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NE LB210
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Merv Riepe
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AI Summary
- Authorizes the operator of Nebraska's prescription drug monitoring system and health information exchange to charge access fees to prescribers, dispensers, health care facilities, and health insurance plans for system use
- Imposes mandatory fees on pharmacy benefit managers for operational, non-treatment use of the prescription drug monitoring system, with fees remitted to the new Population Health Information Assessment Fund
- Creates the Population Health Information Assessment Fund to cover nonfederal operating costs, with up to $250,000 annually available to reimburse the Department of Health and Human Services for collection costs
- Requires the department to report annually to the Health Information Technology Board on managed care organization compliance with claims information sharing requirements, with noncompliant organizations reported to the Department of Insurance
- Mandates quarterly sharing of vital statistics data with the health information exchange, and requires annual reporting to the Legislature on return on investment for these health information programs
Legislative Description
Provide for fees and assessments for participation and use of the prescription drug monitoring program and the designated health information exchange
Last Action
Title printed. Carryover bill
1/7/2026
Committee Referrals
Health and Human Services1/16/2025
Full Bill Text
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