Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 71. Public Health and Welfare § 71-7107. Department of Health and Human Services; duties

(a) Provide office support to program activities;

(b) Provide necessary equipment for the program and participants;

(c) Provide staff support to the Critical Incident Stress Management Council;

(d) Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to implement the program;

(e) Recruit hospital personnel and emergency medical workers to be trained as critical incident stress management peers;

(f) Participate in the training and continuing education of such peers and mental health professionals; and

(g) Appoint a director for the program who shall be an employee of the department and shall be the chairperson of the Interagency Management Committee.

(a) Coordinate program activities and emergency response;

(b) Provide necessary equipment for the program and participants;

(c) Recruit hospital personnel and emergency medical workers to be trained as critical incident stress management peers;

(d) Participate in the training and continuing education of such peers and mental health professionals;

(e) Appoint a director for the program who shall be an employee of the department;

(f) Specify the organizational and operational goals for the program and provide overall policy direction for the program;

(g) Manage planning and budget development for the program;

(h) Manage program development and evaluation;

(i) Provide a mechanism for quality assurance that may include certification of critical incident stress management team members;

(j) Identify critical incident stress management regions; and

(k) Provide backup to regional critical incident stress management teams.