2014 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 83 - STATE INSTITUTIONS
83-365 - Cost of patient care; department; determine.
83-365. Cost of patient care; department; determine.
The department shall periodically determine the individual cost, exclusive of the cost of education, for the care, support, maintenance, and treatment of the patients in each state institution and for persons receiving treatment prescribed by an institution following release or without being admitted as a resident patient. In making such determinations, the department may use averaging methods for each institution if, in the judgment of the department, it is not practicable to compute the cost for each patient. The cost of capital expenditures and capital construction shall not be included in making such determinations.
Source
- Laws 1969, c. 812, § 3, p. 3052;
Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 948;
Laws 2007, LB296, § 791.
Annotations
There is no requirement that the Department of Health and Human Services offer proof that the cost of the care, support, maintenance, and treatment is fair and reasonable. In re Guardianship of Gaube, 14 Neb. App. 259, 707 N.W.2d 16 (2005).
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