Provide requirements for the Department of Health and Human Services for long-term care clients with special needs under the medical assistance program
LB 1091 requires Nebraska's Department of Health and Human Services to provide long-term care services (like skilled nursing, nursing facility, and assisted living care) for Medicaid recipients with complex medical needs through fee-for-service Medicaid or other non-risk-based systems - instead of the state's Medicaid managed care program. It directly affects Medicaid recipients with intensive care needs and their healthcare providers, ensuring these services continue outside managed care enrollment. The bill mandates that providers serving these clients cannot be forced to join managed care organizations, while preserving care continuity and preventing increased state costs. Key provisions include defining "special needs" clients and requiring the department to update contracts and rules within six months of the law's effective date.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Legislature Passage
Apr 2026
Legislature Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 15, 2026
Signed Apr 17, 2026
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MODERATE
This bill amends Nebraska's Medicaid law to explicitly exclude long-term care clients with special needs from managed care enrollment. It mandates that these individuals continue receiving services through a fee-for-service system rather than risk-based managed care organizations, ensuring their complex needs are met without financial risk to providers.
Scope change
The bill narrows the scope of Medicaid managed care by creating a specific exemption for clients with complex medical or nursing needs who require intensive care levels exceeding standard nursing facility services.
ELIGIBILITY
Added a specific exemption for 'long-term care clients with special needs,' defined as Medicaid recipients with complex or intensive medical/nursing needs that exceed standard levels.
REQUIREMENT
Modified the delivery model requirement to mandate that services for the exempted group be administered via fee-for-service or non-risk-based systems, prohibiting enrollment in managed care organizations.
Added a requirement for the department to amend managed care contracts within six months to implement these new exclusions and processes.
TECHNICAL
Removed a legislative finding stating that special needs individuals require delivery models that do not replicate utilization management approaches used in capitated programs.
Floor votes · Legislature Mar 25, 2026
How they voted
46–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 49
Mar 25, 2026
N
Nonpartisan49
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Apr 17, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026
executive
Apr 10, 2026
Legislature · Passed
President/Speaker signed
legislature
Apr 10, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0
legislature
Mar 25, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Health and Human Services AM2381 adopted
legislature
Mar 5, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Placed on General File with AM2381
legislature
Jan 20, 2026
Committee
Referred to Health and Human Services Committee
legislature
Jan 15, 2026
Introduced
Date of introduction
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Eliot Bostar
NNonpartisan
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