LINCOLN, Nebraska ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - Donated medicine collected by Iowa’s SafeNetRx nonprofit is finally flowing back across its border with Nebraska in the nation’s first multistate prescription drug donation program, years in the making.

SafeNetRx CEO Jon Rosmann confirmed the Nebraska-Iowa partnership has been operational since July 1. The initial two-year contract between the nonprofit and Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, at $475,000 per year, follows Nebraska laws passed in 2024 and 2025 that allow unexpired, pharmacist-inspected medicine to flow back to Nebraska patients.

The program serves patients at or below 200% of the federal poverty line. For a family of four, that would be an annual household income up to $64,300.

“It’s all systems go,” Rosmann

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