Chapter 84, STATE OFFICERS
394 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1503.03 Executive director; employ personnel; employees; duties.
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(1) The executive director of the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems shall employ qualified personnel as may be required to carry out the duties and responsibilities required under sections 84-1501 to 84-1513. Except for the personnel described in subsection (2) of this…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1503.04 Internal auditor; duties and responsibilities.
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The duties and responsibilities of the internal auditor employed by the Public Employees Retirement Board shall be consistent with the suggested standards for the professional practice of internal auditing as adopted by the Institute of Internal Auditors and include the following…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1504 Deferred compensation; treatment; participation; requirements.
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(1) The Public Employees Retirement Board, on behalf of the state, may contract with any individual to defer a portion of such individual's compensation or with the Legislative Council to defer any other amount that the Legislative Council agrees to credit to an individual's acco…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1505 Deferred compensation; treatment; investment.
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(1) All compensation deferred under the plan, all property and rights purchased with the deferred compensation, and all investment income attributable to the deferred compensation, property, or rights shall be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of participants and their bene…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1506 Deferred compensation; availability and distribution of funds; Deferred Compensation Fund; created.
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(1) Under the deferred compensation plan, any amount shall not be available to the participant or beneficiary prior to (a) the calendar year in which the participant attains age seventy and one-half years, (b) when the participant is separated from service with the state, or (c) …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1506.01 Deferred Compensation Expense Fund; created; use; investment.
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All expenses necessary in connection with the administration and operation of the deferred compensation plan authorized in section 84-1504 shall be paid from the Deferred Compensation Expense Fund which is hereby created. The fund shall be credited with the proportionate share of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1507 Actuarial reports; statement of actuarial assumptions and methods; actuarial valuations and experience investigations; prepared; actuary; certified by Public Employees Retirement Board.
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All actuarial reports, statements of actuarial assumptions and methods, and actuarial valuations and experience investigations required for any retirement system in Nebraska covering employees of any political subdivision in the state and supported, in whole or in part, by Nebras…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1509 Administrative services agreement; authorized.
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The Public Employees Retirement Board may enter into an administrative services agreement with an organization authorized to conduct business in Nebraska and to administer public employee deferred compensation retirement plans. No such agreement shall be entered into unless the b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1510 Administrative services agreement; terms.
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The agreement authorized by section 84-1509 shall provide: (1) That the organization shall make all disbursements under the contract or contracts issued by it, such disbursements to be made in such manner and amounts as directed by the state whether on account of retirement, term…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1511 Board; information and advice regarding retirement; provide sessions; for whom; required information; leave authorized; funding; fee.
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Leave with pay means time off paid by the employer and does not mean vacation, sick, personal, or compensatory time; and (b) Session means an in-person training or live-broadcast webinar but does not include information that can be accessed a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1512 Board; access to records; executive director; duties; employer education program.
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(1) The Public Employees Retirement Board, for purposes of administering the various retirement systems under its jurisdiction, shall receive from the Department of Administrative Services and other employers such information as is necessary for the efficient and accurate adminis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1513 Board; members; personal liability.
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No member of the Public Employees Retirement Board shall be personally liable, except in cases of willful dishonesty, gross negligence, or intentional violations of law, for actions relating to administrative decisions pertaining to the retirement funds of retirement plans admini…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1514 Class V Retirement System Payment Processing Fund; created; use; investment; transfers of funds; liability.
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The Class V Retirement System Payment Processing Fund is created for the purpose of transferring funds as specified in section 79-986 and for paying expenses associated with the transfer of such funds. The fund shall consist of the amounts transferred from the custodial bank that…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1515 Member of any Nebraska state public retirement system; written solicitations; restrictions.
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(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person or entity shall include any name, logo, symbol, or similar name, logo, or symbol of any of the following in a written solicitation for any financial product or service directed to a member of any Nebraska state public…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1601 Program; established; coverage; employees of the Nebraska State Patrol; optional coverage.
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(1) There is hereby established a program of group life and health insurance for all permanent employees of this state who work one-half or more of the regularly scheduled hours during each pay period, excluding employees of the University of Nebraska, the state colleges, and the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1602 Program; administration.
