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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4728 Commission; purpose; duties.
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The commission shall serve as the principal state agency responsible for monitoring public policies and implementing programs which shall improve the quality and coordination of existing services for deaf or hard of hearing persons and promote the development of new services when…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4728.01 Commission; mental health, alcoholism, and drug abuse services; service coordination.
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The commission shall not deliver direct mental health, alcoholism, and drug abuse services but shall assist in obtaining full access to comprehensive mental health, alcoholism, and drug abuse services for deaf or hard of hearing persons by providing service coordination for deaf …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4728.02 Commission; mental health specialist advisor; duties.
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The commission shall appoint a mental health specialist advisor. The specialist shall monitor and provide advice to mental health, alcoholism, and drug abuse programs which provide treatment for deaf or hard of hearing persons. The specialist shall also serve as the commission's …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4728.03 Commission; special advisory committee; members.
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The commission shall implement section 71-4728.02 with the advice of a special advisory committee appointed by the commission. The committee shall consist of five members as follows: Three counselors familiar with mental health, alcoholism, and drug abuse disorders in deaf or har…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4728.04 Commission; telehealth system; powers and duties.
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(1) The commission may establish a telehealth system to provide access for deaf and hard of hearing persons in remote locations to mental health, alcoholism, and drug abuse services. The telehealth system may (a) provide access for deaf or hard of hearing persons to counselors wh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4728.05 Interpreter Review Board; members; duties; expenses.
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(1) The commission shall appoint the Interpreter Review Board as required in section 20-156. (2) Members of the Interpreter Review Board shall be as follows: (a) A representative of the Department of Health and Human Services and the executive director of the commission or his or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4729 Commission; cooperate with state agencies.
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The commission shall in fulfilling its responsibilities enumerated in section 71-4728 cooperate with any state agency having authority related to the problems of deaf or hard of hearing persons. Such agencies shall also cooperate with the commission. Avoidance of unnecessary dupl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-473 Department; duties.
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The department shall examine the rates paid for care for persons with cognitive impairment or dementia, including state spending for such care and reimbursement rates paid for such care under the medical assistance program pursuant to the Medical Assistance Act. The department sh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4730 Commission; agreements; contracts; enter into.
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The commission may make agreements with other state agencies and may contract with other individuals, organizations, corporations, associations, or other legal entities including private agencies or any department or agency of the federal government or the state or any political …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4731 Governor; gifts, grants, and donations; accept.
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The Governor may accept gifts, grants, and donations of money, personal property, and real property for use in expanding and improving services to deaf or hard of hearing persons of this state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4732 Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Fund; created; use; investment.
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There is hereby created a Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Fund to consist of such funds as the Legislature shall appropriate, any funds received under sections 20-156 and 71-4731, and any fees collected for interpreter services as provided in section 71-4728. The fund…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4732.01 Telehealth System Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Telehealth System Fund is created. The fund shall be used for any expenses related to the operation and maintenance of the telehealth system established in section 71-4728.04. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pur…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4734 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-4734 to 71-4744 shall be known and may be cited as the Infant Hearing Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4735 Legislative findings and purpose.
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(1) The Legislature finds that: (a) Hearing loss occurs in newborns more frequently than any other health condition for which newborn screening is required; (b) Early detection of hearing loss in a child and early intervention and treatment before six months of age has been demon…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4736 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Infant Hearing Act: (1) Birth admission means the time after birth that the newborn remains in the hospital or other health care facility prior to discharge; (2) Birthing facility means a hospital or other health care facility in this state which provides birt…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4737 Hearing loss; tracking system.
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The Legislature recognizes that it is necessary to track newborns and infants identified with a potential hearing loss or who have been evaluated and have been found to have a hearing loss for a period of time in order to render appropriate followup care. The Department of Health…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4738 Federal funding.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall apply for all available federal funding to implement the Infant Hearing Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4739 Birthing facility; confirmatory testing facility; reports required.
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(1) Every birthing facility shall annually report to the Department of Health and Human Services the number of: (a) Newborns born; (b) Newborns and infants recommended for a hearing screening test; (c) Newborns who received a hearing screening test during birth admission; (d) New…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-474 Comprehensive stroke center, designated thrombectomy-capable stroke center, primary stroke center, or acute stroke-ready hospital; restriction on advertisement.
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A person may not advertise to the public, by way of any medium, that a hospital is a comprehensive stroke center, a designated thrombectomy-capable stroke center, a primary stroke center, or an acute stroke-ready hospital unless the hospital is listed as such by the Department of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4740 Hearing loss; educational information.
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(1) Every birthing facility shall educate the parents of newborns born in such facilities of the importance of receiving a hearing screening test and any necessary followup care. This educational information shall explain, in lay terms, the hearing screening test, the likelihood …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4741 Hearing screening; department; duties.
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The Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the State Department of Education, birthing facilities, and other providers, shall develop approved screening methods and protocol for statewide hearing screening tests of substantially all newborns and infants.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4742 Hearing screening test; newborn; standard of care.
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(1) Each birthing facility shall include a hearing screening test as part of its standard of care for newborns and shall establish a mechanism for compliance review. A hearing screening test shall be conducted on no fewer than ninety-five percent of the newborns born in this stat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4743 Referral guidelines.
