Legislative oversight of mental health facilities approved
The Legislature voted April 11 to create a special legislative committee to look into state-licensed care facilities housing residents diagnosed with mental illness.
Read MoreThe Legislature voted April 11 to create a special legislative committee to look into state-licensed care facilities housing residents diagnosed with mental illness.
Read MoreLawmakers passed a bill April 11 that creates a pilot program offering direct primary care to state employees.
Read MoreA bill that would permanently eliminate an entitlement that prioritized services for high school graduates with developmental disabilities was amended and given second-round approval April 10.
Read MoreA bill that would have permanently eliminated an entitlement that prioritized services for high school graduates with developmental disabilities was amended and given first-round approval April 6.
Read MoreA bill intended to standardize child care and protection rules at Nebraska schools was amended to become an omnibus public health measure and advanced from general file April 3.
Read MoreA bill that would create a pilot program offering direct primary care to state employees was amended and advanced to final reading March 28.
Read MoreA bill that would allow pharmacies in Nebraska to provide remote drug dispensing was amended to become an omnibus health and human services licensure measure and advanced from general file March 27.
Read MoreA bill that would create a state employee pilot program for direct primary care was advanced from general file March 12.
Read MoreSenators advanced a bill March 8 intended to prevent a rise in taxes on Nebraskans as a result of recent changes to federal tax law.
Read MoreLawmakers gave first-round approval Feb. 28 to a bill that would establish enhanced assault penalties for health care providers.
Read MoreThe Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee heard testimony Feb. 7 on a bill that would create a state employee pilot program for direct primary care.
Read MoreAn entitlement that prioritized services for high school graduates with developmental disabilities would be permanently eliminated by a bill heard Jan. 25 by the Health and Human Services Committee.
Read MoreCertain health care professionals would be required to participate in continuing education about prescribing opiates under a bill considered by the Health and Human Services Committee Jan. 18.
Read MoreHair salons and nail and body art studios in Nebraska could offer alcoholic beverages to customers under a bill heard Jan. 17 by the Health and Human Services Committee.
Read MoreSenators reconvened Jan. 4 to introduce new bills.
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