Commission Statutory Requirements

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1	Statute Section	Statutory Requirement	Entity Required to Act	Measure	Complete, Incomplete, Ongoing or In Progress	Note

2	43-4202(1)(a)	Create a statewide strategic plan for reform of child welfare and juvenile justice programs and services in the State of Nebraska	Nebraska Children's Commission	Strategic Plan	Complete and Ongoing
3	43-4202(1)(b)	Review the operations of the Department of Health and Human Services regarding child welfare programs and services	Nebraska Children's Commission	Information Reviewed	Complete and Ongoing
4	43-4202(1)(b)	Recommend, as a part of the statewide strategic plan, options for attaining the legislative intent stated in section 43-4201, either by the establishment of a new division within the department or the establishment of a new state agency to provide all child welfare programs and services which are the responsibility of the state	Nebraska Children's Commission	Strategic Plan	Complete
5	43-4202(c)	Monitor and evaluate the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Information Reviewed	Ongoing
6	43-4202(c)	The commission shall provide a permanent forum for collaboration among state, local, community, public, and private stakeholders in child welfare and juvenile justice programs and services.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Collaboration	Complete and Ongoing
7	43-4202(2)(a),(b)	The commission shall include the following voting members: (a) The executive director of the Foster Care Review Office; and (b) Seventeen members appointed by the Governor. The members appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall represent stakeholders in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems and shall include: (i) A director of a child advocacy center; (ii) an administrator of a behavioral health region established pursuant to section 71-807; (iii) a community representative from each of the service areas designated pursuant to section 81-3116. In the eastern service area designated pursuant to such section, the representative may be from a lead agency of a pilot project established under section 68-1212 or a collaborative member; (iv) a prosecuting attorney who practices in juvenile court; (v) a guardian ad litem; (vi) a biological parent currently or previously involved in the child welfare system or juvenile justice system; (vii) a foster parent; (viii) a court appointed special advocate volunteer; (ix) a member of a local foster care review board; (x) a child welfare service agency that directly provides a wide range of child welfare services and is not a member of a lead agency collaborative; (xi) a young adult previously in foster care; (xii) a representative of a child advocacy organization that deals with legal and policy issues that include child welfare; and (xiii) a representative of a federally recognized Indian tribe residing within the State of Nebraska and appointed within thirty days after June 5, 2013, from a list of three nominees submitted by the Commission on Indian Affairs.	Governor of Nebraska	Membership	Complete and Ongoing
8	43-4202(3)	The Nebraska Children's Commission shall have the following nonvoting, ex officio members: (a) The chairperson of the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature or a committee member designated by the chairperson; (b) the chairperson of the Judiciary Committee of the Legislature or a committee member designated by the chairperson; (c) the chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Legislature or a committee member designated by the chairperson; (d) three persons appointed by the State Court Administrator; (e) the chief executive officer of the Department of Health and Human Services or his or her designee; (f) the Director of Children and Family Services of the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services or his or her designee; (g) the Commissioner of Education or his or her designee; and (h) the Inspector General of Nebraska Child Welfare. The nonvoting, ex officio members may attend commission meetings and participate in the discussions of the commission, provide information to the commission on the policies, programs, and processes of each of their respective bodies, gather information for the commission, and provide information back to their respective bodies from the commission. The nonvoting, ex officio members shall not vote on decisions by the commission or on the direction or development of the statewide strategic plan pursuant to section 43-4204.	Legislature, Courts, Commissioner of Education	Membership	Complete
9	42-4202(4)	The commission shall meet within sixty days after April 12, 2012	Nebraska Children's Commission	Meeting Held	Complete
