2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-1,342 — Study; model credentialing process; recommendations.

Section 71-1,342
Study; model credentialing process; recommendations.

The director shall conduct a comprehensive study which evaluates the current credentialing system and develops a model credentialing process for Nebraska. The study shall evaluate the logic for state credentialing, the systems and processes through which credentialing is regulated by state government, and the decisionmaking processes for regulatory policy. The model credentialing process shall contain a clear statement of policy regarding the role of state government in credentialing health care practitioners, facilities, and providers and shall be used to evaluate and streamline Nebraska's current credentialing systems and processes as well as future proposals for credentialing.

Recommendations related to streamlining the credentialing system and streamlining administrative processing of credentialing for health care facilities and providers shall be available for legislative action by January 1, 1998. Recommendations related to the laws regulating individual professions and occupations shall be available for legislative action by January 1, 1999.

Source:

Laws 1997, LB 183, § 3

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska