Bills We Discussed Today:

LB512Adopt The Chemical Abortion Safety Protocol Act

LB213Require The State Board of Ed (...) standards on human embryology

LB374Adopt the Licensed Midwives Practice Act

LB676Amends the Certified Nurse Midwifery Practice Act

LB310Provide an Exemption from Newborn Screening

LB77  Adopt the Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act

LB527Adopt the Medicaid Access and Quality Act

LB436Change provisions of the NE Regulation of Health Professions Act

LB554Create the Nebraska Health Professions Commission

LB110Provide Requirements for Pelvic Exams

LB515Provide Requirements for Certain Prescription Refills

LB66  Adopt the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act

LB202Exempt Certain Activities (...) under the Medicine & Surgery Practice Act

LB655Provide for Medical Conscience-based objections

LB89  Adopt the Stand with Women Act

LB605Require School Board (...) Transgender student participation (...)

NAPA Bill Tracker:https://nebraskaallianceforphysicianadvocacy.org/legislation-summaries/ 

Governor Pillen’s Budget Proposal:https://das.nebraska.gov/budget/publications/docs/2025-2027/2025/ExecutiveBudgetinBrief2025-2027Biennium.pdf 

Nebraska Examiner article about the Governor’s budget:https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/01/15/gov-pillen-proposes-his-answer-to-432-million-projected-budget-shortfall/ 

5 Things to Know About the Governor’s Budget from Open Sky Policy Institute: 

https://www.openskypolicy.org/5-things-to-know-about-the-governors-budget/ 

Note about Legislative recordings - can be found at the bottom of each day’s overview page on the Legislative website. The calendar can be found here:https://nebraskalegislature.gov/calendar/calendar.php 

Find your senator here:https://nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/senator_find.php

All introduced legislation can be found here:https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025 

Nebraska Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee homepage, including list of members:https://nebraskalegislature.gov/committees/landing_pages/index.php?cid=8  

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