Proposed Regulations - Future Public Hearings

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Interested persons may attend the hearing and provide verbal or written comments or mail, fax or email written comments, no later than the day of the hearing to:

DHHS Legal Services,
PO Box 95026,
Lincoln, NE
68509-5026,
(402) 742-2382 (Fax) OR
DHHS.Regulations@nebraska.gov, respectively.

A copy of the proposed changes is available online at http://www.sos.ne.gov, or by contacting DHHS at the mailing address or email above, or by phone at (402) 471-8417. The fiscal impact statement for these proposed changes may be obtained at the office of the Secretary of State, Regulations Division, Room 1305, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE, or by calling (402) 471-2385.

Public Hearings - Select from the list below to see details.

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April 8, 2026 / Hospital Services & Rates for Hospital Services (471 NAC 10 & 46

10:00 A.M. CST
Nebraska State Office Building
Lower Level Meadowlark Conference Room
301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE

The purpose of this hearing is to receive comments on the proposed amendments to the following regulations:

Title 471 NAC 10 – Hospital Services

The proposed changes update the regulations' scope and authority; update definitions; update prior authorization requirements for sleep studies; add service requirements for long-term acute care hospital services; set mammography screening and diagnostic requirements; update billing and payment for hospital services requirements; add beneficiary medical records requirements; update section headings; clarify language; update terminology and acronyms; remove unnecessary and duplicative language; correct typographical and punctuation errors; and renumbering the regulatory chapter. 

Title 471 NAC 46​ – Rates for Hospital Services

The proposed changes update the regulations' scope and authority; update definitions; add payment for hospital-sponsored psychiatric residential treatment facilities requirements; set requirements on payment for long-term acute care hospital services; establish requirements on payment for outpatient mental health and substance use disorder services that are provided in a hospital setting; incorporate new Peer Group numbering; establish requirements for payment for non-acute admin days; set requirements for payment methodology for swing bed days; add requirements for hospital providers participating in Nebraska Medicaid that do not comply with the Hospital Quality Assurance and Access Assessment Act; update section headings; clarify language; update terminology and acronyms; remove unnecessary language; correct typographical and punctuation errors; and renumber the regulatory chapter.

Authority for these regulations is found in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3117(7) and § 68-901 et seq.

Interested persons may attend the hearing and provide verbal or written comments, or mail, fax, or email written comments, no later than the day of the hearing to:  DHHS Legal Services, PO Box 95026, Lincoln, NE 68509-5026, (402) 742-2382 (fax) or dhhs.regulations@nebraska.gov, respectively.

A copy of the proposed changes is available online at http://www.sos.ne.gov, or by contacting DHHS at the mailing address or email above, or by phone at (402) 471-8417. The fiscal impact statement for these proposed changes may be obtained at the office of the Secretary of State, Regulations Division, 1201 N Street, Suite 120, Lincoln, NE 68508, or by calling (402) 471-2385.

Auxiliary aids or reasonable accommodations needed to participate in a hearing can be requested by calling (402) 471-8417. Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing may call DHHS via the Nebraska Relay System at 711 or (800) 833-7352 TDD at least 2 weeks prior to the hearing.​

April 8, 2026 / Physicians' Services (471 NAC 18)

1:00 P.M. CST
Nebraska State Office Building
Lower Level Meadowlark Conference Room
301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE​

The purpose of this hearing is to receive comments on proposed changes to Title 471, Chapter 18 of the Nebraska Administrative Code (NAC) – Physicians' Services.  The proposed changes incorporate the Prenatal Plus Program requirements to the regulation; update definitions; update terminology; modify service requirements; add targeted case management requirements; correct punctuation and typographical errors; add clarification language; remove unnecessary and redundant language; remove duplicate statutory language from the regulation; update section headings; and renumber the regulatory chapter.

Authority for these regulations is found in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-3117(7) and § 68-901 et seq.

Interested persons may attend the hearing and provide verbal or written comments, or mail, fax, or email written comments, no later than the day of the hearing to:  DHHS Legal Services, PO Box 95026, Lincoln, NE 68509-5026, (402) 742-2382 (fax) or dhhs.regulations@nebraska.gov, respectively.

A copy of the proposed changes is available online at http://www.sos.ne.gov, or by contacting DHHS at the mailing address or email above, or by phone at (402) 471-8417. The fiscal impact statement for these proposed changes may be obtained at the office of the Secretary of State, Regulations Division, 1201 N Street, Suite 120, Lincoln, NE 68508, or by calling (402) 471-2385.

Auxiliary aids or reasonable accommodations needed to participate in a hearing can be requested by calling (402) 471-8417. Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing may call DHHS via the Nebraska Relay System at 711 or (800) 833-7352 TDD at least 2 weeks prior to the hearing.

April 27, 2026 / TANF and SNAP State Plan

10:00 A.M. CST
Nebraska State Office Building
Lower Level Meadowlark Conference Room
301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Economic Assistance is accepting public comments on the proposed 2026 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Nebraska State Plan Modification for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) section.  Both programs are included in the 2026 - 2027 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Combined State Plan modification.

Copies of the proposed 2026 Nebraska State Plans for the TANF Program and SNAP Program are available on the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services website at:

https://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/TANF.aspx and https://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/SNAP.aspx 

Written or email comments will be accepted from March 12, 2026, through April 25, 2026, by 5:00 P.M.  Email comments should be sent to: DHHS.TANFCommunityPrograms@nebraska.gov. Written comments should be sent to: TANF and SNAP Public Comments, PO Box 98947; 301 Centennial Mall South; Lincoln, NE 68509 

All interested persons are invited to submit written comments or to attend and comment at the public hearing.  The public hearing information is listed above.

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