{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-71-7107","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7107","heading":"Department of Health and Human Services; lead agency; duties.","body":"(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall be the lead agency for the program.\n(2) The department shall:\n(a) Coordinate program activities and emergency response;\n(b) Provide necessary equipment for the program and participants;\n(c) Recruit hospital personnel and emergency medical workers to be trained as critical incident stress management peers;\n(d) Participate in the training and continuing education of such peers and mental health professionals;\n(e) Appoint a director for the program who shall be an employee of the department;\n(f) Specify the organizational and operational goals for the program and provide overall policy direction for the program;\n(g) Manage planning and budget development for the program;\n(h) Manage program development and evaluation;\n(i) Provide a mechanism for quality assurance that may include certification of critical incident stress management team members;\n(j) Identify critical incident stress management regions; and\n(k) Provide backup to regional critical incident stress management teams.\n(3) The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to implement the program.","path":["Chapter 71 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=71-7107","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-18T06:03:47Z","sha256":"26bdf11ccf4ecf8ad41d9f2669ebbfaf7f41a1e0c728c69485ef31ca0580e021","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-71-7106","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-71-7108"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}