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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8512 Behavioral Health Screening and Referral Pilot Program; created by University of Nebraska Medical Center; clinics; selection; collection of data; evaluation; termination of section.
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(1) The University of Nebraska Medical Center shall create the Behavioral Health Screening and Referral Pilot Program. The pilot program shall utilize a strategy of screening and behavioral health intervention in coordination with the regional behavioral health authorities establ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8601 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-8601 to 71-8616 shall be known and may be cited as the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8602 Purposes of act.
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The purposes of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act are to assist blind persons in gaining remunerative employment, to enlarge economic opportunities for blind persons, to increase the available occupational range and diversity for blind persons, and to stimula…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8603 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act: (1) Blind person means: (a) A person having sight which is so defective as to seriously limit his or her ability to engage in the ordinary vocations and activities of life; or (b) A person, to be eligible and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8604 Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired; created; per diem; expenses.
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(1) The Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired is created. The governing board of the commission shall consist of five members appointed by the Governor with the approval of a majority of the members of the Legislature. All board members shall have reasonable knowledge or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8605 Commission; director; employees.
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(1) The commission shall employ a director who is the administrative officer of the commission. The director shall hire employees as necessary for the efficient operation of the commission. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. (2) The commission shall have …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8607 Commission; powers and duties.
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(1) The commission shall: (a) Apply for, receive, and administer money from any state or federal agency to be used for purposes relating to blindness, including federal funds relating to vocational rehabilitation of blind persons as provided in subsection (1) of section 71-8610; …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8608 Promotion of self-support; powers and duties.
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To promote self-support of blind persons: (1) The commission shall: (a) Provide placement and career development services; (b) Provide prevocational training; (c) Support integration with and access to community-based educational and vocational training opportunities; (d) Impleme…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8609 Blindness-related services; qualifications; commission; duties.
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(1) For a person to qualify for blindness-related services from the commission, the commission shall find such person to be (a) a blind person as defined in subdivision (1)(a) of section 71-8603 or (b) a person who is experiencing a deteriorating condition which is expected to re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8610 Vocational rehabilitation services.
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(1) The commission is authorized to accept the provisions of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 701 et seq., and to cooperate with the United States Government in any way necessary to enable the commission to receive federal funds for the vocational reh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8610.01 Certified vocational rehabilitation counselor for the blind; duties.
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A certified vocational rehabilitation counselor for the blind's duties shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Assist blind persons, their families, groups of blind persons, or employers of blind persons through the counseling relationship to develop understandin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8610.02 Vocational rehabilitation counseling for the blind; certified vocational rehabilitation counselor for the blind; certification required; qualifications; continuing competency requirements.
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(1) No person shall engage in vocational rehabilitation counseling for the blind or hold himself or herself out as a certified vocational rehabilitation counselor for the blind in the state unless he or she is certified for such purpose by the commission. (2) A certified vocation…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8611 Vending facilities; license; priority status.
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For the purpose of providing blind persons with remunerative employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of blind persons, and stimulating blind persons to greater efforts in striving to make themselves self-supporting, the commission shall administer and operate vending fac…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8612 Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Cash Fund is created. The fund shall contain money received pursuant to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act and shall include a percentage of the net proceeds derived from the operation of vending facilities. T…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8613 Annual report.
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The commission shall file an annual report with the Governor and the Clerk of the Legislature, prior to each regular session of the Legislature, which details the activities and expenditures of the commission and shall include separately information related to the activities and …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8614 Hearing authorized.
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The commission shall provide an opportunity for a fair hearing to any person applying for or receiving services who is dissatisfied with any action or failure to act arising from the operation or administration of any service or program authorized under the Commission for the Bli…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8615 Rules and regulations.
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The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to implement the purposes of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8616 Transfer of property to commission; contracts and agreements; effect.
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(1) All property, equipment, supplies, and personnel which belonged to, were allocated to, or were used to support the Division of Rehabilitation Services for the Visually Impaired within the Department of Health and Human Services prior to July 1, 2000, are transferred to the Co…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8701 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-8701 to 71-8722 shall be known and may be cited as the Patient Safety Improvement Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8702 Legislative findings and intent.
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(1) The Legislature finds that: (a) In 1999, the Institute of Medicine released a report entitled "To Err is Human" that described medical errors as the eighth leading cause of death in the United States; (b) To address these errors, the health care system must be able to create …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8703 Purposes of act.
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The purposes of the Patient Safety Improvement Act are to (1) encourage a culture of safety and quality by providing for legal protection of information reported for the purposes of quality improvement and patient safety, (2) provide for the reporting of aggregate information abo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8704 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Patient Safety Improvement Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 71-8705 to 71-8709 apply.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8705 Identifiable information, defined.
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Identifiable information means information that is presented in a form and manner that allows the identification of any provider, patient, or reporter of patient safety work product. With respect to patients, such information includes any individually identifiable health informat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8706 Nonidentifiable information, defined.
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Nonidentifiable information means information presented in a form and manner that prevents the identification of any provider, patient, or reporter of patient safety work product. With respect to patients, such information must be de-identified consistent with the regulations pro…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8707 Patient safety organization, defined.
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Patient safety organization means an organization described in section 71-8714 that contracts with one or more providers subject to the Patient Safety Improvement Act and that performs the following activities: (1) The conduct, as the organization's primary activity, of efforts t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8708 Patient safety work product, defined.
