{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-45-1302","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 45-1302","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 45-1302","body":"For purposes of the Medical Debt Relief Act:\n\n(1) Bad debt expense means the cost of care for which a health care provider expected payment from the patient or a third-party payor, but which the health care provider subsequently determines to be uncollectible;\n\n(2) Eligible resident means an individual eligible for relief who:\n\n(a) Is a resident of the State of Nebraska; and\n\n(b) Has a household income at or below four hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines or has medical debt equal to five percent or more of the individual's household income;\n\n(3) Health care provider means:\n\n(a) A facility licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act; and\n\n(b) A health care professional licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act;\n\n(4) Medical debt means an obligation to pay money arising from the receipt of health care services;\n\n(5) Medical debt relief means the discharge of a patient's medical debt;\n\n(6) Medical debt relief coordinator means a person, company, partnership, or other entity that is able to discharge medical debt of an eligible resident in a manner that does not result in taxable income for the eligible resident; and\n\n(7) Program means the Medical Debt Relief Program established in section 45-1303 .","path":["NE Code","Chapter 45"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=45-1302","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"7f20c6386744ed898549f45ac0c8f14f5215ed7907c150159fad9a6aa8845aa7","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-45-1301","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-45-1303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}