10	42-4202(4)	Select from among its members a chairperson and vice-chairperson and conduct any other business necessary to the organization of the commission	Nebraska Children's Commission	Commission Structure	Complete
11	43-4202(4)	The commission shall meet not less often than once every three months	Nebraska Children's Commission	Meetings Held	Complete and Ongoing	Commission meets quarterly
12	43-4202(4)	Meetings of the commission may be held at any time on the call of the chairperson	Chairperson	Permissive	N/A
13	43-4202(4)	The commission may hire staff to carry out the responsibilities of the commission.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Permissive	N/A	Staff Employed
14	43-4202(4)	For administrative purposes, the offices of the staff of the commission shall be located in the Foster Care Review Office.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Commission Structure	Complete
15	43-4202(4)	The commission may hire a consultant with experience in facilitating strategic planning to provide neutral, independent assistance in updating the statewide strategic plan	Nebraska Children's Commission	Permissive	Complete
16	43-4202(4)	The commission shall terminate on June 30, 2019, unless continued by the Legislature.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Termination	Incomplete
17	43-4202(5)	The commission, with assistance from the executive director of the Foster Care Review Office, shall employ a policy analyst to provide research and expertise to the commission relating to the child welfare system. The policy analyst shall work in conjunction with the staff of the commission. His or her responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: (a) Monitoring the Nebraska child welfare system and juvenile justice system to provide information to the commission; (b) analyzing child welfare and juvenile justice public policy through research and literature reviews and drafting policy reports when requested; (c) managing or leading projects or tasks and providing resource support to commission members and committees as determined by the chairperson of the commission; (d) serving as liaison among child welfare and juvenile justice stakeholders and the public and responding to information inquiries as required; and (e) other duties as assigned by the commission.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Staff Employed	Complete and Ongoing	Staff Employed
18	43-4202(6)	Members of the commission shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses as members of such commission as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Reimbursement Provided	Complete and Ongoing	Commission reimburses eligible members
19	43-4202(6)	No member of the commission shall have any private financial interest, profit, or benefit from any work of the commission.	Members	Prohibition against Private Interest	Complete and Ongoing	Commission adopted statement against private financial interest
20	43-4203(1)	The Nebraska Children's Commission shall work with administrators from each of the service areas designated pursuant to section 81-3116, the teams created pursuant to section 28-728, local foster care review boards, child advocacy centers, the teams created pursuant to the Supreme Court's Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative, community stakeholders, and advocates for child welfare programs and services to establish networks in each of such service areas. Such networks shall permit collaboration to strengthen the continuum of services available to child welfare agencies and to provide resources for children and juveniles outside the child protection system.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Collaboration	Complete and Ongoing
21	43-4203(1)	Each service area shall develop its own unique strategies to be included in the statewide strategic plan. The Department of Health and Human Services shall assist in identifying the needs of each service area.	Service Areas and Department of Health and Human Services	Strategic Plan	Complete
22	43-4203(2)(a)	The commission shall create a committee to examine state policy regarding the prescription of psychotropic drugs for children who are wards of the state and the administration of such drugs to such children.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Committee Created	Complete	Psychotropic Medications Committee created in 2012.
23	43-4203(2)(a)	Such committee shall review the policy and procedures for prescribing and administering such drugs and make recommendations to the commission for changes in such policy and procedures.	Psychotropic Medications Committee	Recommendations Created	Complete	Recommendations issued in 2012.
24	43-4203(2)(b)	The commission shall create a committee to examine the Office of Juvenile Services and the Juvenile Services Division of the Office of Probation Administration.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Committees	Complete	Juvenile Services Committee created.
