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NE LB255

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dan Quick

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Origin

Legislature

109th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Expands use of the Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Cash Fund to allow appropriations to the Supreme Court for problem solving courts (drug, veterans, mental health, DUI, reentry, and young adult courts)

  • Authorizes problem solving courts to order medication-assisted treatment using FDA-approved medications combined with counseling and behavioral health therapies for substance use disorders

  • Appropriates $1 million for fiscal year 2025-26 and $1 million for fiscal year 2026-27 from the fund to the Supreme Court for medication-assisted treatment

  • Declares an emergency, making the act effective immediately upon passage and approval

Legislative Description

Provide for use of the Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Cash Fund for problem solving courts

Last Action

Title printed. Carryover bill

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services1/16/2025

Full Bill Text

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