{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-68-970","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-970","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-970","body":"The Legislature finds that:\n\n(1) The Nebraska Regional Poison Center funded through the University of Nebraska Medical Center Cash Fund provides a valuable service to Nebraska;\n\n(2) The center receives over seventeen thousand calls annually, seventy-two percent of the calls involve children, and over twenty-seven percent of the calls relate to children in families whose annual household income is at or below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level;\n\n(3) The operation of the center has resulted in over ninety percent of the calls regarding a child under six years of age being handled in a manner such that the child was able to remain at home and the child did not have to visit an emergency room or use 911 or emergency medical services; and\n\n(4) The operation of the center results in a cost savings of one hundred seventy-five dollars per call in 1996 dollars.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 68"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=68-970","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"a0b2d80d7052bda4c5359619dde0e202940315cb8e0e1124004c8348798c2f04","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-68-969","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-68-971"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}