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Legislature advances bill to expand at-home postpartum nurse visits, adds statutory definition and reporting
Summary
Lawmakers adopted two floor amendments and advanced LB22, which funds at-home nurse visiting through the Medicaid excess profit fund and adds a Family Home Visitation definition and a three-year reporting requirement.
LB22, a bill to authorize at-home nurse visiting for postpartum care, was amended on the floor and advanced to engrossing after lawmakers adopted two amendments intended to clarify funding and program definitions.
The bill requires that state expenses tied to LB22 be paid from the Medicaid excess profit fund rather than the general fund; lawmakers adopted AM 2 58 to state explicitly that LB22 "will not come from the general fund." Senator Merman explained that the amendment answered prior committee concerns about general-fund impact and that the fiscal note had been sharply reduced in negotiation with the department.…
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