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Senate adopts amendment to fund postpartum home visits using Medicaid excess profit fund; LB22A advances
Summary
The Legislature adopted an amendment to LB22A clarifying calculations and limited state general-fund exposure, agreed to an appropriation from the Medicaid excess profit fund and advanced the A-bill to engrossing.
The Legislature on select file adopted AM780 to LB22A, which allocates a state appropriation drawn from the Medicaid excess profit fund to support a postpartum home-visiting program and clarified matching calculations for federal funds. Senators voted to advance LB22A to E & R for engrossing after debate and committee work.
Senator Duncan, sponsor of the measure on the floor, told colleagues the bill is intended to expand postpartum nursing visits and maternal supports: the program covers head-to-toe nursing services in the postpartum period and is intended to improve maternal…
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