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LB1239 • 2026

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Introduced By: DeKay
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Notice of hearing for February 25, 2026 (cancel)
Effective date
Not listed

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What This Bill Does

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 Nebraska Legislature

    DeKay MO404 prevailed

  2. 2026-02-12 Nebraska Legislature

    Bill withdrawn

  3. 2026-02-12 Nebraska Legislature

    Kauth FA899 not considered

  4. 2026-02-12 Nebraska Legislature

    Notice of hearing for February 25, 2026 (cancel)

  5. 2026-02-11 Nebraska Legislature

    DeKay MO404 Withdraw LB1239 filed

  6. 2026-02-10 Nebraska Legislature

    Notice of hearing for February 25, 2026

  7. 2026-01-23 Nebraska Legislature

    Referred to Health and Human Services Committee

  8. 2026-01-22 Nebraska Legislature

    Kauth FA899 filed

  9. 2026-01-21 Nebraska Legislature

    Date of introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 1239

Introduced by DeKay, 40.
Read first time January 21, 2026
Committee: Health and Human Services
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to public health and welfare; to amend section1
71-2451.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska; to change2
provisions relating to management of long-term care facilities; and3
to repeal the original section. 4
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,5
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Section 1. Section 71-2451.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska,1
is amended to read: 2
71-2451.01 Unless otherwise allowed by state or federal law or3
regulation, the management of a long-term care facility at which an4
automated medication system is located shall not require a resident of5
the facility to obtain medication through the automated medication system6
and shall not restrict or impair the ability of a resident of the7
facility to obtain a medication medications from the pharmacy of the8
resident's choice. 9
Sec. 2. Original section 71-2451.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of10
Nebraska, is repealed. 11
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