---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for reimbursement for pharmacy dispensing fees under the medical assistance program"
description: "Provide for reimbursement for pharmacy dispensing fees under the medical assistance program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 204"
citation: "Nebraska LB 204 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riepe"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e7f5554-43b0-40f3-b65a-b65c74f3c14f"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
source_hash: "19f989a3f4c9e1ce0dd4b040c487ad3d83ff3f4e60d5c69d6790b3dfa08197ff"
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 204 (108) — Provide for reimbursement for pharmacy dispensing fees under the medical assistance program

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Intro/LB204.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER56** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER56.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB204.pdf)
4. **Health and Human Services AM1418** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1418.pdf)
5. **Riepe FA235** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/FA235.pdf)
6. **Riepe FA244** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/FA244.pdf)
7. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB204.pdf)

## Votes

- Riepe FA244 adopted — **25–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- Riepe FA235 adopted — **28–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 44-0-5 — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Health and Human Services AM1418 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Riepe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-18** DeKay explanation of vote
- **2024-04-18** Approved by Governor on April 16, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-11** Presented to Governor on April 11, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-11** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 44-0-5 `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-03-04** Riepe FA244 adopted
- **2024-03-04** Riepe FA244 to ER56 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-04** Riepe FA235 adopted
- **2024-03-04** Riepe FA235 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-04** Enrollment and Review ER56 adopted
- **2024-02-12** Enrollment and Review ER56 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-12** Placed on Select File with ER56 `filing`
- **2024-02-07** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-02-07** Health and Human Services AM1418 adopted
- **2024-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2023-04-26** Health and Human Services AM1418 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-26** Placed on General File with AM1418 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Notice of hearing for March 01, 2023
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** 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/8e7f5554-43b0-40f3-b65a-b65c74f3c14f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).