2020 Bill Watch List 1 106th Legislative Session Children's Bill Watch List S-support with testimony; O-oppose with testimony; M- monitor; N-neutral testimony; approved by Governor; vetoed by Governor; Priority for CHMC Bill No. Position Subject Matter Introducer Committee Hearing Date Status Regarding school attendance, administrators shall Sen. Carol Blood- develop a collaborative plan to reduce barriers related Speaker Priority to regular attendance for mental health as well as LB751 S For an Act relating to schools Bill Judiciary 1/30/2020 Select File current statute for physical health. Adopt the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Designed to achieve an increase in access to services, LB753 M Interstate Compact Sen. Carol Blood HHS 1/22/2020 In committee regional care, and telehealth capabilities. To require consultation with A requirement for the court to transfer information school districts regarding Sen. Mark regarding juvenile's entering back into school to LB759 M placement of children Kolterman HHS 1/31/2020 In committee prepare for a smooth transition. Asynchronous review is the acquisition and storage of medical information at one sight that is then forwarded Require health care workers to or received by a health care provider at another site to provide coverage for Sen. Mark for evaluation. This bill proposes to require insurance asynchronous review by a Kolterman- companies to offer reimbursement. Specific to dermatologist by way of Speaker Priority Banking, Commerce and dermatology only, will follow up with the senator on all LB760 S telehealth Bill Insurance 2/3/2020 Select File specialties. Prohibit sexual assault of a Aimed at coaches and teachers who claim consent was minor by an authority figure, received. In many cases, jail time does not occur change provisions related to Sen. Brett following charges. This bill aims to ensure jail LB766 M sexual offenses Lindstrom Judiciary 2/20/2020 In committee sentencing occurs for people in a position of trust. 2020 Bill Watch List 2 Adds “collaborative agreement” language. Amends definition of supervision to mean the ready availability of the supervising physician for consultation and collaboration of the PA. Provides that a PA may render services in a setting that is geographically remote from the supervising physician. Beginning Dec. 1, 2020, requires that one of the six professional members of the Board of Medicine and Surgery shall be a physician with experience in practice with PAs. Authorizes a PA to perform medical services that form a component of the scope of practice of a physician working in the same physician group as the PA if delegated and provided under the supervision and collaboration with such physician, are medical services for which the PA has been prepared by education, experience, and training and that the PA is competent to perform. Strikes language that a PA shall be considered an agent of his supervising physician. Clarifies PA authority to LB772, pronounce death and complete death certificates. amended to Change the scope of practice Select File Strikes restrictions regarding PA practice in hospitals LB755 M for physician assistants Sen. Matt Williams HHS 1/24/2020 with ER193 and requirements for physician-PA agreements. Change requirements regarding credit for Banking, Commerce and Advanced to Banking Christmas tree bill that includes LB886 among LB774 M reinsurance Sen. Matt Williams Insurance 1/21/2020 E&R Initial other banking priority bills. Provides that a PA may prescribe drugs and devices, removing language “as delegated to do so by a supervising physician” and provides authority to distribute drug samples and plan and initiate State intent regarding therapeutic regiments that include nonpharmacological appropriations for the Rural interventions. Changes the PA committee so that the Health Systems and member from the Board of Medicine and Surgery LB778 M Professional Incentive Act Sen. John Stinner Appropriations 2/18/2020 In committee would be a nonvoting member. 2020 Bill Watch List 3 $3,425,000 from the General Fund to DHHS to support child advocacy centers, including direct services to child To state intent regarding victims and caregivers and facilitation of child abuse LB779 M appropriations to DHHS Sen. John Stinner Appropriations 2/11/2020 In committee teams. It is the intent to continue funding perpetually. The proposal would change existing statute and allow the definition of an ambulatory surgical center to include a facility where the discharged patient did not Change the definition of Sen. John Lowe- General File receive anesthesia or was discharged within 24 hours LB783 M ambulatory surgical center Lowe Priority Bill HHS 2/2/2020 with AM2775 after anesthesia A school bus driver who observes a violation may prepare a written report and provide it to their employer (license plate, time, date to). Within 72 hours Change school bus stop the employer shall deliver the report to a peace officer signal arm violation Transportation and of the city or county. Within 7 days, the peace