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LB779 • 2026

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Introduced By: Conrad
Last action
2026-04-17
Official status
Indefinitely postponed
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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The official site of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature

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What This Bill Does

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Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-17 Nebraska Legislature

    Indefinitely postponed

  2. 2026-02-19 Nebraska Legislature

    Conrad priority bill

  3. 2026-02-18 Nebraska Legislature

    Raybould name added

  4. 2026-02-10 Nebraska Legislature

    Notice of hearing for February 18, 2026

  5. 2026-01-23 Nebraska Legislature

    Cavanaugh, J. name added

  6. 2026-01-09 Nebraska Legislature

    Referred to Judiciary Committee

  7. 2026-01-08 Nebraska Legislature

    Kauth FA408 filed

  8. 2026-01-07 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 779

Introduced by Conrad, 46.
Read first time January 07, 2026
Committee: Judiciary
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to medical debt; to provide requirements for1
health care facilities and collection agencies relating to2
collection of medical debt. 3
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,4
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Section 1. (1) No health care facility, as defined in section1
71-413, or collection agency, as defined in section 45-602, shall charge2
a patient interest or late fees on medical debt until ninety days after3
the due date of the final invoice and no such interest or fees shall4
exceed three percent of the amount of the medical debt per year. For5
purposes of this section, medical debt means an obligation to pay money6
arising from the receipt of health care services. 7
(2) An individual's primary residential property shall not be the8
subject of liens or foreclosures for the purpose of collecting medical9
debt. 10
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