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Committee hears bill to restore voluntary sliding fee for area agencies on aging care management
Summary
Senators and witnesses gathered at a Health and Human Services Committee hearing to consider LB603, a bill to restore a voluntary sliding fee for care-management services provided by Nebraska area agencies on aging and require the Department of Health and Human Services to pay unpaid client contributions.
Senators and witnesses gathered at a Health and Human Services Committee hearing to consider LB603, a bill to restore a voluntary sliding fee for care-management services provided by Nebraskaarea agencies on aging and require the Department of Health and Human Services to pay unpaid client contributions.
Supporters said the change would restore an interpretation in place for roughly three decades and remove a barrier that led some older Nebraskans to decline services.
LB603 would amend the statutory language governing care management by clarifying that older-adult clients may make voluntary contributions according to a…
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