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The Department of Health and Human Services and the State Department of Education shall establish guidelines for when a referral shall be made for early intervention services under the Early Intervention Act. The guidelines shall include a request for an individual evaluation of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4744 Rules and regulations.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the Infant Hearing Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4745 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 71-4745 to 71-4747: (1) Communication means a two-way, interactive process to convey meaning from one person or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs, symbols, or voice; (2) Credentialed teacher of the deaf means a certificated tea…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4746 Language assessment program; children from birth through five years of age; scope; report.
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(1) The State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, shall establish and coordinate a language assessment program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The program shall assess, monitor, and track the language devel…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4747 Advisory committee; members; meetings; quorum; duties; termination.
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(1) The Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing shall appoint an advisory committee to advise the commission regarding all aspects of the language assessment program established pursuant to section 71-4746. The advisory committee shall consist of fourteen members as follows: …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-475 Drug or medication; provided to patient upon discharge; records; label; documentation.
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(1)(a) When administration of a drug occurs in a hospital pursuant to a chart order, hospital personnel may provide the unused portion of the drug to the patient upon discharge from the hospital for continued use in treatment of the patient if: (i) The drug has been opened and us…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-476 Drugs and devices; labeling requirements.
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(1) In an assisted-living facility, a nursing facility, or a skilled nursing facility, all drugs and devices shall be labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional standards of care, including the appropriate accessory and cautionary instructions and the expiration d…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-477 Rural emergency hospital; license; eligibility; application; operation; requirements; original license; inactive.
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(1) A facility shall be eligible to apply for a license as a rural emergency hospital if such facility is: (a) Licensed as a critical access hospital; (b) Licensed as a general hospital with not more than fifty licensed beds located in a county in a rural area as defined in secti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-478 Rural emergency hospital; federal reimbursement; contracts.
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A licensed rural emergency hospital may enter into any contracts required to be eligible for federal reimbursement as a rural emergency hospital.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-479 Rural emergency hospital; rules and regulations.
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The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations establishing minimum standards for the establishment and operation of rural emergency hospitals in accordance with the Health Care Facility Licensure Act, including licensure of rural emergency hospitals.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4808 Blood; who may consent to donate.
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Any individual of sound mind and seventeen years of age or more may consent to donate whole blood for the purpose of injecting, transfusing, or transplanting such blood in the human body. No person seventeen or eighteen years of age shall receive compensation for any donation of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4813 Eye tissue; pituitary gland; removal; when authorized.
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(1) When an autopsy is performed by the physician authorized by the county coroner to perform such autopsy, the physician or an appropriately qualified designee with training in ophthalmologic techniques, as provided for in subsection (2) of this section, may remove eye tissue of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4814 Organ and tissue donations; legislative findings; protocol; development.
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The Legislature finds that the availability of donor organs and tissue can save the lives and restore the health and productivity of many Nebraskans. Every hospital in the state shall develop a protocol, appropriate to the hospital's capability, for identifying and referring pote…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4816 Certificate of death; attestation required; statistical information.
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(1) The physician responsible for the completion and signing of the portion of the certificate of death entitled medical certificate of death or, if there is no such physician, the person responsible for signing the certificate of death shall attest on the death certificate wheth…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4819 Department of Health and Human Services; education regarding bone marrow donors; powers and duties.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall educate residents of the state about: (a) The need for bone marrow donors; (b) Patient populations benefiting from bone marrow donations; (c) How to acquire a free buccal swab kit from a bone marrow registry; (d) The procedure…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4820 Employer; grant of leaves of absence; encouraged.
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An employer shall be encouraged to grant paid leaves of absence to an employee who seeks to undergo a medical procedure to donate bone marrow.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4821 Physician; inquire of new patient; provide information.
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Each physician may inquire of a new patient who is at least eighteen years of age and younger than forty-five years of age on the new patient's intake form as to whether the patient is registered with the bone marrow registry. If the patient states that the patient is not registe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4822 Donor Registry of Nebraska; establishment; duties; restriction on information.
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(1) The federally designated organ procurement organization for Nebraska shall use the information received from the Department of Motor Vehicles under section 60-494 and the Game and Parks Commission under section 37-406.01 to establish and maintain the Donor Registry of Nebrask…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4824 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-4824 to 71-4845 shall be known and may be cited as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4825 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act: (1) Adult means an individual who is at least eighteen years of age; (2) Agent means an individual: (A) Authorized to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care; or (B) Expre…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4826 Applicability of act.
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The Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4827 Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death.
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Subject to section 71-4831, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in section 71-4828 by: (1) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the do…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4828 Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.
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(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift: (1) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor's driver's license or identification card; (2) In a will; (3) During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4829 Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.
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(a) Subject to section 71-4831, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 71-4827 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (1) A record signed by: (A) The donor; (B) The other person; or (C) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, another in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4830 Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal.
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(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by: (1) A record signed by: (A) The individual; or (B) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4831 Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this section and subject to subsection (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a don…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4832 Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.
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(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section and unless barred by section 71-4830 or 71-4831, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons wh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-4833 Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.
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(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 71-4832 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and s…