83-305.03 University of Nebraska Medical Center; temporary transfers of individuals from other institutions; procedure; responsibility; expense. - Nebraska Statutes

83-305.03. University of Nebraska Medical Center; temporary transfers of individuals from other institutions; procedure; responsibility; expense.The Department of Health and Human Services or the Director of Correctional Services may order the temporary transfer of any person committed to the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Correctional Services to the University of Nebraska Medical Center with the concurrence of the chancellor thereof for special diagnosis and treatment of any illness such person may suffer which cannot be properly diagnosed or treated by the medical facilities of the institution of which he or she is a patient or inmate. The responsibility of guarding any such patient or inmate transferred shall remain with the institution of which he or she is a patient or inmate. The Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Correctional Services shall pay, out of the proper account, all expenses incurred by the University of Nebraska Medical Center on behalf of any patient or inmate so transferred by the respective department. SourceLaws 1957, c. 389, § 1, p. 1348; Laws 1963, c. 528, § 5, p. 1657; Laws 1969, c. 817, § 75, p. 3109; Laws 1975, LB 466, § 4; Laws 1987, LB 112, § 4; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 940; Laws 2007, LB296, § 786.