LR407 LR407
2020 2020
ONE HUNDRED SIXTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION 407
Introduced by Health and Human Services Committee: Howard, 9, Chairperson;
Arch, 14; Cavanaugh, 6; Hansen, B., 16; Murman, 38; Walz, 15;
Williams, 36.
PURPOSE: The Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund was initially created with a fifty million dollars endowment for health care programs using the principal and investment income from the Nebraska Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund and the Nebraska Medicaid Intergovernmental Trust Fund. The purpose of this endowment was to create an ongoing funding mechanism for health care in Nebraska. The purpose of this interim study is to examine the long-term fiscal sustainability of the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund.
This study shall include:
(1) A review of the annual Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund reports provided by the Department of Health and Human Services;
(2) Input from interested parties regarding the funds necessary to
continue using the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund to pay for health care and related services; and
(3) Recommendations for any statutory or funding changes that the Legislature should make in order to protect the ongoing viability of the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH
LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA, SECOND SESSION:
1. That the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature shall be designated to conduct an interim study to carry out the purposes of this resolution.
2. That the committee shall upon the conclusion of its study make a report of its findings, together with its recommendations, to the Legislative Council or Legislature.
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