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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED SIXTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 1053
Introduced by Health and Human Services Committee: Howard, 9,
Chairperson; Arch, 14; Cavanaugh, 6; Hansen, B., 16;
Murman, 38; Walz, 15; Williams, 36.
Read first time January 21, 2020
Committee: Health and Human Services
1 A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the Medical Assistance Act; to amend
2 section 68-901, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2019; to require rules
3 and regulations for hospital and nursing facility reimbursement
4 rates; to harmonize provisions; and to repeal the original section.
5 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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1 Section 1. Section 68-901, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2019, is
2 amended to read:
3 68-901 Sections 68-901 to 68-994 and section 2 of this act shall be
4 known and may be cited as the Medical Assistance Act.
5 Sec. 2. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and
6 regulations regarding the rate methodology for reimbursement of hospital
7 and nursing facility services. Any change to the rate methodology is
8 considered substantive and requires a new rulemaking or regulationmaking
9 proceeding under the Administrative Procedure Act.
10 Sec. 3. Original section 68-901, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2019,
11 is repealed.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 68-901