The department shall periodically determine the individual cost, exclusive of the cost of education, for the care, support, maintenance, and treatment of the patients in each state institution and for persons receiving treatment prescribed by an institution following release or without being admitted as a resident patient. In making such determinations, the department may use averaging methods for each institution if, in the judgment of the department, it is not practicable to compute the cost for each patient. The cost of capital expenditures and capital construction shall not be included in making such determinations.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-365
Cost of patient care; department; determine
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State Ex Rel. Spire v. Stodola (1988)
Most recently applied in State v. County of Lancaster (September 2006)
Laws 1969, c. 812, § 3, p. 3052; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 948; Laws 2007, LB296, § 791.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.