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--- version:Introduced+++ version:(document, no version)@@ -1,68 +1,21 @@-LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA-ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE-SECOND SESSION-LEGISLATIVE BILL 1233+One Hundred Ninth Legislature - Second Session - 2026+Introducer's Statement of Intent+LB1233-Introduced by Hansen, 16; Ballard, 21.-Read first time January 21, 2026+Chairperson: Senator Brian HardinCommittee: Health and Human Services-A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to developmental disabilities; to adopt the1-Developmental Disabilities Provider Excessive Training and Cost2-Reduction Act. 3-Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,4-LB1233-2026-LB1233-2026--1--Section 1. Sections 1 to 5 of this act shall be known and may be1-cited as the Developmental Disabilities Provider Excessive Training and2-Cost Reduction Act. 3-Sec. 2. The purpose of the Developmental Disabilities Provider4-Excessive Training and Cost Reduction Act is to prohibit the department5-from imposing unnecessarily costly training requirements on employees of6-providers and to ensure that training requirements imposed by the7-department are focused solely on ensuring the health, safety, and welfare8-of the individuals served by providers. The Developmental Disabilities9-Provider Excessive Training and Cost Reduction Act further ensures that10-such training requirements are appropriate, competitively priced, and11-meet all federal requirements for the provision of developmental12-disabilities services. 13-Sec. 3. For purposes of the Developmental Disabilities Provider14-Excessive Training and Cost Reduction Act: 15-(1) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services;16-(2) Employee means an individual employed by a provider, including17-full-time, part-time, temporary, and contract staff; and18-(3) Provider means an individual, organization, or entity licensed19-or certified by the state to provide services to individuals with20-developmental disabilities. 21-Sec. 4. (1) The department shall not require, by rule, regulation,22-or other guidance or directive, that: 23-(a) An employee of a provider complete training in the use of a24-physical restraint unless such employee's job duties may reasonably25-require the employee to physically restrain an individual with26-developmental disabilities during the course of employment; and27-(b) Physical restraint training, or related requirements for an28-employee of a provider, exceed the minimum requirements necessary to29-comply with applicable federal law or regulations.30-(2) If the department requires physical restraint training, by rule,31-LB1233-2026-LB1233-2026--2--regulation, or other guidance or directive, for an employee of a1-provider, the department shall offer at least two separate options for2-fulfilling such training requirements to ensure that training options are3-cost competitive. At least one such option shall permit a provider to4-utilize an in-house training program if the program meets the safety and5-content standards established by federal law and regulations.6-Sec. 5. The Developmental Disabilities Provider Excessive Training7-and Cost Reduction Act shall apply to all training requirements for8-employees of providers whether currently in place or issued, renewed, or9-enforced by the department on or after the effective date of this act.10-LB1233-2026-LB1233-2026--3-++The following constitutes the reasons for this bill and the purposes which are sought to be+accomplished thereby:+The intent of the Developmental Disabilities Provider Excessive Training and Cost+Reduction Act is to prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from imposing+unnecessarily costly training requirements on employees of providers and to ensure that+training requirements imposed by the department are focused solely on ensuring the health,+safety, and welfare of the individuals served by providers. The Developmental Disabilities+Provider Excessive Training and Cost Reduction Act is further meant to ensure that such+training requirements are appropriate, competitively priced, and meet all federal requirements+for the provision of developmental disabilities services.++Principal Introducer: ________________________________+Senator Ben Hansen+- 1 -
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