---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a medicaid waiver or state plan amendment for medical respite care, change the definition of respite care, and change provisions relating to the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund"
description: "Require the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a medicaid waiver or state plan amendment for medical respite care, change the definition of respite care, and change provisions relating to the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 905"
citation: "Nebraska LB 905 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riepe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/272bce7e-c55e-45df-bd6f-05cfe5f08ef7"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2024"
source_hash: "1275bb8a8b831b1b83c6a87b2f16b8423ace780da8e0553cb0cf8a5a6c7a57c6"
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 905 (108) — Require the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a medicaid waiver or state plan amendment for medical respite care, change the definition of respite care, and change provisions relating to the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund

## 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/LB905.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB905.pdf)
3. **Riepe AM2766** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2766.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB905.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 43-0-6 — **43–0** (pass) · legislature
- Riepe AM2766 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Riepe — primary (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Vargas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor on March 27, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25** Hughes explanation of vote
- **2024-03-21** Vargas name added
- **2024-03-21** Presented to Governor on March 21, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Passed on Final Reading 43-0-6 `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Enrollment and Review ST43 recorded
- **2024-03-12** Enrollment and Review ST43 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-12** Placed on Final Reading with ST43 `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-03-04** Riepe AM2766 adopted
- **2024-02-29** Riepe AM2766 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-23** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2024-02-15** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-02-14** Wishart priority bill
- **2024-02-13** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Conrad name added
- **2024-01-23** Notice of hearing for February 01, 2024
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-04** 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/272bce7e-c55e-45df-bd6f-05cfe5f08ef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).