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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1963 Quality scale ratings available on website; when.
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By July 1, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services in collaboration with the State Department of Education shall make the quality scale ratings of participating applicable child care and early childhood education programs under the quality rating and improvement system …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1964 Rules and regulations.
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The State Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Step Up to Quality Child Care Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1965 Model anaphylaxis policies; school districts; licensed child care programs; Department of Health and Human Services; State Department of Education; duties.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall in consultation with the State Department of Education develop model anaphylaxis policies available for use in school districts and licensed child care programs setting forth guidelines and procedures to be followed for the pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,100 Nursing Facility Penalty Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) The Nursing Facility Penalty Cash Fund is created. Any civil money penalty collected by the department as part of any civil penalty imposed pursuant to section 71-2098 or in accordance with the federal Social Security Act, as amended, and imposed by the Centers for Medicare a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,101 Rules and regulations.
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The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out sections 71-2097 to 71-20,101, including rules and regulations for notice and appeal procedures.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,102 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-20,102 to 71-20,113 shall be known and may be cited as the Nonprofit Hospital Sale Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,103 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Nonprofit Hospital Sale Act: (1) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services; (2) Hospital has the meaning found in section 71-419; (3) Acquisition means any acquisition by a person or persons of an ownership or controlling interest in a hospi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,104 Acquisition of hospital; approval required; exception; notice; application; procedure.
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(1) No person shall engage in the acquisition of a hospital owned by a nonprofit corporation without first having applied for and received the approval of the department and without first having notified the Attorney General and, if applicable, received approval from the Attorney…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,105 Application; department; Attorney General; duties; single unified review process; when.
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(1) Within five working days after receipt of an application under section 71-20,104, the department shall publish notice of the application in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties where the hospital is located and shall notify by first-class United States…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,106 Review of acquisition; hearing; department or Attorney General; powers.
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The department, and the Attorney General if he or she determines to review the acquisition, shall during the course of review under section 71-20,105 or 71-20,107 hold a public hearing in which any person may file written comments and exhibits or appear and make a statement. The …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,107 Review of application; Attorney General; department; duties; action for declaratory judgment; authorized; contest of denial.
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(1) If the Attorney General determines to review the application, he or she shall review the application in accordance with the standards enumerated in section 71-20,108. Within sixty days after receipt of an application, the Attorney General shall approve or disapprove the acqui…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,108 Review of application; Attorney General; considerations.
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If the Attorney General determines to review the application, he or she shall approve the application unless he or she finds that the acquisition is not in the public interest. An acquisition is not in the public interest unless appropriate steps have been taken to safeguard the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,109 Review of application; department; considerations.
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In making a decision whether to approve or disapprove an application, the department shall consider: (1) Whether sufficient safeguards are included to assure the affected community continued access to affordable care; (2) Whether the purchaser and parties to the acquisition have …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,110 Noncompliance with commitment to affected community; revocation of license; when.
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If the department receives information indicating that the acquiring person is not fulfilling the commitment to the affected community under section 71-20,109, the department shall hold a hearing upon ten days' notice to the affected parties. If after such hearing the department …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,111 Attorney General; powers to ensure compliance.
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The Attorney General shall have the authority to ensure compliance with commitments which inure to the public interest.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,112 Licensure; issuance, renewal, revocation, or suspension; when; section, how construed.
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No license to operate a hospital may be issued or renewed by the department pursuant to the Health Care Facility Licensure Act or any other state statute, and a license which has been issued shall be subject to revocation or suspension, if: (1) There is an acquisition of a hospit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,113 Applicability of act.
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Any acquisition of a hospital before April 16, 1996, and any acquisition in which an application for a certificate of need under the Nebraska Health Care Certificate of Need Act has been granted by the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure before April …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,114 Authority of Attorney General; act; how construed.
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No provision of the Nonprofit Hospital Sale Act shall derogate from the common-law or statutory authority of the Attorney General.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,120 Visitation privileges; designation by patient.
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A hospital patient who is nineteen years of age or older or an emancipated minor may designate at any time, orally or in writing, up to five individuals not legally related by marriage or blood to the patient whom the patient wishes to be given the same visitation privileges as a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,121 Disposition of remains of child born dead; hospital; duties.
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(1) Every hospital licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act shall maintain a written policy for the disposition of the remains of a child born dead at such hospital. A parent of such child shall have the right to direct the disposition of such remains, except that di…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-20,122 Off-campus location; claims; use National Provider Identifier.
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) National Provider Identifier means the standard, unique health identifier number for a health care provider that is issued by the National Provider System in accordance with 45 C.F.R. part 162, as such regulations existed on January 1, 2023; …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2001 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-2001 to 71-2016 may be cited as the State Hospital Survey and Construction Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2002 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the State Hospital Survey and Construction Act: (1) Department shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services; (2) The federal act shall mean, but is not restricted to, Public Law 88-156, Public Law 88-164, Public Law 88-581, Public Law 88-443, and other m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2003 Department; duties.
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The department shall constitute the sole agency of the state for the purpose of (1) making an inventory of existing hospitals, surveying the need for construction of hospitals, and developing a program of hospital construction as provided in section 71-2007, and (2) developing an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2004 Department; powers and duties.
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In carrying out the purposes of the State Hospital Survey and Construction Act, the department is authorized and directed: (1) To require such reports, make such inspections and investigations, and prescribe such regulations as it deems necessary; (2) To provide such methods of a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2006 Administration; appropriation by the Legislature; expenditures; certification by department.
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Such money as may be appropriated by the Legislature for the administration of the State Hospital Survey and Construction Act shall be expended upon proper certification by the department as provided by law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2007 Department; inventory; survey; planning; program.
