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NE LB912
NE LB912Adopt the Community Health Worker Training Endorsement Act, the Athletic Trainer Compact, and the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, change provisions relating to child care licensing and the practice of athletic training, respiratory care, massage therapy, medical radiography, nurse practitioners, pharmacy, and pharmacists, provide for liens for physical therapy services and automated pickup kiosks for certain prescription medication, and eliminate provisions relating to physician liability f
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Introduced
01/09/2026
01/09/2026
In Committee
01/13/2026
01/13/2026
Crossed Over
03/12/2026
03/12/2026
Passed
04/17/2026
04/17/2026
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
04/17/2026
04/17/2026
Introduced Session
109th Legislature
Bill Summary
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to public health and welfare; to amend sections 38-1915, 38-2315, 38-2850, 38-2871, 71-1918, 71-2444, 71-2445, and 71-2447, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, sections 38-404, 38-409, 38-1716, 38-2101, 38-2123, 38-2801, 38-2852, 38-3208, and 52-401, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, and sections 38-131, 38-2866.01, 71-1908, and 71-1912, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2025; to adopt the Community Health Worker Training Endorsement Act, the Athletic Trainer Compact, and the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; to change provisions relating to the practice of athletic training, respiratory care, massage therapy, medical radiography, mental health practitioners, nurse practitioners, pharmacy, and pharmacists; to change provisions relating to child care licensing; to provide for liens for physical therapy services; to provide for automated pickup kiosks for certain prescription medication; to eliminate provisions relating to physician liability for a physician assistant; to harmonize provisions; to provide operative dates; to repeal the original sections; to outright repeal section 38-2053, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024; and to declare an emergency.
AI Summary
This bill enacts the Community Health Worker Training Endorsement Act, establishing a process for recognizing training programs for community health workers to improve public health and access to care, and adopts the Athletic Trainer Compact and the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, which are agreements between states allowing licensed professionals in one member state to practice in another member state under certain conditions, thereby increasing mobility and access to services for athletic trainers and respiratory care practitioners. The bill also modifies regulations concerning child care licensing, allows for liens for physical therapy services, permits automated pickup kiosks for certain prescription medications (excluding controlled substances), and removes physician liability provisions related to physician assistants, while also updating various licensing and practice requirements for professions including massage therapy, medical radiography, mental health practitioners, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Provisions/portions of LB735 amended into LB912 by AM2224 (on 04/17/2026)
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