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Sections 84-1601 to 84-1615 shall be administered by the personnel division of the Department of Administrative Services. The Director of Personnel may employ such administrative, clerical, secretarial, and technical assistants and consultants as are required for the administrati…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1603 Selection of insurance carrier; powers and duties.
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The personnel division of the Department of Administrative Services shall select, with the assistance of the Risk Manager and the Chief Negotiator, one or more carriers or combinations of carriers licensed to do insurance business in Nebraska to serve as administrator of the insu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1604 Employees eligible.
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The coverages provided for by sections 84-1601 to 84-1615 shall be afforded to each permanent state employee who works one-half or more of the regularly scheduled hours during each pay period, commencing after thirty days of such employment, and to each temporary employee only as…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1604.01 Certain blind persons; eligibility.
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Any person who is blind as defined in section 71-8603 and who provides services under contract to the State of Nebraska to a disabled person as defined in section 68-1503 shall be afforded the opportunity to enroll in the state employees group health insurance program until age s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1605 Contract for insurance.
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Out of appropriations made for that purpose, the personnel division of the Department of Administrative Services shall (1) first enter into a contract providing, entirely at state expense, ten thousand dollars of basic life insurance protection and (2) enter into a contract to pu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1606 Optional health insurance coverage; authorized.
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The personnel division of the Department of Administrative Services may elect to offer a group health insurance option to employees subject to sections 84-1601 to 84-1615. Such benefits shall be offered at the rates listed in section 84-1611, and additional contributions necessar…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1607 Life insurance contract; extension of special benefits; payment.
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The group life insurance contract or contracts may permit the extension of special benefits, such as accidental death and dismemberment benefits, amounts of life insurance in addition to the amount provided in section 84-1605, and the extension of coverage to dependents. Any cove…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1608 Health insurance contract; extension of special benefits; payment.
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The group health insurance contract or contracts may permit the extension of special benefits, such as insurance over and above that provided by the basic coverage specified in section 84-1605, dental health insurance, disability insurance, accidental death and dismemberment bene…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1609 Special coverages; availability.
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The special coverages permitted by sections 84-1607 and 84-1608 shall be made available uniformly to all employees, but each employee shall retain the option to choose the special coverage or coverages which he or she desires or to reject all such special coverages.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-161 Comprehensive development plans; Governor's Policy Research Office; assist in preparation; when.
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The Governor's Policy Research Office shall not contract with or provide assistance to any municipality or county to prepare comprehensive development plans or land-use regulatory proposals, unless such assistance shall first be requested in writing by the municipality or county.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1610 Supplemental coverage; restrictions; right to purchase.
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No agency shall provide for its employees any program of life or health insurance supplementary to that provided under sections 84-1601 to 84-1615, except as provided in sections 84-1601, 84-1607, and 84-1608. The provisions of this section shall not deny an employee the right to…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1611 Health insurance or health maintenance organization program; state contribution; amount; labor contract; effect.
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(1) For any contract period or periods beginning on or after July 1, 1995, the state shall make the following contributions from the various funds toward payment of a health insurance or health maintenance organization program which may include coverage for dependents: (a) For an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1612 Contributions by employees; payroll deductions.
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All contributions by employees under sections 84-1601 to 84-1615 shall be made by payroll deductions. As each new employee becomes eligible for coverage under sections 84-1601 to 84-1615, the Director of Administrative Services shall certify the amount to be deducted each pay per…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1613 State Employees Insurance Fund; created; use; investment.
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The State Employees Insurance Fund is established. The fund shall be administered by the personnel division of the Department of Administrative Services. All funds appropriated to pay the state's share of the cost of the coverages provided by sections 84-1601 to 84-1615 and all p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1614 Program; applicability of law.
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Any group insurance provided by sections 84-1601 to 84-1615 shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 44, article 16, except that if any provision of sections 84-1601 to 84-1615 is in conflict therewith, the provisions of sections 84-1601 to 84-1615 shall govern.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1615 Coverage; when provided.
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Coverages under sections 84-1601 to 84-1615 shall be provided commencing January 1, 1974.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1616 Health and Life Benefit Administration Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Health and Life Benefit Administration Cash Fund is created. The fund shall consist of payments made by individuals eligible for program benefits, transfers from the State Employees Insurance Fund for administrative and operation expenses as authorized by the Legislature, and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1617 Personnel division of the Department of Administrative Services; report.
