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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 551
Introduced by Cavanaugh, J., 9.
Read first time January 17, 2023
Committee: Appropriations
1 A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to appropriations; to state legislative intent
2 for appropriations; and to declare an emergency.
3 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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1 Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate
2 $10,000,000 from the General Fund per annum, beginning in FY2022-23, to
3 any county containing a city of the metropolitan class for the provision
4 of long-term care facility operations and services, including
5 rehabilitation and transitional care, memory support care, and hospice
6 services, in furtherance of preserving a vital safety net for county
7 residents, especially those residents who are poor, indigent, or
8 abandoned.
9 Sec. 2. Since an emergency exists, this act takes effect when
10 passed and approved according to law.
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