Public Policy & Advocacy
Title Description  
LB239 Require presentation of government-issued photographic identification to vote in elections
LB507 Change Welfare Reform Act requirements relating to education for recipients of assistance
LB599 Restores coverage of prenatal care coverage for unborn children pursuant to the Medical Assistant Act.
LB821 Creates the Department of Children's Services, a single state agency to oversee all child welfare service programs which are the responsibility of the state.
LB825 Establishes local benefits offices
LB826 LB826 responds to concerns over cuts in Medicaid services and changes to policies without Legislative approval.
LB874 Seeks to ensure that Nebraska's foster children are placed in the safest, highest quality foster homes available
LB891 Allows individuals with HIV to access medical care through the Medicaid program before becoming disabled due to HIV/AIDS
LB900 Requires a report from the Divisions of Developmental Disabilities, Behavioral Health and Medicaid and Long-Term Care be issued to the Health and Human Services Committee
LB901 Designates funds to be used for services for persons with developmental disabilities
LB926 Provides for a minimum base rate for foster care payments
LB929 Provide a membership requirement for State Forster Care Review Board members
LB952 LB952 stops Department of Health and Human Services from making changes to certain Medicaid benefits. The Department may not implement changes by rule or regulation.
LB957 Creates the Office of Inspector General of Nebraska Child Welfare
LB961 Changes provisions relating to case management of child welfare services
LB970 Changes the rates of individual income taxes and eliminates inheritance tax beginning January 1, 2013.
LB998 Creates the Foster Care Review Office and eliminate the Foster Care Review Board
LB1010 Changes eligibility provisions related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
LB1015 Adjusts the reimbursement rate for child care
LB1016 Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with certain community-based organizations
LB1041 Adopts the Department of Health and Human Services Delivery Improvement and Efficiency Act
LB1062 Changes provisions relating to adoption assistance
LB1079 Provides grants for educational bridge programs for low-income adults
LB1149 Change provisions relating to child guardianships and child welfare caseloads
LB1150 Adopts the Young Adult Voluntary Foster Care Services Act