Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-149

As used in sections 43-147 to 43-154 , unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Adoption assistance state shall mean the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case; (2) Department shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services; and (3) State shall mean a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States.