{"id":"NE-050","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Nebraska","state":"NE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Pete Ricketts","authority":"Health Care Facility Licensure Act; Assisted-Living Facility Act; Nebraska Health Care Certificate of Need Act","instrument":"Executive Order 20-12","title":"Coronavirus - Relief for Hospitals \u0026 Health Care Facilities and Expanded Use of Telehealth Services","dateIssued":"2020-03-31","effective":"2020-03-31","end":"2021-08-27 11:59 p.m. (EO 21-09)","startDate":"2020-03-31","endDate":"2021-08-27","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["hospitals, critical access hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, assisted living facilities, hospices","DHHS"],"clause":"1. The provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-409... limit critical access hospitals to no more than 25 acute care inpatient beds are temporarily suspended... 3. The provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-405... which prohibit overnight stays [at ambulatory surgical centers] are temporarily suspended so that patients\u0027 care and treatment needs may be met at such facilities if no other facility beds are available... 8. The provisions of Title 175 Nebraska Administrative Code § 9-004.05 which prohibit facilities from putting into use more than the total number of beds for which the hospital is licensed... are temporarily suspended insofar as additional beds are available or could be added for use in treating COVID-19... 23. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services shall establish and publish guidance for health care providers regarding the use of telehealth by licensed practitioners and guidance for the payment of Medicaid services provided via telehealth.","enforcement":"Suspension of licensure statutes and regulations","functions":["IP surge capacity","SX","TM telehealth","RS assisted living","OF licensing"],"notes":"The last hospital instrument of the emergency, in force through Aug. 27, 2021 to coordinate with LB 400 and LB 487","sourceUrl":"https://govdocs.nebraska.gov/docs/pilot/pubs/eofiles/20-12.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1410491,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NE","url":"/library/NE-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NE-050","citation":"Governor Pete Ricketts, Executive Order 20-12 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. NE-050)","stateName":"Nebraska","related":["NE-049","NE-047","NE-046","NE-052","NE-044","NE-042","NE-043","NE-041","NE-053","NE-001","NE-040","NE-054"]}