officer LB789 M provisions Sen. Julie Slama Telecommunications 1/28/2020 In committee shall contact the owner of the motor vehicle All individual or group insurance plans that provide Provide for insurance coverage for a specified disease or other limited-benefit coverage of epinephrine Banking, Commerce and coverage shall provide coverage for epipens for persons LB804 S autoinjenctors Sen. Justin Wayne Insurance 2/18/2020 in committee 18 and younger (Jan.1, 2021) Candy is defined to exclude flour, which became a concern in previous attempts. There is also the ability to place a 60-day moratorium on the tax when a natural Impose sales tax on bottled Sen. John disaster (i.e. flood) occurs. The increase in sales tax LB810 M water, candy, and soft drinks McCollister Revenue 1/30/2020 In committee revenue will go towards the Health Care Cash Fund. Dismemberment abortion means an abortion in which, with the cause of death of an unborn child is by Prohibit dismemberment Sen. Suzanne Geist- extraction one piece at a time unless necessary for LB814 M abortion Geist Priority Bill Judiciary 2/20/2020 General File medical emergency. Prohibit certain section 1115 waivers under the Medical The purpose of this legislation is to require Nebraska LB815 M Assistance Act Sen. Adam Morfeld HHS 2/27/2020 In committee Medicaid to expand Medicaid without the 1115 waiver A proposal to grant prescriptive authority to psychologists to order, prescribe, discontinue, Adopt the Prescribing Stinner filed administer, and provide samples of psychotropic LB817 M Psychologist Practice Act Sen. John Stinner HHS 1/24/2020 AM2416 medication. Opiates cannot be prescribed by a Sen. Robert LB825 Hilkemann- LB755 Children's requested this bill be introduced to include amended to Change provisions relating Sen. Blood Priority Select File Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) to the newborn LB755 S to infant health screenings Bill HHS 1/22/2020 with ER193 screening list 2020 Bill Watch List 4 $3,730,149 from the General Fund to DHHS for Appropriate funds to DHHS Sen. Robert Program 424- an increase in rates paid to providers of LB827 M for Program 424 (DD) Hilkemann Appropriations 2/10/2020 AM2320 filed developmental disability services The bill would allow optometrists to perform minor surgical procedures required for the treatment of cysts or infected/inflamed glands of the eyelid and administer injections of pharmaceutical agents into the eyelid related to such treatment. This legislation would Change provisions relating also require additional education and clinical training to scope of practice of a Sen. Robert pertaining to the requested new authority for LB828 M licensed optometrist Hilkemann HHS 1/23/2020 In committee optometrists licensed in Nebraska. Sen. Bruce A person is immune from civil and criminal liability for Provide immunity for Bostelman- property damage if the person forced entry into a removal of a child from a Speaker Priority vehicle to remove and rescue a child who appeared to LB832 S motor vehicle Bill Judiciary 1/31/2020 Select File be in imminent danger or suffering (hot car). All contracts and agreements relating to the medical assistance program governing at-risk managed are service delivery for health services shall "provide for the return to the department any remittance if the Change provisions governing contractor does not meet the minimum loss ratio and LB836, certain contracts and unearned incentive funds. The funds shall be remitted amended to agreements relating to the General File to the State Treasurer for credit to the Health Care Cash LB1158 M medical assistance program Sen. John Arch HHS 1/22/2020 with AM2851 Fund." The department shall seek to maximize federal funding Change provisions relating to develop and implement a program to assist child to background checks under care providers and child care staff members with the the Child Care Licensing Act cost of fingerprinting and national criminal history and Children's Residential record information check. If no federal funds are Facilities and Placing received, then the child care staff member being LB837 M Licensure Act Sen. John Arch HHS 2/21/2020 In committee screened shall pay the actual cost. 2020 Bill Watch List 5 Adds one provision to current statute that reads, the following classes of persons shall not be construed to be engaged in the unauthorized practice of medicine: 'Persons who are not licensed, certified, or registered under the Uniform Credentialing Act, to whom are assigned tasks by a physician or osteopathic physician licensed under the Medicine and Surgery Practice Act, if Provide an exemption from such assignment of tasks is in a manner consistent with licensure under the accepted medical standards and appropriate to the skill Medicine and Surgery and training, on the job or otherwise, of the persons to LB838 M Practice Act Sen. John Arch HHS 2/26/2020 In committee whom the tasks are assigned; The State Board of Education may provide for the Recognize American Sign teaching of American sign language in schools.