81-2261 Department; duties. - Nebraska Statutes

81-2261. Department; duties.The department shall ensure that:(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 patients, residents, and clients of long-term care facilities. SourceLaws 1992, LB 677, § 25.