Yesterday, health, faith and education groups from across the state gathered in the Capitol Rotunda today to urge the State Legislature to make healthy babies a priority this session. In 2010, almost 1,600 low-income women lost access to prenatal care coverage under Medicaid. The groups urged the Legislature to pass…...
LB 844 – Changing the Nebraska Parenting Act
LB 844 makes a number of harmful changes to the Nebraska Parenting Act. Never heard of the Parenting Act? Every year almost 7,000 children in Nebraska experience divorce in their families. While divorce deals with a number of issues (cars, property, etc.) it has a tremendous impact on children, especially…...
Support LB 1041 – DHHS Delivery Improvement and Efficiency Act
Today, we testified in support of LB 1041, a bill designed to address challenges of the ACCESS Nebraska system. February 1, 2012 To: Health and Human Services Committee From: Aubrey Mancuso, Policy Coordinator RE: Support for LB 1041, the Department of Health and Human Services Delivery Improvement and Efficiency…...