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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2139 Correction order; countermanded or extended; written request; action on.
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A correction order of an inspector properly issued may be countermanded or extended by the inspector or his supervisor. Any interested party may demand that an outstanding order be countermanded or extended. Such demand shall be in writing and shall be addressed to the board. If …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2140 Condemnation, disconnection, and correction orders; forms; service; manner.
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(1) Condemnation, disconnection, and correction orders shall be issued on forms prescribed by the board. (2) A correction order made pursuant to section 81-2138 shall be served personally or by United States mail only upon the licensee making the installation or the property owne…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2141 Appeal from condemnation or disconnection order; time; stay of appeal; conditions.
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(1) Any person aggrieved by a condemnation or disconnection order issued may appeal from the order by filing a written notice of appeal with the board within ten days after the date the order was served upon the owner or within ten days after the order was filed with the board, w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2142 Appeal; hearing officer; hearing; decision by board; notice; opportunity to present evidence; hearing date.
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(1) Upon receipt of a notice of appeal, the chairman or executive secretary of the board may designate a hearing officer from among the board members to hear the appeal or may set the matter for hearing before the full board at its next regular meeting. A majority of the board sh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2143 Violations, enumerated; penalties; section, how construed.
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(1) It shall be a Class IV felony to knowingly and willfully commit or order, instruct, or direct another to commit any of the following acts: (a) To make a false statement in any license application, request for inspection, certificate, or other lawfully authorized or required f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2144 Directional boring contractor; activities authorized.
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A person who is a directional boring contractor may install underground conduit on the load side of the meter under the direct supervision of a Class A master electrician, journeyman electrician, or Class B journeyman electrician who is employed by an electrical contractor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2201 Act, how cited.
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Sections 81-2201 to 81-2227 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2202 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (1) That in many urban and rural areas of the state numerous older individuals are without access to community aging services which strengthen and support a self-reliant, independent family home life in times of personal crisis or advanc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2203 Legislative intent.
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The Nebraska Community Aging Services Act is intended to (1) define the state's long-term care policy and program for older individuals in all areas of the state, (2) define and recognize a system for planning, administering, and delivering such program, (3) provide for the coord…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2204 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 81-2205 to 81-2211.03 shall be used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2205 Council, defined.
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Council shall mean the Aging, Alzheimer's, and Dementia Advisory Council.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2206 Department, defined.
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Department shall mean the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2208 Area agency on aging, defined.
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Area agency on aging shall mean the agency formed or eligible pursuant to the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act which is designated by the department as responsible for the administration of the area program plan in each planning-and-service area.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2209 Area program plan, defined.
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Area program plan shall mean the document submitted to the department by an area agency on aging in order to receive funds under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act and under the Older Americans Act, as now or hereafter amended, which details the area agency on aging's plan…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2210 Community aging services, defined.
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Community aging services means those activities and services which fulfill the goals of the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act, which are necessary to promote, restore, or support self-sufficiency and independence for older persons, and which include: (1) Congregate activities…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2211 Senior service center, defined.
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Senior service center shall mean a senior center or other community facility that provides ready access to a broad range of community aging services.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2211.01 Greatest economic need, defined.
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Greatest economic need shall mean the need resulting from an income level at or below the poverty level as established by the Office of Management and Budget.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2211.02 Greatest social need, defined.
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Greatest social need shall mean the need caused by noneconomic factors, including physical and mental disabilities, language barriers, and cultural, social, or geographic isolation including that caused by racial or ethnic status, which restricts an individual's ability to perfor…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2211.03 Older individual, defined.
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Older individual shall mean any individual who is sixty years of age or older, the spouse of an individual who is sixty years of age or older, or, for purposes of employment services, any individual who is fifty-five years of age or older.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2212 Council; advise department; areas enumerated; serve as appeal panel.
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The council shall advise the department regarding: (1) The state plan on aging as developed and prepared by the department; (2) Policies adopted by the department; (3) The needs of the state's older individuals; (4) The development of the state plan and policies which affect the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2213 Department; powers and duties relating to aging.
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The department shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To develop, approve, and submit to the Governor a two-year, three-year, or four-year state plan on aging, as determined by the department, for purposes of administering grant funds allocated to the state under the fed…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2214.02 Records and information; disclosure prohibited; exceptions.
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No record of any person receiving any services funded through the department and no information of a sensitive or confidential nature may be disclosed or released to any other party without the written consent of the person or his or her legal representative unless the disclosure…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2215 Area agency on aging; department designate.
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The department shall designate an area agency on aging for each planning-and-service area designated pursuant to subdivision (6) of section 81-2213.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2216 Area agency on aging; designation by department.
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The department shall designate, to perform the functions of an area agency on aging, any office or agency having the necessary authority and capacity which is proposed by the chief elected officials of a combination of units of local general-purpose governments formed under the I…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2217 Area agency on aging; department; duties prior to designation.
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Before designating an area agency on aging for a planning-and-service area, the department shall: (1) Provide written notice to the county government in the planning-and-service area of the pending designation no less than sixty days before taking action; (2) Conduct an onsite as…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2218 Area agency on aging; governing unit; duties.
