Nebraska Statutes 45-1302. Terms, defined
For purposes of the Medical Debt Relief Act:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 45-1302
- Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Bad debt expense means the cost of care for which a health care provider expected payment from the patient or a third-party payor, but which the health care provider subsequently determines to be uncollectible;
(2) Eligible resident means an individual eligible for relief who:
(a) Is a resident of the State of Nebraska; and
(b) Has a household income at or below four hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines or has medical debt equal to five percent or more of the individual’s household income;
(3) Health care provider means:
(a) A facility licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act; and
(b) A health care professional licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act;
(4) Medical debt means an obligation to pay money arising from the receipt of health care services;
(5) Medical debt relief means the discharge of a patient’s medical debt;
(6) Medical debt relief coordinator means a person, company, partnership, or other entity that is able to discharge medical debt of an eligible resident in a manner that does not result in taxable income for the eligible resident; and
(7) Program means the Medical Debt Relief Program established in section 45-1303.