Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 44. Insurance § 44-4206.02. Creditable coverage, defined

(1) Creditable coverage means, with respect to an individual, coverage of the individual under any of the following:

(2) Creditable coverage does not include any coverage that occurs before a significant break in coverage. For purposes of this section, a significant break in coverage means any period of sixty-three consecutive days during all of which the individual does not have any creditable coverage, except that neither a waiting period nor an affiliation period shall be taken into account in determining a significant break in coverage.

(3) Creditable coverage does not include coverage consisting solely of coverage of excepted benefits as that term is defined in the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 29 U.S.C. 1191b, and regulations adopted pursuant to the act and in effect on April 19, 1998.