LB 867 Legislature · 109th Legislature (2025-2026)

Change provisions relating to special needs trusts, fingerprints under the Uniform Credentialing Act, child care grants, the Title IV-D Division Customer Service Unit, eligibility for young adults in the bridge to independence program, licensed and self-funded insurers under the Medical Assistance Act, medicaid nursing facility rates, assistance to aged, blind, or disabled persons, and the state Commodity Supplemental Food program; provide for a money follows the person program for medicaid benefits, a youth afterschool eligibility letter for child care employment, use of wholesale drug distributor license fees for the prescription drug monitoring program, and maintenance of epinephrine by certain schools; change provisions of and rename the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Support Act , the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council, the State Advisory Committee on Mental Health, the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Director of Developmental Disabilities; and eliminate provisions relating to divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care Advisory Committee on Aging, the Maternal and Child Health and Public Health Work Fund, and an obsolete Nurse Licensure Compact

LB 867 amends multiple Nebraska statutes governing health and human services programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. It directly affects individuals receiving state benefits, including those in medical assistance, child care, and the "Bridge to Independence" program for young adults. Key changes include eliminating spousal asset requirements for medical assistance, adjusting eligibility for the Bridge to Independence program, modifying child care grant funding, and removing obsolete provisions like the Maternal and Child Health Work Fund. The bill also repeals outdated rules, such as the Nurse Licensure Compact and certain fingerprint requirements under the Uniform Credentialing Act.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Legislature Passage
Apr 2026
Legislature Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 8, 2026 Signed Apr 17, 2026
Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

Enrollment and Review ER165 Final Reading · 6 edits
MODERATE
This bill significantly reorganizes the legislative text, moving from a detailed amendment format to a clean final reading version. Substantively, it expands special needs trust protections by removing age limits and transfer penalties for funding children's trusts and allowing unlimited income assignment. It also modernizes licensing requirements by mandating criminal background checks for most healthcare applicants while creating specific exemptions for locum tenens providers and temporary educational permits.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include a broader range of healthcare professionals subject to background checks, while explicitly exempting temporary and locum tenens roles from these requirements.
ELIGIBILITY

Removed age restrictions and transfer penalties for funding special needs trusts for children of any age.

FISCAL

Allowed unlimited assignment of income and resources to special needs trusts without financial caps.

REQUIREMENT

Mandated criminal background checks with fingerprinting for most healthcare license applicants.

EXEMPTIONS

Created exemptions from background check requirements for locum tenens physicians and temporary educational permits.

DEFINITION

Clarified that transfers into special needs trusts by individuals aged 65 or older must comply with federal law to avoid penalties.

TECHNICAL

Reformatted the bill from an enrollment amendment style to a final reading version with updated committee and sponsor information.

Floor votes · Legislature Mar 23, 2026

How they voted

470
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Mar 23, 2026
N Nonpartisan49
47 Yea 2
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
61
Key actions
15
Committee
2
Amendments
8
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB1217 amended into LB867 by AM2830
legislature
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB1144 amended into LB867 by AM2270
legislature
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB1143 amended into LB867 by AM2829
legislature
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB959 amended into LB867 by AM2856
legislature
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB845 amended into LB867 by AM2555
legislature
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB845 amended into LB867 by AM2270
legislature
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB733 amended into LB867 by AM2270
legislature
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB603 amended into LB867 by AM2970
legislature
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 with Emergency Clause 49-0-0
legislature
Apr 1, 2026
Legislature · Passed
DeBoer AM3044 adopted
legislature
Apr 1, 2026
Legislature · Passed
DeBoer FA1140 adopted
legislature
Apr 1, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Ballard AM2970 adopted
legislature
Apr 1, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Hardin AM2972 adopted
legislature
Apr 1, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Enrollment and Review ER165 adopted
legislature
Mar 23, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Health and Human Services AM2270 adopted
legislature
Mar 23, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Riepe AM2856 adopted
legislature
Mar 23, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Hardin AM2829 adopted
legislature
Mar 23, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Hardin AM2830 adopted
legislature
Mar 23, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Hardin AM2555 adopted
legislature
Mar 23, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Hardin AM2859 adopted
legislature
Feb 27, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Placed on General File with AM2270
legislature
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Health and Human Services Committee
legislature
Jan 8, 2026
Introduced
Date of introduction
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.