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NSLHA Legislative Update and Survey

The Nebraska Legislature has 18 new state senators. To assist NSLHA with advocacy and legislative efforts, please take a few minutes to complete this survey about any contacts or relationships that you may have with Nebraska's state senators. This is very helpful as opportunities arise to work with senators on various issues impacting speech-language-hearing services.

The Nebraska Legislature kicked off last week with the election of a speaker and committee chairs. Senator Galen Hadley (District 37 - Kearney) was elected Speaker of the Legislature and Senator Bob Krist (District 10) was elected Chair of the Executive Board. Standing Committee Chairs are as follows:

  • Agriculture - Senator Jerry Johnson (District 23)
  • Appropriations - Senator Heath Mello (District 5)
  • Banking, Commerce and Insurance - Senator Jim Scheer (District 19)
  • Business and Labor - Senator Burke Harr (District 8)
  • Education - Senator Kate Sullivan (District 41)
  • General Affairs - Senator Tyson Larson (District 40)
  • Government, Military and Veterans Affairs - Senator John Murante (District 49)
  • Health and Human Services - Senator Kathy Campbell (District 25)
  • Judiciary - Senator Les Seiler (District 33)
  • Natural Resources - Senator Ken Schilz (District 47)
  • Nebraska Retirement Systems - Senator Jeremy Nordquist (District 7)
  • Revenue - Senator Mike Gloor (District 35)
  • Transportation and Telecommunications - Senator Jim Smith (District 14)  
  • Urban Affairs  - Senator Sue Crawford (District 45)

View the full roster of committees and members.

January 21, 2015 was the last day of bill introduction. The NSLHA Legislative Affairs Committee members will be meeting with NSLHA's lobbyist to review the list of bills and identify priority issues that impact you and your clients.

All introduced bills will have a public hearing. For reference, the legislative floor action and committee hearings can be viewed online through live streaming. You can also watch live legislative floor action on your local public NET television channel (for Lincoln, this is channel17).  As always, bills and amendments will also be posted on the Legislature's website, under the Search Current Bills application .

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News & Announcements

  • You're Invited to Oct. 21st Education Summit

    Posted on 09/12/2017

    Any professionals interested in practices in academic excellence for all children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing are invited to attend. Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. at the UNO Milo Bail Student Center at 6203 University Dr. S., in Omaha. Mail your registration with name, address, email and special accommodations by Oct. 6th to Attn: Jenny Corum, 1313 Farnam 3rd Floor, Omaha, NE 68102.

  • Posted on 07/13/2017

    The Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association has experienced several recent legislative and regulatory advocacy accomplishments, and wanted to share with you the ongoing work being done for members in our state. Listen to this recording for more information.

  • Posted on 07/13/2017

    This webinar will include an overview of the current Nebraska Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) proposed plan, along with the role of SLPs in schools. Current national topics will be discussed including: telepractice, SLPAs, universal licensure, dyslexia and caseload vs. workload. Next steps in collaborating with the Nebraska Department of Education on these issues and current eligibility criteria for speech and/or language impairment will also be discussed.

  • Posted on 07/11/2017

    Colleagues, we are hoping that you will agree to take a very short survey regarding augmentative and alternative communication and therapy in aphasia. The aim of the survey is to find out more about how speech-language pathologists describe and use AAC in aphasia therapy. We have purposely not included our own definition of AAC because we want to hear your ideas first. If you are willing to help with the survey, please click on the link above or paste the link into your browser to go to the web-based survey. After completing the survey, you may choose to enter a drawing to win a $25 gift card.

  • Posted on 07/07/2017

  • Posted on 07/07/2017

    Join your peers at the Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Fall Convention on September 14-15, 2017 at the Cornhusker Marriott in Lincoln, NE to learn, collaborate, share, network and socialize. Up to 1.35 ASHA CEUs are available.

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1633 Normandy Court
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Lincoln, NE 68512
Phone (402) 476-9573
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