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(1) Patient safety work product means any data, reports, records, memoranda, analyses, deliberative work, statements, root cause analyses, or quality improvement processes that are: (a) Created or developed by a provider solely for the purposes of reporting to a patient safety or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8709 Provider, defined.
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Provider means a person that is either: (1) A facility licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act; or (2) A health care professional licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8710 Patient safety work product; confidentiality; use; restrictions.
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(1) Patient safety work product shall be privileged and confidential. (2) Patient safety work product shall not be: (a) Subject to a civil, criminal, or administrative subpoena or order; (b) Subject to discovery in connection with a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding; …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8711 Patient safety organization; proceedings and records; restrictions on use; violation; penalty.
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No person shall disclose the actions, decisions, proceedings, discussions, or deliberations occurring at a meeting of a patient safety organization except to the extent necessary to carry out one or more of the purposes of a patient safety organization. The proceedings and record…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8712 Patient safety work product; unlawful use; effect.
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Any reference to, or offer into evidence in the presence of the jury or other factfinder or admission into evidence of, patient safety work product during any proceeding contrary to the Patient Safety Improvement Act shall constitute grounds for a mistrial or a similar terminatio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8713 Act; cumulative to other law.
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The prohibition in the Patient Safety Improvement Act against discovery, disclosure, or admission into evidence of patient safety work product is in addition to any other protections provided by law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8714 Patient safety organization; conditions.
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A patient safety organization shall meet the following conditions: (1) It shall be a Nebraska nonprofit corporation described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as defined in section 49-801.01, contributions to which are deductible under section 170 of the code; (2…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8715 Patient safety organization; board of directors; membership.
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The board of directors of a patient safety organization shall include at least one representative each from a statewide association of Nebraska hospitals, Nebraska physicians and surgeons, Nebraska nurses, Nebraska pharmacists, and Nebraska physician assistants as recommended by …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8716 Election to be subject to act; contract; requirements.
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(1) A patient safety organization shall contract with providers that elect to be subject to the Patient Safety Improvement Act. The patient safety organization shall establish a formula for determining fees and assessments uniformly within categories of providers. (2) A provider …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8717 Reportable patient safety events; provider; duties.
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(1) Every provider subject to the Patient Safety Improvement Act shall track and report pursuant to section 71-8718 the following occurrences of patient safety events: (a) Surgery or procedures performed on the wrong patient or the wrong body part of a patient; (b) Foreign object…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8718 Reporting requirements.
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(1) Every provider subject to the Patient Safety Improvement Act shall report aggregate numbers of occurrences for each patient safety event category listed in section 71-8717 to a patient safety organization. Reporting shall be done on an annual basis by March 31 for the prior c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8719 Nonidentifiable information; disclosure.
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A patient safety organization may disclose nonidentifiable information, including nonidentifiable aggregate trend data and educational material developed as a result of the patient safety work product reported to it.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8720 Public disclosure of data and information.
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A patient safety organization shall release to the public nonidentifiable aggregate trend data identifying the number and types of patient safety events that occur. A patient safety organization shall publish educational and evidence-based information from the summary reports, wh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8721 Immunity from liability.
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Any person who receives or releases information in the form and manner prescribed by the Patient Safety Improvement Act and the procedures established by a patient safety organization shall not be civilly or criminally liable for such receipt or release unless the receipt or rele…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8722 Patient Safety Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Patient Safety Cash Fund is created. The Patient Safety Cash Fund shall only be used to support the activities of a patient safety organization. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital E…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8801 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-8801 to 71-8806 shall be known and may be cited as the Stem Cell Research Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8802 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Stem Cell Research Act: (1) Committee means the Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee; (2) Human embryo means the developing human organism from the time of fertilization until the end of the eighth week of gestation and includes an embryo or developing human …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8803 Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee; created; qualifications; terms; meetings; stipend; expenses.
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(1) The Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee is created. The committee shall consist of the dean of every medical school in Nebraska that is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or his or her designee and additional members appointed as follows: (a) The dean …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8804 Committee; establish grant process; reports.
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(1) The committee shall establish a grant process to award grants to Nebraska institutions or researchers for the purpose of conducting nonembryonic stem cell research. The grant process shall include, but not be limited to, an application identifying the institution or researche…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8805 Stem Cell Research Program; created.
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(1) The Stem Cell Research Program is created. (2) Any money appropriated by the Legislature for the Stem Cell Research Program shall be used to provide a dollar-for-dollar match, up to five hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year, of funds received by institutions or researcher…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8806 Limitation on use of facilities and funds.
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No state facilities, no state funds, fees, or charges, and no investment income on state funds shall be used to destroy human embryos for the purpose of research. In no case shall state facilities, state funds, fees, or charges, or investment income on state funds be used to crea…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8901 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-8901 to 71-8929 shall be known and may be cited as the Veterinary Drug Distribution Licensing Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8902 Purpose of act.
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The purpose of the Veterinary Drug Distribution Licensing Act is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by providing for the authorization and licensure of veterinary drug distributors in the State of Nebraska and for the development, establishment, and enforcement of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8903 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Veterinary Drug Distribution Licensing Act, the definitions found in sections 71-8904 to 71-8911 shall apply.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-8904 Controlled substance, defined.
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Controlled substance has the definition found in section 28-401.