2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 83 STATE INSTITUTIONS
83-368 Cost of patient care; ability to pay; factors.

83-368. Cost of patient care; ability to pay; factors.

The department shall determine the ability of a patient to pay by consideration of the following factors: (1) Taxable income reportable under Nebraska law; (2) the patient's age; (3) the number of his or her dependents and their ages and mental and physical conditions; (4) the patient's length of care or treatment; (5) his or her liabilities; and (6) his or her assets including health insurance coverage.

Source
    Laws 1969, c. 812, § 6, p. 3053;
    Laws 1985, LB 487, § 2.



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