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The governing unit of the designated area agency on aging shall: (1) In accordance with section 81-2219, employ a qualified administrator to serve as the chief executive officer for the administration of the agency and employ adequate staff for carrying out the area program plan;…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2219 Area agencies on aging; chief executive officer and staff; qualifications; personnel policies.
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Each area agency on aging governing unit shall establish minimum qualifications of education, training, and experience for its chief executive officer and written policies and procedures for the selection, appointment, and annual performance rating of its chief executive officer …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2220 Area agency on aging; duties.
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An area agency on aging shall: (1) Monitor, evaluate, and comment on policies, programs, hearings, and community actions which affect older individuals; (2) Conduct public hearings, studies, and assessments on the needs of older individuals living in the planning-and-service area…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2221 Area plan and budget; contents.
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The plan and budget adopted pursuant to section 81-2220 shall contain at least the following: (1) Provisions required by the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act and the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, as such federal act existed on January 1, 2016; and (2) A detailed state…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2222 Funding eligibility; activities and services enumerated.
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Activities and services eligible for funding under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act and an approved plan are: (1) Those agency functions and services necessary to carry out the agency's responsibilities under the act and in its plan, including, but not limited to, admini…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2223 Services; eligibility; determination.
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Within an area plan, the determination of eligibility of older individuals to benefit from community aging services shall be as follows: (1) For congregate activities, the determination shall be left to the area agency on aging, taking into account (a) the needs, resources, and s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2224 Area agency on aging; reimbursement for costs; how made.
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The department shall reimburse each designated area agency on aging for seventy-five percent of the actual cost of providing eligible activities and services as defined in section 81-2222. Such reimbursement shall be made from (1) state funds appropriated by the Legislature, incl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2225 Reimbursement for costs; qualification.
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To qualify for reimbursement by the department, as provided for in section 81-2224, a designated area agency on aging shall have a department-approved plan and budget and shall provide no less than twenty-five percent of such approved plan and budget from local sources. Local sou…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2225.01 Intrastate funding formula; department; duties.
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(1) The department, after consultation with the area agencies on aging, shall develop and use an intrastate funding formula for the allocation to area agencies on aging of state and federal funds awarded pursuant to the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act and the Older American…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2226 Area agency on aging; malfeasance; effect.
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In the event of a documented malfeasance on the part of any area agency on aging in the administration of its area plan, and the failure of the governing unit of the area agency to take corrective action within a reasonable time, the department shall, with the advice of the counc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2227 Department; submit budget.
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Based upon the department-approved plan and budget for each designated area agency on aging, the department shall submit a budget request to the Department of Administrative Services, on or before the date provided in subsection (1) of section 81-132 for each even-numbered year, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2227.01 Area agencies on aging; appropriations; legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate two million dollars in fiscal year 2025-26 and two million dollars in fiscal year 2026-27 from the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund to the area agencies on aging for the purpose of providing additional eligible activities…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2229 Legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the Legislature that: (1) The state establish a statewide system of care management units through the area agencies on aging to aid in the coordination of the delivery of a continuum of services targeted primarily to the state's older population; (2) The conti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2230 Purpose of sections.
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The purpose of sections 81-2229 to 81-2235 shall be to provide for care management units which include ongoing consultation, assessment, care plan development, referral, and review for individuals, primarily older Nebraskans, in need of long-term care. With the individual's appro…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2231 Care management units; certification; standards.
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The care management units shall be certified by the Department of Health and Human Services which shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations within two hundred forty days of August 30, 1987, providing standards for certification. Such standards shall be developed in consult…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2232 Area agency on aging; prepare plan; procedure.
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Within sixty days of the adoption and promulgation of the standards for certification by the Department of Health and Human Services, each area agency on aging shall submit to the department for approval a plan of operation to either provide and supervise or subcontract for at le…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2234 Care management clients; voluntary contributions; client family income schedule; care management unit; reimbursement.
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(1) Care management clients may contribute to the costs of receiving care management services, as provided under section 81-2230. A client family income schedule, using the federal poverty guidelines, shall be used to determine a care management client's voluntary contribution. I…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2235 Care management unit; reimbursement by department.
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(1) Each care management unit may be reimbursed by the Department of Health and Human Services for costs or through other reimbursement specified in section 81-2234. Reimbursement by the department shall be based on actual casework time units expended on all care management servi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2237 Act, how cited.
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Sections 81-2237 to 81-2264 shall be known and may be cited as the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2238 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Act, the definitions found in sections 81-2239 to 81-2248 shall be used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2239 Department, defined.
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Department means the Department of Health and Human Services.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2242 Local long-term care ombudsman program, defined.
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Local long-term care ombudsman program means an entity, either public or private and nonprofit, designated as a local long-term care ombudsman program by the office.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2243 Long-term care facility, defined.
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Long-term care facility includes: (1) A nursing facility; (2) An assisted-living facility; (3) Any other adult care home; (4) A continuing care community; (5) Any swing bed in an acute care facility or extended care facility; and (6) Any adult day service.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2244 Office, defined.
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Office means the office of the state long-term care ombudsman.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2245 Older Americans Act, defined.
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Older Americans Act means the federal Older Americans Act, as amended.