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The department is authorized and directed to make an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, including, but not restricted to, public, nonprofit and proprietary hospitals and other medical facilities, to accumulate pertinent comparable statistical data from existi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2008 Construction program.
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The construction program shall provide, in accordance with regulations prescribed under the federal act, for adequate hospital facilities for the people residing in this state and insofar as possible shall provide for their distribution throughout the state in such manner as to m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2009 Survey and planning; application for federal funds; expenditure.
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The department is authorized to make application to the Surgeon General for federal funds to assist in carrying out the activities provided in the State Hospital Survey and Construction Act. Such funds shall be deposited in the state treasury and shall be available when appropria…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-201 Practice of barbering; barber shop; barber school; license required; renewal; disciplinary actions; prohibited acts.
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(1) No person shall practice or attempt to practice barbering without a license issued pursuant to the Barber Act by the board. It shall be unlawful to operate a barber shop unless it is at all times under the direct supervision and management of a licensed barber. (2)(a) No pers…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2010 State plan; notice; hearing; submission to Surgeon General; hearing; approval of plans; review of program.
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The department shall prepare and submit to the Surgeon General a state plan which shall include the hospital construction program developed under the State Hospital Survey and Construction Act, and which shall provide for the establishment, administration, and operation of hospit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2011 Department; maintenance and operation of hospitals and medical facilities; prescribe minimum standards.
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The department shall by regulation prescribe minimum standards for the maintenance and operation of hospitals and other medical facilities which receive federal aid for construction under the state plan.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2012 State plan; need; construction.
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The state plan shall set forth the relative need for the several projects included in the construction program determined in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to the federal act, and provide for the construction, insofar as financial resources available therefor and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2013 Construction projects; federal funds; application; requirements.
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Applications for hospital construction projects for which federal funds are requested shall be submitted to the department and may be submitted by the state or any political subdivision thereof or by any public or nonprofit agency authorized to construct and operate a hospital. E…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2014 Construction projects; hearing; approval; recommendation of department.
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The department shall afford to every applicant for a construction project an opportunity for a fair hearing. If the department, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and presentation of applications in the order of relative need, finds that a project application …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2015 Construction projects; inspection; certification of work performed; payment due.
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From time to time the department shall inspect each construction project approved by the Surgeon General and, if the inspection so warrants, the department shall certify to the Surgeon General that work has been performed upon the project, or purchases have been made, in accordan…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2016 Hospital and Medical Facilities Fund; State Treasurer; disbursement by warrants; funds; investment.
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The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to receive federal funds and transmit them to such applicants or to the department, if to carry out any survey, administration, or other authorized function. There is hereby established, separate and apart from all public money and funds o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-202 Barbering, defined.
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Any one or any combination of the following practices, when done upon the human body by the use of chemical products for cosmetic or grooming purposes and not for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments, on any person, other than a member of the immediate family, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-202.01 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Barber Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Barber shall mean any person who engages in the practice of any act of barbering; (2) Barber pole shall mean a cylinder or pole with alternating stripes of red, white, and blue or any combination of them w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-203 Barbering; exemptions.
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The following persons are exempt from the Barber Act while in the proper discharge of their professional or occupational duties: (1) Persons authorized by the laws of this state to practice medicine and surgery; (2) commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-204 Barber; certificate; qualifications required.
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A person is qualified to receive a certificate of registration to practice barbering (1) who has a diploma showing graduation from high school or an equivalent education as determined by passing a general education development test; (2) who is at least seventeen years of age; (3)…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2048.01 Clinical privileges; standards and procedures.
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Any hospital required to be licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act shall not deny clinical privileges to physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, osteopathic physicians, osteopathic physicians and surgeons, certified nurse midwives, licensed psychologists, or dentists…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2056 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds that the market for hospital and health care services is becoming increasingly competitive, that hospitals and other health care providers are contracting to engage in economic joint ventures to form partnerships to offer integrated health care services to t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2057 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 71-2056 to 71-2061, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Hospital health services means, but is not limited to, any health care clinical, diagnostic, or rehabilitation service and any administrative, managerial, health system, or operational service…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2058 Public hospital; marketing strategies and plans authorized.
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In addition to powers and duties otherwise provided by law, a hospital which is owned or operated by a political subdivision, state agency, or other governmental entity may develop marketing strategies for its existing hospital health services or any hospital health service to be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2059 Governmental body; powers.
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A political subdivision, state agency, or other governmental entity which owns or operates a hospital or hospital health service may, relative to the delivery of health care services: (1) Enter into agreements with other health care providers, both governmental and nongovernmenta…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2060 Conversion of public funds.
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The conversion of public funds intended for or contributed to an undertaking authorized by section 71-2059 for the benefit of any individual shall constitute grounds for review and action by the Attorney General or the county attorney pursuant to sections 28-509 to 28-518.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2061 Public hospital; indebtedness, how construed; expenditures, limitation; membership interests and contractual joint ventures; how construed.
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(1) All agreements and obligations undertaken and all securities issued, as permitted under sections 71-2056 to 71-2061, by a hospital which is owned or operated by a political subdivision, state agency, or other governmental entity shall be exclusively an obligation of the hospi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-207.01 Barber school; application to open; fee.
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Application for authority to open a new barber school shall be made to the Board of Barber Examiners, on forms to be prescribed by the board, and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in section 71-219.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-207.02 Barber school; application for certificate of registration; proof required; factors to be considered in passing on application.
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Every applicant for a certificate of registration to operate a new barber school shall offer proof sufficient to the board that the establishment of such new barber school will not be detrimental to the public welfare. In considering whether the establishment of a new barber scho…