Nebraska Statutes 81-2261. Department; duties

The department shall ensure that:

Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 81-2239
Office: means the office of the state long-term care ombudsman. See Nebraska Statutes 81-2244
Ombudsman advocate: means an employee or a volunteer of the office other than the state long-term care ombudsman or of a local program trained and certified to carry out duties of the office. See Nebraska Statutes 81-2247
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
State long-term care ombudsman: means the person appointed under section 81-2249 to fulfill the responsibilities of the office. See Nebraska Statutes 81-2248

(1) No individual involved in the designation of the state long-term care ombudsman has a pecuniary or other interest in a long-term care facility;

(2) No state long-term care ombudsman or ombudsman advocate has a pecuniary or other interest in a long-term care facility;

(3) Mechanisms are in place to identify and remedy all such or other similar conflicts; and

(4) The office has the ability to pursue administrative, legal, and other appropriate remedies on behalf of residents.

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