25	43-4203(2)(b)	Such committee shall review the role and effectiveness of out-of-home placements utilized in the juvenile justice system, including the youth rehabilitation and treatment centers, and make recommendations to the commission on the juvenile justice continuum of care, including what populations should be served in out-of-home placements and what treatment services should be provided at the centers in order to appropriately serve those populations.	Juvenile Services Committee	Recommendations Created	Ongoing
26	43-4203(2)(b)	Such committee shall also review how mental and behavioral health services are provided to juveniles in residential placements and the need for such services throughout Nebraska and make recommendations to the commission relating to those systems of care in the juvenile justice system.	Juvenile Services Committee	Recommendations Created	Ongoing
27	43-4203(2)(b)	The committee shall collaborate with the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Juvenile Justice Institute, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Health Policy, the behavioral health regions as established in section 71-807, and state and national juvenile justice experts to develop recommendations.	Juvenile Services Committee	Collaboration	Ongoing
28	43-4203(2)(b)	The recommendations shall include a plan to implement a continuum of care in the juvenile justice system to meet the needs of Nebraska families, including specific recommendations for the rehabilitation and treatment model.	Juvenile Services Committee	Recommendations Created	Ongoing
29	43-4203(2)(b)	The recommendations shall be delivered to the commission and electronically to the Judiciary Committee of the Legislature annually by December 1.	Juvenile Services Committee	Report Filed	Completed and Ongoing
30	43-4203(2)(c)	The commission may organize committees as it deems necessary.	Permissive	Committee Created	N/A
31	43-4203(2)(c)	Members of the committees may be members of the commission or may be appointed, with the approval of the majority of the commission, from individuals with knowledge of the committee's subject matter, professional expertise to assist the committee in completing its assigned responsibilities, and the ability to collaborate within the committee and with the commission to carry out the powers and duties of the commission.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Membership	Complete and Ongoing
32	43-4203(2)(c)	No member of any committee created pursuant to this section shall have any private financial interest, profit, or benefit from any work of such committee.	Committee Members	Prohibition against Private Interest	Complete and Ongoing
33	43-4203(2)(d)	The Title IV-E Demonstration Project Committee created pursuant to section 43-4208 and the Foster Care Reimbursement Rate Committee created pursuant to section 43-4212 are under the jurisdiction of the commission.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Committee Created	Complete and Ongoing
34	43-4203(3)	The commission shall work with the office of the State Court Administrator, as appropriate, and entities which coordinate facilitated conferencing as described in section 43-247.03.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Collaboration	Complete
35	43-4203(3)	Facilitated conferencing shall be included in statewide strategic plan discussions by the commission.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Strategic Plan	Complete
36	43-4203(3)	Facilitated conferencing shall continue to be utilized and maximized, as determined by the court of jurisdiction, during the development of the statewide strategic plan.	Courts	N/A	N/A
37	43-4203(3)	Funding and contracting with mediation centers approved by the Office of Dispute Resolution to provide facilitated conferencing shall continue to be provided by the office of the State Court Administrator at an amount of no less than the General Fund transfer under subsection (1) of section 43-247.04.	State Court Administrator	N/A	N/A
38	43-4203(4)	The commission shall gather information and communicate with juvenile justice specialists of the Office of Probation Administration and county officials with respect to any county-operated practice model participating in the Crossover Youth Program of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Information Reviewed	Complete and Ongoing
39	43-4203(5)	The commission shall coordinate and gather information about the progress and outcomes of the Nebraska Juvenile Service Delivery Project established pursuant to section 43-4101.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Information Reviewed	Complete and Ongoing
40	43-4203(6)	The commission shall develop a system-of-care plan beginning with prevention services through treatment services for the child welfare system based on relevant data and evidence-based practices to meet the specific needs of each area of the state. Such system-of-care plan shall include services that are goal-driven and outcome-based and shall evaluate the feasibility of utilizing performance-based contracting for specific child welfare services, including the feasibility of additional contractual requirements for service providers requiring services to all children without an option to deny service.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Plan Created	Ongoing	Commission working in collaboration with DHHS for System of Care initiative
41	43-4203(7)	The commission shall analyze case management workforce issues	Nebraska Children's Commission	Information Reviewed	Ongoing	Commission has a workgroup to perform ongoing analysis of the issues.
