Adopt the Housing First Supportive Services Act and require the Department of Health and Human Services to seek federal approval for coverage under the Medical Assistance Act

Summary

The bill would have required Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services to seek federal approval so that Medicaid could reimburse supportive housing services and would have created a Housing First Supportive Services Fund using state, federal and private money. It was intended to expand permanent supportive housing for people who are homeless or at risk and to track health outcomes and cost savings. The measure did not pass and was indefinitely postponed.

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