Nebraska Statutes 68-146. Nonresident poor person; general assistance; legal settlement verified; assurances
Whenever any poor person without a legal settlement in this state shall become sick in any county in this state, not having income and assets available to pay for medical services, or whenever any poor person without a legal settlement in this state is found in distress in any county in this state and is without income and assets to preclude suffering, it shall be the duty of the county board to furnish such temporary assistance to such person as it shall deem necessary. If any such person shall die, the county board shall provide all necessary means for a decent burial of such person. If such poor person has a legal settlement in another state, the county board may furnish such person, in addition to temporary assistance, transportation and the requisite expenses incurred thereby and may return such poor person to the state in which he or she has legal settlement. The representation by a poor person of a legal settlement shall be verified by the county board and assurance shall be given the board that such poor person will be received and given care in the place of his or her legal settlement. If any poor person without a legal settlement in this state shall apply for general assistance in any county in which he or she is situated, the county board may proceed at its discretion to provide for such poor person in the same manner as it would provide for a poor person with legal settlement in the county.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 68-146
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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
- 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
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- 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