Gov​​​​ernor Pillen approved Legislative Bill 876 on April 15, 2024. LB 876 amends the current law, Nebraska Revised Statute 29-121, which allows infants thirty days old or younger to be left with an employee on duty at a licensed hospital. 

The new law, effective July 19, 2024, states that no person shall be prosecuted for any crime based solely upon the act of leaving a child ninety days old or younger in the custody of an employee on duty at:

1. A hospital licensed by the State of Nebraska;
2. A staffed fire station;
3. A staffed law enforcement agency; or
   
4. An emergency care provider. 

LB 876 also provides funding to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for a public information program.​

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