Nebraska’s Revision of Safe Haven Law
November 26, 2008 by Marcie
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
The revised safe haven law will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Saturday December 1. The new law states that parents can only drop off children who are 30 days or younger.
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says the revised law protects only newborn babies like the law was originally supposed to.
Although lawmakers approved the revision they do know they have a bigger problem with mental health care and human services.
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[...] Last week I shared my worries about Nebraska’s Safe Haven law, and the numerous children whose parents were driving them to Nebraska hospitals from all over the country. (To my understanding, Nebraska has since taken action to stop this in the form of revising the law so that only children who are 30 days or younger are eligible.) [...]