LB275

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

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Nebraska LB275 mandates the Department of Health and Human Services to screen state wards for social security benefit eligibility.

Nebraska LB275 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to screen children under its charge for social security benefit eligibility. The department must manage social security benefit payments for personal use, hold payments in a trust account, and conserve a minimum amount of payments. Children fourteen years of age or older may request that benefit payments be used or conserved in a specified manner. The department must provide written notice to the child and their guardian ad litem of the department's receipt and conservation of the child's social security benefits.

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Roll Call Votes

29 Yea

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19 Nay

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1 Absent

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Calendar

Mar 12, 2025

1:30 PM

Health and Human Services Hearing

Mar 12, 2025

1:30 PM

Hearing

History

Jun 6, 2025

Legislature

Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025

May 30, 2025

Legislature

Dispensing of reading at large approved

May 30, 2025

Legislature

Passed on Final Reading 29-19*-1