Chapter 83 — STATE INSTITUTIONS
748 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1220 Hearing officers; qualifications.
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The department shall conduct hearings initiated under section 83-1219 using hearing officers. The department may employ, retain, or approve such qualified hearing officers as are necessary to conduct the hearings. The hearing officers shall not be persons who are employees or off…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1221 Hearing officer; powers and duties.
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Upon the receipt of a petition pursuant to section 83-1219, the department shall assign it to a hearing officer. The hearing officer shall receive all subsequent pleadings and shall conduct the hearing. At the hearing the parties shall present evidence on the issues raised in the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1222 Hearing; rights of parties; hearing officer; production of evidence.
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Any party at a hearing conducted pursuant to section 83-1219 shall have the right to: (1) Be accompanied and advised by counsel and by individuals with special knowledge or training with respect to the needs of persons with developmental disabilities; (2) Present evidence and con…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1223 Hearing officer; subpoena power; enforcement.
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The hearing officer shall have the power by subpoena to compel the appearance of witnesses and the production of any relevant evidence. Any witness compelled to attend or produce evidence shall be entitled to the fees and expenses allowed in district court. Any failure to respond…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1224 Judicial review; enforcement of final decision and order; procedures; appeal to Court of Appeals.
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(1) Any party aggrieved by the findings, conclusions, or final decision and order of the director shall be entitled to judicial review under this section. Any party of record also may seek enforcement of the final decision and order of the director pursuant to this section. (2) P…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1225 School district; provide transition services; enumerated.
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Each school district shall provide transition services for each student with a developmental disability no later than when the student reaches fourteen years of age and until the student graduates from a special education program or no longer meets the definition of a child with …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1226 Rules and regulations.
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The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Developmental Disabilities Services Act.
Repealed. Laws 2026, LB867, § 41.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB867, § 41.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1229 Developmental Disabilities Provider Capital and Equipment Maintenance Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) The Developmental Disabilities Provider Capital and Equipment Maintenance Cash Fund is created and shall be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. The fund shall consist of gifts, grants, bequests, money received from any public or private source, money …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-123 Department of Correctional Services; license plates; materials; Department of Motor Vehicles; duties.
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(1) Out of the fund appropriated by the Legislature, the Department of Correctional Services shall purchase the materials for and manufacture the license plates each year for the various counties and the Department of Motor Vehicles. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall furnish…
Repealed. Laws 1993, LB 31, § 83.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1230 Developmental Disabilities Provider Capital and Equipment Maintenance Cash Fund; provider; grants.
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services; (b) Eligible purpose means any upgrade, modernization, renovation, maintenance, or new purchase of the following that are used by a provider to provide any developmental disability…
Transferred to section 80-325.
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Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 296, § 815.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-126 Facilities; chief executive officer; appointment.
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The chief executive officer of the Department of Health and Human Services shall appoint the chief executive officer of each facility referred to in section 83-107.01. Each chief executive officer shall report to the chief executive officer of the department or his or her designe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-127 Superintendent of institutional schools; qualifications; powers and duties.
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(1) On or before December 1, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services shall establish the position of superintendent of institutional schools to administer the education programs in state institutions under the supervision of the department that house juveniles and shall…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-128 Officers and employees; bond or insurance.
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Each official and employee who is given the custody of funds or property of the state shall be bonded or insured as required by section 11-201.
Repealed. Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 985.
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Repealed. Laws 1999, LB 13, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-130 Emergency Revolving Fund; amount; source; accounting.
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An Emergency Revolving Fund, not to exceed three thousand dollars for any one institution, upon order of the Department of Health and Human Services, shall be drawn from the State Treasurer, to be used by the chief executive officer of each institution as an emergency cash fund. …
Repealed. Laws 1969, c. 817, § 87.
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Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 416, § 32.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-133 Chief executive officers; excess funds belonging to inmates; investment; use and distribution of income.
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The chief executive officer of any state institution under the control of the Department of Health and Human Services shall refer for investment in accordance with sections 72-1244 and 72-1267 any surplus of canteen funds or trust funds which he or she may have belonging to the r…
Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 256, § 17.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-135 Grounds; abutting streets; paving; procedure.
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The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Correctional Services shall have authority to petition the authorities of any city, town, or village in which a state institution is located, to grade, curb, and pave any street or streets upon which the grounds of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-136 Paving petitions; power to sign.
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Wherever any paving district is created adjacent to any state institution or the Nebraska State Fairgrounds, the chief executive officer in charge of the state institution or the chairperson of the Nebraska State Fair Board for the fairgrounds is authorized to sign petitions, in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-137 State institutions; adjacent highways; improvement.
