ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION - 2025
COMMITTEE STATEMENT
LB257
Hearing Date: Friday February 07, 2025
Committee On: Health and Human Services
Introducer: Quick
One Liner: Change reciprocity provisions for credentialing of marriage and family therapists
Roll Call Vote - Final Committee Action:
Advanced to General File
Vote Results:
Aye: 7 Senators Hardin, Ballard, Fredrickson, Hansen, Meyer, Quick, Riepe
Nay:
Absent:
Present Not Voting:
Testimony:
Proponents: Representing:
Senator Dan Quick Opening Presenter
Anne Buettner NE Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Adrian Martin NE Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Heidi Applegarth NE Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Opponents: Representing:
Neutral: Representing:
* ADA Accommodation Written Testimony
Summary of purpose and/or changes:
LB 257 allows marriage and family therapists from another jurisdiction to be issued a Nebraska license.
Sec. 1: Current reciprocity provisions are changed. DHHS is required, with the recommendation of the Board of
Mental Health Practice, to issue a license to a marriage and family therapist based on a licensure in another
jurisdiction to an individual who: has a valid, independent, and unrestricted license as a marriage and family therapist
in another state or territory; completes an application and pays all applicable fees; and has passed the Nebraska
jurisprudence examination.
Sec. 2: Current requirements for a certified marriage and family counselor are changed. DHHS, with the
recommendation of the Board of Mental Health Practice, is required to issue a certificate to a marriage and family
therapist based on licensure in another jurisdiction to an individual who: has a valid, independent, and unrestricted
license as a marriage and family therapist in another state or territory; completes an application and pays all
applicable fees; and has passed the Nebraska jurisprudence examination.
Committee Statement: LB257
Health and Human Services Committee
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Brian Hardin, Chairperson
Committee Statement: LB257
Health and Human Services Committee
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