42	43-4203(7)	Make recommendations to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature regarding:(a) Salary comparisons with other states and the current pay structure based on job descriptions;	Nebraska Children's Commission	Recommendations Created	Ongoing
43	43-4203(7)	Make recommendations to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature regarding:Utilization of incentives for persons who work in the area of child welfare;	Nebraska Children's Commission	Recommendations Created	Ongoing
44	43-4203(7)	Make recommendations to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature regarding:Evidence-based training requirements for persons who work in the area of child welfare and their supervisors;	Nebraska Children's Commission	Recommendations Created	Ongoing
45	43-4203(7)	Make recommendations to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature regarding: Collaboration with the University of Nebraska to increase and sustain such workforce.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Recommendations Created	Incomplete	Commission has begun collaborating with the University and is considering potential recommendations.
46	43-4204(1)	The Nebraska Children's Commission shall create a statewide strategic plan to carry out the legislative intent stated in section 43-4201 for child welfare program and service reform in Nebraska.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Strategic Plan	Complete
47	43-4204(1)(a)	In developing the statewide strategic plan, the commission shall consider, The potential of contracting with private nonprofit entities as a lead agency, subject to the requirements of subsection (2) of this section. Such lead-agency utilization shall be in a manner that maximizes the strengths, experience, skills, and continuum of care of the lead agencies.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Strategic Plan Requirement	Complete
48	43-4204(1)(a)	Any lead-agency contracts entered into or amended after April 12, 2012, shall detail how qualified licensed agencies as part of efforts to develop the local capacity for a community-based system of coordinated care will implement community-based care through competitively procuring either (i) the specific components of foster care and related services or (ii) comprehensive services for defined eligible populations of children and families;	DHHS	N/A	N/A
49	43-4204(1)(b)	In developing the statewide strategic plan, the commission shall consider, provision of leadership for strategies to support high-quality evidence-based prevention and early intervention services that reduce risk and enhance protection for children;	Nebraska Children's Commission	Strategic Plan	Complete
50	43-4204(1)(c)	In developing the statewide strategic plan, the commission shall consider, Realignment of service areas designated pursuant to section 81-3116 to be coterminous with the judicial districts described in section 24-301.02;	Nebraska Children's Commission	Strategic Plan	Complete
51	43-4204(1)(d)	In developing the statewide strategic plan, the commission shall consider, Identification of the type of information needed for a clear and thorough analysis of progress on child welfare indicators;	Nebraska Children's Commission	Strategic Plan	Complete	The Commission has identified the seven outcome measures of the CFSR Round 3 as they information needed for a clear and thorough analysis of progress on child welfare indicators.
52	43-4204(1)(e)	In developing the statewide strategic plan, the commission shall consider, Such other elements as the commission deems necessary and appropriate.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Strategic Plan	Complete
53	43-4204(3)	The commission shall review the operations of the department regarding child welfare programs and services	Nebraska Children's Commission	Information Received	Complete
54	43-4204(3)	Recommend, as a part of the statewide strategic plan, options for attaining the legislative intent stated in section 43-4201, either by the establishment of a new division within the department or the establishment of a new state agency to provide all child welfare programs and services which are the responsibility of the state.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Recommendations Created	Complete
55	43-4205	Within three months after April 12, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services, with direction from the Nebraska Children's Commission, shall contract with an independent entity specializing in medicaid analysis to conduct a cross-system analysis of current prevention and intervention programs and services provided by the department for the safety, health, and well-being of children and funding sources to (1) identify state General Funds being used, in order to better utilize federal funds, (2) identify resources that could be better allocated to more effective services to at-risk children and juveniles transitioning to home-based and school-based interventions, and (3) provide information which will allow the replacement of state General Funds for services to at-risk children and juveniles with federal funds, with the goal of expanding the funding base for such services while reducing overall state General Fund expenditures on such services.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Contract	Complete
