Bills affecting Senior (65+, Medicare/SS) in Nebraska (2026 session)

Prohibit retirement, shutdown, cessation of operation, and alteration of operation of certain energy generation facilities

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

Provide an income tax deduction to retired firefighters and law enforcement officers for annual retirement benefits

Change provisions relating to the prescription drug monitoring program, the statewide health information exchange, and the Health Information Technology Board

Change provisions relating to management of long-term care facilities

Change provisions relating to optional benefit forms under the Police Officers Retirement Act

Change retirement provisions relating to approved identification documents, participation in certain retirement systems, state contributions, ex officio members of the Nebraska Investment Council, contributions by school districts, computation of tax withholdings, retirement allowances, cost-of-living adjustments, and the Nebraska State Patrol and change the title of the executive director of the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems

Rename the Police Officers Retirement Act as the Cities of the First Class Police Officers Retirement Act and change provisions of such act

Change provisions relating to the financial exploitation of vulnerable or senior adults, rules and codes of procedure, decedents' estates, inheritance taxes, deceptive trade practices, the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act, the Equipment Business Regulation Act, the Nebraska Money Transmitters Act, and the Nebraska Uniform Trust Code and provide for rounding of certain cash transaction amounts

Provide requirements for the Department of Health and Human Services for long-term care clients with special needs under the medical assistance program

Change eligibility requirements for medicare supplement policies

Change provisions of the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement Act

Change contributions provisions under the Cities of the First Class Firefighters Retirement Act

Change retirement contribution rates under the Police Officers Retirement Act and optional benefit forms under the Cities of the First Class Firefighters Retirement Act

Provide for fees and assessments for participation and use of the prescription drug monitoring program and the designated health information exchange

Require the Department of Health and Human Services to screen state wards for social security benefit eligibility

Change provisions relating to the County Employees Retirement Act, the Judges Retirement Act, the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement Act, the School Employees Retirement Act, the State Employees Retirement Act, the Spousal Pension Rights Act, and the Public Employees Retirement Board

Prohibit the use of genetic information for life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance

Change provisions regarding program integrity, ground emergency medical transport, and mental health and substance use disorder services under the Medical Assistance Act and provide duties for the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care

Change provisions relating to the Public Employees Retirement Board