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NE LB332
NE LB332Provide for assistant funeral directors, change scope of practice and regulatory provisions regarding funeral directing and embalming, hearing instrument specialists, and audiologists, change membership provisions for the Board of Pharmacy, change provisions regarding delegated dispensing permits and prescription refills, provide medicaid coverage for psychology services, and establish the Rural Health Opportunity Program
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Introduced
01/16/2025
01/16/2025
In Committee
01/21/2025
01/21/2025
Crossed Over
04/02/2025
04/02/2025
Passed
05/14/2025
05/14/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/21/2025
05/21/2025
Introduced Session
109th Legislature
Bill Summary
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to public health and welfare; to amend sections 38-511, 38-1401, 38-1402, 38-1413, 38-1424, 38-1501, 38-1502, 38-1504, 38-1505, 38-1508, 38-1510, 38-1511, 38-1514, 38-2849, and 38-2884, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, and sections 38-1509, 38-1512, 38-1513, 38-28,104, and 68-911, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024; to provide, change, and eliminate definitions; to provide for assistant funeral directors; to provide for credentialing, scope of practice, collaborative agreements, restrictions on practice, and disciplinary actions under the Funeral Directing and Embalming Practice Act; to change provisions relating to licensure and regulation of hearing instrument specialists under the Hearing Instrument Specialists Practice Act; to change membership requirements for the Board of Pharmacy; to change requirements relating to compounding and delegated dispensing permits; to provide requirements for certain prescription refills as prescribed; to require medicaid coverage for psychology services provided by certain practitioners as prescribed; to require a memorandum of understanding regarding a Rural Health Opportunity Program; to provide for tuition waivers for eligible students as prescribed; to state intent regarding appropriations; to eliminate provisions relating to applicability of the Hearing Instrument Specialists Practice Act; to harmonize provisions; to provide operative dates; to repeal the original sections; to outright repeal sections 38-512 and 38-1506, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska; and to declare an emergency.
AI Summary
This bill proposes multiple changes to several areas of Nebraska law, focusing on healthcare and professional licensing. The bill introduces the role of assistant funeral directors, who can assist licensed funeral directors with various funeral-related tasks but are prohibited from embalming. It significantly expands the regulations for hearing instrument specialists, detailing their practice scope, including new requirements for cerumen (ear wax) removal, testing procedures, patient care, and record-keeping. The bill also increases the Board of Pharmacy membership from five to eight members, adds provisions for emergency prescription refills, and requires Medicaid to provide coverage for psychology services by advanced practitioners. Additionally, the bill establishes the Rural Health Opportunity Program, which aims to encourage students from rural communities to pursue healthcare professions by offering tuition waivers and a pathway to admission at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. These changes are intended to improve healthcare services, professional standards, and access to medical care in Nebraska, with most provisions becoming operative three calendar months after the legislative session's adjournment.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Provisions/portions of LB697 amended into LB332 by AM729 (on 06/06/2025)
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