56	43-4206	The Department of Health and Human Services shall fully cooperate with the activities of the Nebraska Children's Commission. The department shall provide to the commission all requested information on children and juveniles in Nebraska, including, but not limited to, departmental reports, data, programs, processes, finances, and policies.	DHHS	Collaboration	Ongoing
57	43-4206	The department shall collaborate with the commission regarding the development of a plan for a statewide automated child welfare information system to integrate child welfare information into one system if the One Hundred Second Legislature, Second Session, 2012, enacts legislation to require the development of such a plan.	DHHS	Collaboration	Complete
58	43-4206	The department shall coordinate and collaborate with the commission regarding engagement of an evaluator to provide an evaluation of the child welfare system if the One Hundred Second Legislature, Second Session, 2012, enacts legislation to require such evaluation.	DHHS	Collaboration	Complete
59	43-4207	The Nebraska Children's Commission shall provide a written report to the Governor and an electronic report to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature of its activities during the previous year on or before December 1, 2015.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Report Filed	Complete
60	43-4207	If the commission is continued by the Legislature as provided in section 43-4202, the commission shall provide such report on or before December 1 of each year the commission is continued.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Report Filed	Complete and Ongoing
61	43-4208	Title IV-E Demonstration Project Committee; created; members; duties; powers; implementation plan; contents; report; Nebraska Children's Commission; powers; Office of Probation Administration; duties.	Commission and Title IV-E Committee	Committee Created and Report Filed	Complete
62	43-4209	The Department of Health and Human Services shall report to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature by September 15, 2012, on the status of the application for the demonstration project under section 43-4208.	DHHS	Report Filed	Complete
63	43-4215	The Nebraska Children's Commission shall review and provide a progress report on the pilot project by October 1, 2013, to the department and electronically to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature; shall provide to the department and electronically to the committee by December 1, 2013, a report including recommendations and any legislation necessary, including appropriations, to adopt the recommendations, regarding the adaptation or continuation of the implementation of a statewide standardized level of care assessment; and shall provide to the department and electronically to the committee by February 1, 2014, a final report and final recommendations of the commission.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Report Filed	Complete
64	43-4216	On or before January 1, 2016, the Nebraska Children's Commission shall appoint a Foster Care Reimbursement Rate Committee. The commission shall reconvene the Foster Care Reimbursement Rate Committee every four years thereafter.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Committee Created	Complete and Ongoing
65	43-4216	The Foster Care Reimbursement Rate Committee shall consist of no fewer than nine members, including: (a) The following voting members: (i) Representatives from a child welfare agency that contracts directly with foster parents, from each of the service areas designated pursuant to section 81-3116; (ii) a representative from an advocacy organization which deals with legal and policy issues that include child welfare; (iii) a representative from an advocacy organization, the singular focus of which is issues impacting children; (iv) a representative from a foster and adoptive parent association; (v) a representative from a lead agency; (vi) a representative from a child advocacy organization that supports young adults who were in foster care as children; (vii) a foster parent who contracts directly with the Department of Health and Human Services; and (viii) a foster parent who contracts with a child welfare agency; and (b) The following nonvoting, ex officio members: (i) The chief executive officer of the Department of Health and Human Services or his or her designee and (ii) representatives from the Division of Children and Family Services of the department from each service area designated pursuant to section 81-3116, including at least one division employee with a thorough understanding of the current foster care payment system and at least one division employee with a thorough understanding of the N-FOCUS electronic data collection system. The nonvoting, ex officio members of the committee may attend committee meetings and participate in discussions of the committee and shall gather and provide information to the committee on the policies, programs, and processes of each of their respective bodies. The nonvoting, ex officio members shall not vote on decisions or recommendations by the committee.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Membership	Complete and Ongoing
66	43-4216	Members of the committee shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Nebraska Children's Commission shall appoint the chairperson of the committee and may fill vacancies on the committee as they occur. If the Nebraska Children's Commission has terminated, such appointments shall be made and vacancies filled by the Governor with the approval of a majority of the Legislature.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Membership	Complete and Ongoing
