---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Out-of-Network Emergency Medical Care Act"
description: "Adopt the Out-of-Network Emergency Medical Care Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 997"
citation: "Nebraska LB 997 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morfeld"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20469dc8-a93f-47ba-9abc-6a362d67536f"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2020"
source_hash: "53e8cdb2b849b2288b84d3fae29c03e932273cdd44794ce4aae0bffb4337912b"
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 997 (106) — Adopt the Out-of-Network Emergency Medical Care Act

## 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/LB997.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB997.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB997.pdf)

## Votes

- Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM2431 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **43–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Morfeld — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-27** Approved by Governor on July 24, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-21** Hilkemann explanation of vote
- **2020-07-21** Presented to Governor on July 21, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-21** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2020-07-21** Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2020-03-06** Enrollment and Review ER173 adopted
- **2020-02-25** Bolz name added
- **2020-02-21** Hansen, M. name added
- **2020-02-21** Enrollment and Review ER173 filed `filing`
- **2020-02-21** Placed on Select File with ER173 `filing`
- **2020-02-20** Hilgers name added
- **2020-02-20** Groene name added
- **2020-02-20** Blood name added
- **2020-02-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2020-02-20** Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM2431 adopted
- **2020-02-18** Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM2431 filed `filing`
- **2020-02-18** Placed on General File with AM2431 `filing`
- **2020-02-13** Morfeld priority bill
- **2020-01-28** Notice of hearing for February 11, 2020
- **2020-01-15** Referred to Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** 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/20469dc8-a93f-47ba-9abc-6a362d67536f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).