs. The program shall be administered by the division and consist of individuals trained and compensated by the department who, at a minimum,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8230 Specialty level burn or pediatric trauma center, defined.
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Specialty level burn or pediatric trauma center means a trauma center that provides specialized care in the areas of burns or pediatrics.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8231 State trauma medical director, defined.
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State trauma medical director means a physician licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act who advises the department and carries out duties under the Statewide Trauma System Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8232 Trauma, defined.
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Trauma means a single-system or multisystem injury requiring immediate medical or surgical intervention or treatment to prevent death or permanent disability.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8233 Trauma care regions, defined.
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Trauma care regions means geographic areas established by the department under section 71-8250.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8234 Trauma team, defined.
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Trauma team means a team of physicians, nurses, medical technicians, and other personnel compiled to respond to an acutely injured patient upon the patient's arrival at the hospital.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8235 Trauma system, defined.
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Trauma system means an organized approach to providing care to trauma patients that provides personnel, facilities, and equipment for effective and coordinated trauma care. The trauma system shall identify facilities with specific capabilities to provide care and provide that tra…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8236 State Trauma Advisory Board; created; members; terms; expenses.
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The State Trauma Advisory Board is created. The board shall be composed of representatives knowledgeable in emergency medical services and trauma care, including emergency medical providers such as physicians, nurses, hospital personnel, prehospital or emergency care providers, l…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8237 State Trauma Advisory Board; duties.
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The State Trauma Advisory Board shall: (1) Advise the department regarding trauma care needs throughout the state; (2) Advise the Board of Emergency Medical Services regarding trauma care to be provided throughout the state by emergency medical services; (3) Review proposed depar…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8239 Statewide trauma system; rules and regulations; state trauma medical director and regional medical directors; appointment.
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(1) The department, in consultation with and having solicited the advice of the State Trauma Advisory Board, shall maintain the statewide trauma system. (2) The department, with the advice of the board, shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations and develop injury preventio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-824 Post-adoption and post-guardianship case management services; notice; administration; evaluation.
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No later than January 1, 2010, the department shall provide post-adoption and post-guardianship case management services for adoptive and guardianship families of former state wards on a voluntary basis. The department shall notify adoptive parents and guardians of the availabili…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8240 Department; statewide duties.
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The department shall establish and maintain the following on a statewide basis: (1) Trauma system objectives and priorities; (2) Minimum trauma standards for facilities, equipment, and personnel for advanced, basic, comprehensive, and general level trauma centers and specialty le…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8241 Department; coordination.
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The department shall facilitate coordination of the State Trauma Advisory Board and the Board of Emergency Medical Services to advise the department on development of the statewide trauma system.