LB958
Provide for implementation of a home and community-based services waiver, retroactive coverage of certain benefits, and reimbursement of doula services and change reporting requirements under the Medical Assistance Act, change provisions relating to the Nebraska Prenatal Plus Program, and provide limits for crisis assistance payments under the low-income home energy assistance program
Introduced by Machaela Cavanaugh, District 6
What does this bill do?
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Official description
Provide for implementation of a home and community-based services waiver, retroactive coverage of certain benefits, and reimbursement of doula services and change reporting requirements under the Medical Assistance Act, change provisions relating to the Nebraska Prenatal Plus Program, and provide limits for crisis assistance payments under the low-income home energy assistance program
Where it stands
Provisions/portions of LB1033 amended into LB958 by AM3119
April 17, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
Unicameral votes
6 recorded votes · each counted separately
Unicameral votes
6 recorded votes · each counted separately
UnicameralStage: Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1-0 · April 10, 2026
48
Yes
1
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
49 senators recorded in this Legislature vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Hallstrom | 1 | Yes |
| Robert Clements | 2 | Yes |
| Victor Rountree | 3 | Yes |
| Brad Von Gillern | 4 | Yes |
| Margo Juarez | 5 | Yes |
| Machaela Cavanaugh | 6 | Yes |
| Dunixi Guereca | 7 | Yes |
| Megan Hunt | 8 | Yes |
| John Cavanaugh | 9 | Yes |
| Wendy DeBoer | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Date of introduction
Kauth FA614 filed
Referred to Health and Human Services Committee
Dungan name added
Notice of hearing for February 26, 2026
Cavanaugh, M. AM1992 filed
Cavanaugh, M. priority bill
Cavanaugh, M. AM2345 filed
Placed on General File with AM2766
Health and Human Services AM2766 filed
Health and Human Services AM2766 adopted
Cavanaugh, M. AM1992 withdrawn
Cavanaugh, M. AM2345 withdrawn
Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
Cavanaugh, M. AM3018 filed
Placed on Select File with ER181
Enrollment and Review ER181 filed
Dungan AM2977 filed
Spivey AM3119 filed
Spivey AM3128 filed
Enrollment and Review ER181 adopted
Kauth FA614 withdrawn
Cavanaugh, M. AM3018 withdrawn
Dungan AM2977 adopted
Spivey AM3119 adopted
Spivey AM3128 adopted
Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
Placed on Final Reading with ST96
Enrollment and Review ST96 filed
Enrollment and Review ST96 recorded
Dispensing of reading at large approved
Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1-0
President/Speaker signed
Presented to Governor on April 10, 2026
Approved by Governor on April 16, 2026
Provisions/portions of LB701 amended into LB958 by AM3128
Provisions/portions of LB773 amended into LB958 by AM2977
Provisions/portions of LB777 amended into LB958 by AM2766
Provisions/portions of LB1033 amended into LB958 by AM3119
Verify the information
- Official page on the Nebraska Legislature website
- Kauth FA614 (amendment)
- Cavanaugh, M. AM1992 (amendment)
- Cavanaugh, M. AM2345 (amendment)
- Health and Human Services AM2766 (amendment)
- Cavanaugh, M. AM3018 (amendment)
- Enrollment and Review ER181 (amendment)
- Dungan AM2977 (amendment)
- Spivey AM3119 (amendment)
- Spivey AM3128 (amendment)
- Enrollment and Review ST96 (amendment)
- Analysis (supplement)
- Fiscal Note (supplement)
- Analysis (supplement)
- Fiscal Note (supplement)
- Fiscal Note (supplement)
- Introduced (text)
- Enrolled (text)
- Engrossed (text)
- Chaptered (text)
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