45-1302. Terms, defined.For purposes of the Medical Debt Relief Act:(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 hip, 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.Source Laws 2024, LB937, § 44. Operative Date: July 19, 2024 Cross References Health Care Facility Licensure Act, see section 71-401. Uniform Credentialing Act, see section 38-101.
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