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                               LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
                           ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
                                   SECOND SESSION
                       LEGISLATIVE BILL 1178
     Introduced by Wishart, 27; Ballard, 21; Bosn, 25; Dorn, 30; Raybould, 28;
                   Walz, 15.
     Read first time January 12, 2024
     Committee: Health and Human Services
 A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to public health and welfare; to create the
         Intergenerational Care Facility Incentive Grant Program; to provide
         for grants; and to provide powers and duties.
     Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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         Section 1.          (1) The Intergenerational Care Facility Incentive Grant
     Program is created. It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate
 three hundred thousand dollars from the General Fund for fiscal year
    2024-25 to the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants
    pursuant to this section.
        (2)    The Department of     Health and Human Services shall develop
     requirements for eligibility,         application,          and audits for grants in
     collaboration with statewide associations representing nursing homes as
  defined in section 38-2414 and other stakeholders. The department shall
 meet with such associations prior to October 1, 2024, to identify any
    statutes, rules, regulations, or other regulatory barriers that impede
    the development of an intergenerational care facility in which nursing
     services and child care are provided and develop recommendations to
 remediate such barriers that do not impact the safety of the staff or
     recipients of the nursing services and child care or the quality of
     nursing services and child care.
        (3) The grants shall be awarded to facilities that are nursing homes
     as defined in section 38-2414 or assisted-living facilities as defined in
 section       71-5903      and that have been certified for participation in
    medicare or medicaid. The grants shall be used for one-time startup costs
    to provide for child care in such facilities. A facility may be awarded
    one grant under this section of up to one hundred thousand dollars. The
     grants shall be awarded for modification of structures, modification of
     outside campus space of the nursing facilities, purchase of child care
  equipment and supplies, or any combination of such purposes. A facility
  that is applying for or awarded a grant is not required to own or operate
     the child care services for which the grant is awarded.
        (4) The department shall award the grants on the basis of date of
     application with priority given to    rural communities as    defined in
  section 81-1228 for applications filed on the same date. A facility that
  was cited for substandard quality of care during its most recent survey
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 is not eligible for a grant under this section. Each grant recipient
    shall establish   a plan to   participate in   the quality rating and
    improvement system described in section 71-1956 within three years after
     the date the grant is awarded.
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