67	43-4217(1)	The Foster Care Reimbursement Rate Committee appointed pursuant to section 43-4216 shall review and make recommendations in the following areas: Foster care reimbursement rates, the statewide standardized level of care assessment, and adoption assistance payments as required by section 43-117. In making recommendations to the Legislature, the committee shall use the then-current foster care reimbursement rates as the beginning standard for setting reimbursement rates. The committee shall adjust the standard to reflect the reasonable cost of achieving measurable outcomes for all children in foster care in Nebraska. The committee shall (a) analyze then-current consumer expenditure data reflecting the costs of caring for a child in Nebraska, (b) identify and account for additional costs specific to children in foster care, and (c) apply a geographic cost-of-living adjustment for Nebraska. The reimbursement rate structure shall comply with funding requirements related to Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, and other federal programs as appropriate to maximize the utilization of federal funds to support foster care.	Foster Care Reimbursement Rate Committee	Recommendations Created	Complete and Ongoing
68	43-4217(2)	The committee shall review the role and effectiveness of and make recommendations on the statewide standardized level of care assessment containing standardized criteria to determine a foster child's placement needs and to identify the appropriate foster care reimbursement rate. The committee shall review other states' assessment models and foster care reimbursement rate structures in completing the statewide standardized level of care assessment review and the standard statewide foster care reimbursement rate structure. The committee shall ensure the statewide standardized level of care assessment and the standard statewide foster care reimbursement rate structure provide incentives to tie performance in achieving the goals of safety, maintaining family connection, permanency, stability, and well-being to reimbursements received. The committee shall review and make recommendations on assistance payments to adoptive parents as required by section 43-117. The committee shall make recommendations to ensure that changes in foster care reimbursement rates do not become a disincentive to permanency.	Foster Care Reimbursement Rate Committee	Recommendations Created	Complete and Ongoing
69	43-4217(3)	The committee may organize subcommittees as it deems necessary. Members of the subcommittees may be members of the committee or may be appointed, with the approval of the majority of the committee, from individuals with knowledge of the subcommittee's subject matter, professional expertise to assist the subcommittee in completing its assigned responsibilities, and the ability to collaborate within the subcommittee.	Foster Care Reimbursement Rate Committee	Membership	Complete and Ongoing
70	43-4217(4)	The Foster Care Reimbursement Rate Committee shall provide electronic reports with its recommendation to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature on July 1, 2016, and every four years thereafter.	Foster Care Reimbursement Rate Committee	Report Filed	Complete and Ongoing
71	43-4218	The Normalcy Task Force is created. Beginning July 1, 2016, the Normalcy Task Force shall monitor and make recommendations regarding the implementation in Nebraska of the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, Public Law 113-183, as such act existed on January 1, 2016.	Normalcy Taskforce	Recommendations Created	Complete and Ongoing
72	43-4218	The members of the task force shall include, but not be limited to, (a) representatives from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. The representatives from the legislative and judicial branches shall be nonvoting, ex officio members, (b) no fewer than three young adults currently or previously in foster care which may be filled on a rotating basis by members of Project Everlast or a similar youth support or advocacy group, (c) a representative from the juvenile probation system, (d) the executive director of the Foster Care Review Office, (e) one or more representatives from a child welfare advocacy organization, (f) one or more representatives from a child welfare service agency, (g) one or more representatives from an agency providing independent living services, (h) one or more representatives of a child-care institution as defined in section 43-4703, (i) one or more current or former foster parents, (j) one or more parents who have experience in the foster care system, (k) one or more professionals who have relevant practical experience such as a caseworker, and (l) one or more guardians ad litem who practice in juvenile court.	Normalcy Taskforce	Recommendations Created	Complete and Ongoing
73	43-4218	On or before July 1, 2016, the Nebraska Children’s Commission shall appoint the members of the task force. Members of the task force shall be appointed for terms of two years. The commission shall appoint a chairperson or chairpersons of the task force and may fill vacancies on the task force as such vacancies occur.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Membership	Complete and Ongoing
