2017 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 68 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
68-909 Existing contracts, agreements, rules, regulations, plan, and waivers; how treated; report required; exception; department; powers and duties.
68-909. Existing contracts, agreements, rules, regulations, plan, and waivers; how treated; report required; exception; department; powers and duties.
(1) All contracts, agreements, rules, and regulations relating to the medical assistance program as entered into or adopted and promulgated by the department prior to July 1, 2006, and all provisions of the medicaid state plan and waivers adopted by the department prior to July 1, 2006, shall remain in effect until revised, amended, repealed, or nullified pursuant to law.
(2) Prior to the adoption and promulgation of proposed rules and regulations under section 68-912 or relating to the implementation of medicaid state plan amendments or waivers, the department shall provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature no later than December 1 before the next regular session of the Legislature summarizing the purpose and content of such proposed rules and regulations and the projected impact of such proposed rules and regulations on recipients of medical assistance and medical assistance expenditures. The report submitted to the Legislature shall be submitted electronically. Any changes in medicaid copayments in fiscal year 2011-12 are exempt from the reporting requirement of this subsection and the requirements of section 68-912.
(3) The department shall monitor the implementation of rules and regulations, medicaid state plan amendments, and waivers adopted under the Medical Assistance Act and the effect of such rules and regulations, amendments, or waivers on eligible recipients of medical assistance and medical assistance expenditures.
Source
- Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 9;
- Laws 2008, LB928, § 15;
- Laws 2011, LB468, § 1;
- Laws 2012, LB782, § 92;
- Laws 2017, LB417, § 8;
- Laws 2017, LB644, § 16.
- Effective Date: August 24, 2017
- Note: The Revisor of Statutes has pursuant to section 49-769 correlated LB417, section 8, with LB644, section 16, to reflect all amendments.
