Nebraska LB958: Provide for implementation of a home and community-based services waiver, retroactive coverage of certain benefits, and reimbursement of doula services and change reporting requirements under the Medical Assistance Act, change provisions relating to the Nebraska Prenatal Plus Program, and provide limits for crisis assistance payments under the low-income home energy assistance program

What the bill says

A bill FOR AN ACT relating to public health and welfare; to amend sections 68-901, 68-908, 68-9,106, 68-9,107, and 68-1215, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, and section 68-9,109, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2025; to provide for implementation of a home and communitybased services waiver under the Medical Assistance Act; to provide for retroactive coverage of certain benefits under the Medical Assistance Act; to change reporting requirements under the Medical Assistance Act; to provide for reimbursement of doula services under the Medical Assistance Act…

From the enrolled text:

A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to public health and welfare; to amend sections 68-901, 68-908, 68-9,106, 68-9,107, and 68-1215, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, and section 68-9,109, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2025; to provide for implementation of a home and communitybased services waiver under the Medical Assistance Act; to provide for retroactive coverage of certain benefits under the Medical Assistance Act; to change reporting requirements under the Medical Assistance Act; to provide for reimbursement of doula services under the Medical Assistance Act; to change provisions relating to the Nebraska Prenatal Plus Program; to provide limits for crisis assistance payments under the low-income home energy assistance program; to harmonize provisions; to provide operative dates; to repeal the original sections; and to declare an emergency. Section 1. Section 68-901, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, is amended to read: 68-901 Sections 68-901 to 68-9,111 and sections 2 and 4 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the Medical Assistance Act. Sec. 2. (1) For purposes of this section: (a) Assessment tool means any standardized instrument, including the InterRai assessment system or successor tools, used by the department to evaluate functional eligibility, service needs, or service tier assignments for medicaid or home and community-based services waiver participants; (b) Clinical interviewing means a type of directed conversation applied in a variety …