Chapter 71 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
3,329 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7104 Critical Incident Stress Management Program; created; duties.
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There is hereby created the Critical Incident Stress Management Program. The focus of the program shall be to minimize the harmful effects of critical incident stress for emergency service personnel, with a high priority on confidentiality and respect for the individuals involved…
Repealed. Laws 2025, LB346, § 74. Operative date July 1, 2026. Critical Incident Stress Management Council; created; members; duties.
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There is hereby created the Critical Incident Stress Management Council. The council shall be composed of two representatives of the Department of Health and Human Services, the State Fire Marshal, the Superintendent of Law Enforcement and Public Safety, and the Adjutant General …
Repealed. Laws 2025, LB346, § 74. Operative date July 1, 2026. Interagency Management Committee; created; members; duties.
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There is hereby created the Interagency Management Committee. Each member of the council shall designate a representative of his or her agency to be a member of the committee. The committee shall be responsible for: (1) Planning and budget development; (2) Program development and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7107 Department of Health and Human Services; lead agency; duties.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall be the lead agency for the program. (2) The department shall: (a) Coordinate program activities and emergency response; (b) Provide necessary equipment for the program and participants; (c) Recruit hospital personnel and emerg…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7108 Department of Health and Human Services; Nebraska State Patrol; State Fire Marshal; Nebraska Emergency Management Agency; duties.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall recruit mental health workers for each critical incident stress management region and participate in the training and continuing education activities of critical incident stress management peers and mental health professionals…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7109 Statewide clinical director; appointment; duties.
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The statewide clinical director shall be appointed by the Department of Health and Human Services. The statewide clinical director shall supervise and evaluate the professional and peer support team members, including the regional clinical directors. The statewide clinical direct…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7110 Critical incident stress management region; regional management committee; membership; regional clinical director; duties.
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Each critical incident stress management region shall have a regional management committee composed of representatives of the Department of Health and Human Services, the State Fire Marshal, and the Nebraska State Patrol and a regional clinical director. The regional clinical dir…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7111 Statewide critical incident stress management team; members; immunity.
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No individual who provides gratuitous assistance to emergency service personnel as a member of the statewide critical incident stress management team in accordance with the Critical Incident Stress Management Act and the rules and regulations shall be held liable for any civil da…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7112 Confidentiality of information.
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Any information acquired during a stress management session shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except to the extent necessary to provide assistance pursuant to the stress management session. Information otherwise available from the original source shall not be immun…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7113 State correctional employees; services provided.
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All services available and provided to emergency service personnel under the Critical Incident Stress Management Act shall also be available and provided to state correctional employees for incidents which occur in the course of their duties or at their worksite.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7114 Legislative findings.
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(1) The Legislature finds that it is common for public safety personnel to experience stress and emotional difficulties as a result of traumatic events and common job stressors experienced on a regular basis. Peer support can be beneficial to public safety personnel and can reduc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7115 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 71-7114 to 71-7117: (1) Communication means any verbal, written, or electronic communication; (2) Critical incident means an actual or perceived event or situation that involves a crisis, disaster, trauma, or emergency; (3) Emergency care provider has the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7116 Peer support team.
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A public safety agency may establish a peer support team. If a public safety agency does so, the agency shall develop written guidelines for the peer support team and its members.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7117 Privilege; who may claim; exceptions.
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following are privileged and confidential: (a) Any communication occurring during a peer support services meeting between a peer support team member and a recipient of peer support services; (b) Any communication relating to p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7201 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-7201 to 71-7203 shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Determination of Death Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7202 Determination of death.
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Only an individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepte…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7203 Act, how construed.
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The Uniform Determination of Death Act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of the act among states enacting it.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7301 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-7301 to 71-7307 shall be known and may be cited as the Let Them Grow Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7302 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds that: (1) The state has a compelling government interest in protecting the health and safety of its citizens, especially vulnerable children; (2) Genital and nongenital gender-altering surgeries are generally not recommended for children, although evidence i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7303 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Let Them Grow Act: (1) Biological sex means the biological indication of male and female in the context of reproductive potential or capacity, such as sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7304 Gender-altering procedures; prohibited, when; considered unprofessional conduct; applicability of section.
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(1) Except as provided in the Let Them Grow Act and the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to the act, a health care practitioner shall not perform gender-altering procedures in this state for an individual younger than nineteen years of age. (2) The intention…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7305 Nonsurgical gender-altering procedures; rules and regulations.
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(1) The chief medical officer as designated in section 81-3115 shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to provide for nonsurgical gender-altering procedures for individuals younger than nineteen years of age, such as puberty-blocking drugs, cross-se…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7306 Gender-altering procedures; state funds; use prohibited, when.
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State funds shall not be directly or indirectly used, granted, paid, or distributed to any entity, organization, or individual for providing gender-altering procedures to an individual younger than nineteen years of age in violation of the Let Them Grow Act and the rules and regu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7307 Civil action, authorized; attorney's fees.
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An individual that received a gender-altering procedure in violation of section 71-7304 after October 1, 2023, and while such individual was younger than nineteen years of age, or the parent or guardian of such an individual, may bring a civil action for appropriate relief agains…
Transferred to section 71-7427.
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Transferred to section 71-7428.
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Transferred to section 71-7429.
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Transferred to section 71-7430.
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Transferred to section 71-7431.
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Transferred to section 71-7433.
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Transferred to section 71-7434.
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Transferred to section 71-7435.
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Transferred to section 71-7436.
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Transferred to section 71-7438.
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Transferred to section 71-7441.
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Transferred to section 71-7444.
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Transferred to section 71-7445.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 994, § 161.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 994, § 161.
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Transferred to section 71-7454.
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Transferred to section 71-7447.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 994, § 161.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 994, § 161.
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Transferred to section 71-7451.
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Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 994, § 161.
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Transferred to section 71-7463.
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Transferred to section 71-7457.
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Transferred to section 71-7453.
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Transferred to section 71-7458.
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Transferred to section 71-7459.
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