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Upon written request being filed with the Department of Transportation by the chief executive officer of any state institution, located more than one-half mile and not exceeding three miles from a railroad unloading track or permanent highway leading to a railroad unloading track…
Repealed. Laws 1963, c. 508, § 15.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-139 Stewards; duties; reports; shortages; default; penalty.
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The steward of each institution shall have charge of all supplies for that institution, and shall be charged therewith at their invoice value. Supplies shall be issued only on requisition by the chief executive officer, and on printed blanks which shall serve as the steward's vou…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-140 Supplies for Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Correctional Services; purchase; monthly statement; estimates.
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The materiel administrator of the Department of Administrative Services shall purchase all necessary supplies for the institutions under the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Correctional Services, except, in its discretion, fresh fruit, vegetables, an…
Repealed. Laws 1957, c. 368, § 7.
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Repealed. Laws 1969, c. 818, § 24.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-143 Paupers; inmates of public charitable institutions; clothing; county of last residence to furnish.
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Whenever any inmate of any public charitable institution shall be unable to provide suitable clothing for himself, and shall have no parent or legal guardian able and legally bound to do so, the county board of the county where the inmate last resided, before entering or applying…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-144 Department of Correctional Services-made goods; Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Correctional Services; administrative powers.
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The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Correctional Services shall administer the provisions of sections 83-144 to 83-152.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-145 Department of Correctional Services-made goods; use; by whom; exchange of goods with other states; sales authorized.
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All departments, institutions, and agencies of this state which are supported in whole or in part by taxation for state purposes and all counties and other political subdivisions of this state shall purchase from the Department of Correctional Services all articles required by th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-145.01 Department of Correctional Services; sale and production of braille materials; authorized.
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The Department of Correctional Services may sell braille books and materials produced by offenders confined in facilities of the department. The department may enter into contracts for the use of the services of such offenders to produce braille books and materials. The departmen…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-146 Purchases; Department of Administrative Services; requisition.
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All purchases shall be made through the Department of Administrative Services upon the requisition of the proper authority of the department, institution or agency of the state, or of the county or other governmental subdivision requiring such articles.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-147 Director of Administrative Services; Department of Correctional Services-made goods; discretionary powers.
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The Director of Administrative Services may create an exception from the mandatory provisions of sections 83-144 to 83-152 when in the opinion of the director, the article produced or manufactured does not meet the reasonable requirements of the department, institution, or agency…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-148 Unauthorized vouchers; issuance; effect; malfeasance in office; punishment.
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No voucher issued by any such department, institution or agency upon the Director of Administrative Services shall be questioned by him or by the State Treasurer on the ground that sections 83-144 to 83-152 shall not have been complied with by the department, institution or agenc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-149 Department of Correctional Services-made goods; catalog; estimates of materials required.
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The Department of Correctional Services shall prepare, annually, and at such other times as it may determine necessary, a catalog or bulletin sheets containing a description of all articles and supplies manufactured and produced by the department under sections 83-144 to 83-152. …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-150 Correctional Industries Revolving Fund; created; use; investment.
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All funds received by the Department of Correctional Services under sections 83-144 to 83-152 and from the recycling of material used in the production of goods or the provision of services by the department's correctional industries program shall be remitted to the State Treasur…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-151 Department of Correctional Services-made goods; transportation and sale.
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Goods produced in whole or in part by persons confined to the department in this state may be transported and sold in the same manner as goods produced by free persons, if persons confined to the department are paid at least minimum wage under state law. The minimum wage requirem…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-152 Goods made by confined persons; reciprocity.
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Goods produced in whole or in part by persons confined in another state or territory may be transported and sold in this state in the same manner as goods produced by persons committed to the department in this state may be transported or sold in that state or territory.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-153 Money or personal property to credit of inmate or patient; claim; time for presentment.
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Any claim to money or personal property in the hands of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Correctional Services, or the Department of Veterans' Affairs to the credit of an inmate or patient of any institution subject to the jurisdiction of such depart…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-154 Money to credit of inmate or patient; claim; failure to assert; disposition.
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Upon the failure to assert a claim for money within two years as prescribed by section 83-153, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Correctional Services, or the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall transfer such money to a special fund to be set up for…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-155 Personal property to credit of inmate or patient; claim; failure to assert; sale; disposition of money.
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Upon the failure to assert a claim for personal property within two years as prescribed by section 83-153, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Correctional Services, or the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall sell the property, either with or without …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-156 Money or personal property to credit of inmate or patient; delivery to owner or heirs not prohibited.
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Nothing contained in sections 83-153 to 83-156 shall be construed in such a manner as to prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Correctional Services, or the Department of Veterans' Affairs from voluntarily remitting or delivering to any present o…
Repealed. Laws 1971, LB 33, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1971, LB 33, § 1.
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