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NE LB867

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/8/2026

Primary Sponsor

Health and Human Services Committee

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Origin

Legislature

109th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Removes the $10,000 cap on individual child care grants and allows the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants exceeding appropriations by using available federal funds

  • Eliminates the requirement that the Title IV-D Customer Service Unit location must result in hiring staff equal to at least 0.25% of the local labor force

  • Expands bridge to independence program eligibility for young adults who were adjudicated under tribal law by clarifying age of majority provisions under relevant tribal law

  • Repeals spousal asset protection provisions (sections 68-921 through 68-925) under the Medical Assistance Act that allowed spouses to designate assets and income when their partner required long-term care

  • Eliminates the obsolete Nurse Licensure Compact (sections 71-2201 through 71-2208), the Maternal and Child Health and Public Health Work Fund (sections 71-1795 and 71-1795.02), and removes a completed 2018 fund transfer provision for wholesale drug distributor license fees

Legislative Description

Change and eliminate provisions relating to programs and services administered by the Department of Health and Human Services

Last Action

McKinney FA1021 filed

3/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services1/12/2026

Full Bill Text

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