---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change and eliminate provisions relating to medical assistance reimbursement claims and liens and provide for retroactivity"
description: "Change and eliminate provisions relating to medical assistance reimbursement claims and liens and provide for retroactivity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 593"
citation: "Nebraska LB 593 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briese"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/798ab244-ab7b-431d-8fb5-ccfa64961df6"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "b63d8484df058abb95e08f48f972d6ffdf75f70c5c3ab04b8e94eeb79cef19bb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ne"]
---

# Nebraska LB 593 (106) — Change and eliminate provisions relating to medical assistance reimbursement claims and liens and provide for retroactivity

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Intro/LB593.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB593.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB593.pdf)

## Votes

- Judiciary AM996 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
- Lathrop AM1935 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Briese — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-05-31** Approved by Governor on May 30, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30** Presented to Governor on May 24, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-05-24** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2019-05-24** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-05-22** Lathrop AM1935 adopted
- **2019-05-22** Lathrop AM1935 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-22** Enrollment and Review ER133 adopted
- **2019-05-22** Enrollment and Review ER133 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Select File with ER133 `filing`
- **2019-05-21** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-05-21** Judiciary AM996 adopted
- **2019-05-21** Wayne MO41 withdrawn
- **2019-05-13** Judiciary AM996 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-13** Placed on General File with AM996 `filing`
- **2019-03-27** Wayne MO41 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6, Sec. 3(f) filed `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Slama priority bill
- **2019-02-05** Notice of hearing for February 21, 2019
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Date of introduction `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/798ab244-ab7b-431d-8fb5-ccfa64961df6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).