{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-81-2229","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2229","heading":"Legislative intent.","body":"It is the intent of the Legislature that:\n(1) The state establish a statewide system of care management units through the area agencies on aging to aid in the coordination of the delivery of a continuum of services targeted primarily to the state's older population;\n(2) The continuum of services include the proper utilization of all available care resources, including community-based services and institutionalization, to ensure that persons are receiving, when reasonably possible, the level of care that best matches their level of need;\n(3) The Department of Health and Human Services apply for and implement a Title XIX medicaid waiver as a way to provide care management services to medicaid clients and to control the rising costs of medicaid; and\n(4) The Department of Health and Human Services develop a uniform method for data collection by care management units.","path":["Chapter 81 - STATE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=81-2229","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"4dc042ddbb751f4b4e15afb727afa18bbf84b90aefb18fafe454e91a97e7af26","source_id":"us-ne","stale":true,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-81-2228","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-81-2230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}