NebraskaBill would stop health payers from requiring card-only payments
Starting January 1, 2027, health care providers would not have to accept only credit cards for payments from insurers and related payers.
What it does
For payments issued on or after January 1, 2027, health insurers, their contracted vendors, and care management organizations could not require providers to accept only credit card payments.
Argument forProviders could avoid being limited to credit card payments when insurers or related payers pay them for care.
Argument againstPayers may need to support another way to pay providers, which could add work to their payment process.
More detail
Health insurers and related payers could not make credit cards the only acceptable way to pay providers. This applies to payments to health care providers for health care services from a health insurer, its contracted vendor, or a care management organization. The rule would apply to payments issued on or after January 1, 2027.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Postponed indefinitely
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 17Indefinitely postponedPostponed indefinitely
- Apr 17Provisions/portions of LB1157 amended into LB967 by AM2797
- Mar 11Placed on General File with AM2361Minor
- Mar 11Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM2361 filedMinor
- Jan 23Notice of hearing for February 23, 2026
- Jan 22Referred to Banking, Commerce and Insurance CommitteeMinor
- Jan 21Kauth FA817 filedMinor
- Jan 20Date of introductionIntroduced
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