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The personnel division of the Department of Administrative Services shall provide electronically an annual report to the Clerk of the Legislature. The report shall include the following information based on the prior fiscal year: (1) The number of temporary employees employed by …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1618 Act, how cited.
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Sections 84-1618 to 84-1627 shall be known and may be cited as the Direct Primary Care Pilot Program Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1619 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Direct Primary Care Pilot Program Act: (1) Department means the Department of Administrative Services; (2) Direct primary care health plan means a health plan which includes primary care services provided by a participating provider, pharmaceutical care as def…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-162 Vital resource emergencies; legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds, for purposes of sections 84-162 to 84-167, that: (1) Water for domestic, agricultural, and industrial use, food for domestic use, and adequate energy supplies are vital resources needed to sustain life; (2) The interruption of supplies of these resources or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1620 Direct Primary Care Pilot Program; established.
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The Direct Primary Care Pilot Program is established within the Nebraska State Insurance Program. The pilot program shall begin in fiscal year 2019-20 and continue through fiscal year 2022-23. Through the pilot program the Nebraska State Insurance Program shall include direct pri…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1621 Department; duties.
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For the pilot program, the department shall provide enrollees at least two different direct primary care health plans including a high-deductible option and a low-deductible option for health care coverage outside of primary care. The department may include wellness incentives in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1622 Participation.
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A state employee may participate at open enrollment in the pilot program on a first-come, first-served basis dependent on participation by participating providers and limitations on enrollees served per participating providers.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1623 Plan administrator; duties.
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Any plan administrator for health care plans offered under the Nebraska State Insurance Program shall cooperate with the implementation of the pilot program and shall share real-time claims data for state employees participating in the pilot program with participating providers.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1624 Direct provider; participation requirements; monthly payment.
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(1) To qualify for participation in the pilot program, a direct provider shall: (a) Provide primary care to an enrollee; (b) Coordinate care across all care settings; (c) Oversee transitions in care between settings; and (d) Minimize the risk of gaps in care. (2) The participatin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1625 Care quality and patient satisfaction measurements.
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A participating provider shall continuously monitor care quality in accordance with a standardized set of care quality and patient satisfaction measurements. Such care quality measurements shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Patient engagement measurement, in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1626 Report.
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Beginning in fiscal year 2021-22, the department shall provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature by September 1 of each year. The report shall evaluate the clinical and financial performance of the pilot program. The report shall be submitted to the Legislature electro…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1627 Rules and regulations.
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The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to implement the Direct Primary Care Pilot Program Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-163 Terms, defined.
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As used in sections 84-162 to 84-167, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Vital resource crisis shall mean the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from the shortage of any vital resource as the result …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-164 Vital resource emergency; Governor declare; when; termination.
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A vital resource emergency shall be declared by the Governor if he or she finds that a vital resource crisis is imminent or has occurred. Such declaration shall be promptly filed with the Secretary of State. The state of emergency shall continue until the Governor finds that the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-165 Vital resource emergency; legislative determination; response of Governor.
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If the Legislature determines by resolution that a vital resource emergency exists it shall transmit such resolution to the Governor. The Governor shall respond in writing to such legislative resolution within ten days, stating his or her plan, if an emergency proclamation is to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-166 Vital resource emergency; Governor; powers.
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Pursuant to the proclamation of a vital resource emergency issued as provided in section 84-164, the Governor by executive order may: (1) Regulate the operating hours of vital resource consuming instrumentalities including state government, political subdivisions, private institu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-167 Emergency measures; exemption; issued by Governor.
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Any person, association, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation may appeal to the Governor requesting a partial or complete exemption from the emergency measures ordered pursuant to sections 84-162 to 84-167. Any such exemption issued by the Governor shall be in w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-168 Acceptance of cession or retrocession of federal jurisdiction; conditions; filing; memorandum of understanding.
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(1) By appropriate executive order, the Governor may accept on behalf of the state full or partial cession or retrocession of federal jurisdiction, including criminal, civil, or juvenile, over any lands, except Indian lands, in federal enclaves within the state where such cession…