74	43-4218	The task force shall provide a written report with recommendations regarding the initial and ongoing implementation of the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, as such act existed on January 1, 2016, and related efforts to improve normalcy for children in foster care and related populations to the Nebraska Children's Commission, the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Governor by December 15 of each year. The report to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature shall be submitted electronically.	Normalcy Taskforce	Report Filed	Complete and Ongoing
75	43-4513(1)	On or before July 1, 2013, the Nebraska Children's Commission shall appoint a Bridge to Independence Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the department and the Nebraska Children's Commission regarding the bridge to independence program, extended guardianship assistance described in section 43-4511, and extended adoption assistance described in section 43-4512.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Committee Created	Complete
76	43-4513(1)	The Bridge to Independence Advisory Committee shall meet on a biannual basis to advise the department and the Nebraska Children's Commission regarding ongoing implementation of the bridge to independence program, extended guardianship assistance described in section 43-4511, and extended adoption assistance described in section 43-4512 and shall provide a written report regarding ongoing implementation, including participation in the bridge to independence program, extended guardianship assistance described in section 43-4511, and extended adoption assistance described in section 43-4512 and early discharge rates and reasons obtained from the department, to the Nebraska Children's Commission, the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature, the department, and the Governor by December 15th of each year.	Bridge to Independence Committee	Meetings Held and Report Filed	Complete and Ongoing
77	43-4513(1)	By December 15, 2015, the committee shall develop specific recommendations for expanding to or improving outcomes for similar groups of at-risk young adults. The report to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature shall be submitted electronically.	Bridge to Independence Committee	Recommendations	Complete
78	43-4513(2)	The members of the Bridge to Independence Advisory Committee shall include, but not be limited to, (a) representatives from all three branches of government, and the representatives from the legislative and judicial branches of government shall be nonvoting, ex officio members, (b) no less than three young adults currently or previously in foster care, which may be filled on a rotating basis by members of Project Everlast or a similar youth support or advocacy group, (c) one or more representatives from a child welfare advocacy organization, (d) one or more representatives from a child welfare service agency, and (e) one or more representatives from an agency providing independent living services.	Bridge to Independence Committee	Membership	Complete
79	43-4513(3)	Members of the committee shall be appointed for terms of two years. The Nebraska Children's Commission shall appoint the chairperson of the committee and may fill vacancies on the committee as they occur.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Membership	Complete
80	28-712(1)	The department, in consultation with the Nebraska Children's Commission, shall develop an alternative response implementation plan in accordance with this section and sections 28-710.01 and 28-712.01. The alternative response implementation plan shall include the provision of concrete supports and voluntary services, including, but not limited to: Meeting basic needs, including food and clothing assistance; housing assistance; transportation assistance; child care assistance; and mental health and substance abuse services.	Commission and DHHS	Collaborate and Create Plan	Complete
81	28-712(1)	The department shall provide a report of an evaluation on the status of alternative response implementation pursuant to subsection (2) of this section to the commission and electronically to the Legislature by November 15, 2015.	Department	Report	Complete
82	28-712(1)	The commission shall provide feedback on the report to the department before December 15, 2015.	Nebraska Children's Commission	Feedback	Complete
83	28-712(4)	The department shall provide a copy of the proposed rules and regulations to the Nebraska Children's Commission no later than October 1, 2014.	DHHS	Information Received	Complete
84	LB225	The department should provide a report to the commission and the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature by November 15, 2018.	DHHS	Information Provided	Incomplete	Becomes law July 1, 2017
85	LB225	The report shall include the challenges, barriers, and opportunities that may occur if the alternative response implementation plan is made permanent.	DHHS	Information Provided	Incomplete	Becomes law July 1, 2017
86	LB225	Updates are to include the status of alternative response, inclusion of child welfare stakeholders, service providers and other community partners, including families, for feedback and recommendations on alternative response; any findings or recommendations made by the independent evaluations, including costs and any alternative response programmatic modifications, including, but not limited to, proposed changes in rules and regulations.	DHHS	Information Provided	Ongoing