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  "_schema": {
    "about": "Social work licensing requirements per US jurisdiction, for the FIRST credential an MSW graduate holds in that jurisdiction.",
    "nullRule": "null means we have not read that figure off the board's own page. It never means zero. Do not substitute a default, an average or another state's number.",
    "attribution": "Social Work Test Prep Academy is not affiliated with any state licensing board or with ASWB. We read each board's published pages and record what they say; the board's page is the source of record. Requirements change.",
    "fields": {
      "abbr": "Two-letter USPS code, uppercase.",
      "name": "Jurisdiction name.",
      "url": "Absolute URL of the human-readable page.",
      "json": "Absolute URL of the full record for this jurisdiction.",
      "checked": "true when we have read this board's own pages and published the record. false means no data yet, not \"no requirements\".",
      "firstCredential": "The first credential an MSW graduate holds here (abbreviation, title, and the ASWB exam category needed to hold it: \"none\" when it is issued without one, null when an exam applies but no board rule names its level, or when the sources disagree on whether one applies).",
      "examRequiredFirst": "true when the ASWB exam gates that first credential. false when the jurisdiction licenses or registers you first and the exam comes later (Michigan, California, Florida, Illinois). null when there is no yes-or-no ASWB answer; examOrderReason says why.",
      "examOrderReason": "Why examRequiredFirst is null (null when it is true or false). \"applicant\": the rule turns on the applicant (Connecticut's degree-date cutoff, Minnesota's provisional route, Colorado's jurisprudence exam). \"provider_unconfirmed\": an exam comes first but the rule names only one approved by the board, not ASWB (Louisiana). \"unchecked\": we have not read the board, or the first rung (Nebraska PCMSW). \"sources_conflict\": the primary sources disagree on whether the exam applies, so neither reading is stated (no jurisdiction today). The per-state JSON `summary` states the rule.",
      "knownFeesUsd": "Sum of ONLY the fixed fees the board publishes for that first credential, in US dollars. null when it publishes none. A level-dependent ASWB exam fee (a fee line with amount_by_level) is never in it; it is charged in addition.",
      "hours": "Plain-language supervised-hour requirement on the path, or the not-checked sentence.",
      "lastChecked": "ISO date WE last read the board pages behind this record. It is not a board review, approval or sign-off.",
      "compactMember": "true when the jurisdiction has enacted the Social Work Licensure Compact. null when not checked.",
      "compactStatus": "Social Work Licensure Compact status: \"enacted\", \"pending_legislation\" or \"no_active_legislation\", with the page it was read from and the ISO date checked. null when not checked.",
      "compactLicenses": "Whether multistate compact licenses are being issued anywhere yet, with the compact's own statement quoted and the ISO date checked.",
      "ladder": "Every rung of the licensure ladder in order. `exam` is the ASWB category required to HOLD that rung (\"none\" = no ASWB exam; null = an exam applies but no board rule names its level); `supervised` means practice only under supervision. Optional: `examChoice` (\"board\" | \"applicant\") says who picks from a multi-level `exam`; `checked: false` marks a rung we have not read a record for (not checked yet, never another license's steps); `examProvider: \"unconfirmed\"` marks a rule that names only an exam approved by the board, so ASWB is not asserted.",
      "fees": "The board's own fee lines for the first credential, each with the page it was read from. amount_usd is null when the board does not publish the amount (counted in unknownFeeCount), or when conflict is true: the sources state different amounts, so neither is used (counted in conflictFeeCount, never in knownFeesUsd). A line with amount_by_level is an ASWB exam fee that depends on the level, kept out of knownFeesUsd.",
      "aswbExam": "The exam for the first credential: level (null when no rule names it) and fee. provider \"unconfirmed\" when the rule names only an exam approved by the board, not ASWB. null when the credential is issued without an exam or its rung is not checked yet.",
      "supervision": "The supervised-experience package on the path, each figure with its own source page. A figure the board does not publish is null, and so is one with conflict: true, where the sources state different figures and neither is used (the hours line says it is not confirmed).",
      "applicationSequence": "The board's published order of operations, in the board's own terms.",
      "sources": "The board and statute pages this record was read from.",
      "records": "The raw rulebook records for this jurisdiction, unmodified.",
      "dataProblems": "Every field we could not state plainly, one entry per field: `credential` is the record it belongs to, `path` the field inside that record, `kind` why (unchecked, unpublished, not_applicable, conflict, stale_source, no_single_total), `note` the specifics, `sources` what each source says, verbatim, `askTheBoard` the question to put to the board (or null), `checked` the ISO date we read them. Empty when there are none."
    }
  },
  "abbr": "NE",
  "name": "Nebraska",
  "url": "https://www.socialworktestprepacademy.com/licensing/ne",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "checked": true,
  "lastChecked": "2026-09-27",
  "board": {
    "name": "Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Licensure Unit (Mental Health Practice Act / Uniform Credentialing Act)",
    "url": "https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/pages/mental-health-and-social-work-practice.aspx"
  },
  "firstCredential": {
    "abbr": "PCMSW",
    "title": "Provisional Certification as a Master Social Worker (held while the 3,000 CMSW hours accrue; expires at 5 years)",
    "rung": "supervisee",
    "exam": null
  },
  "examRequiredFirst": null,
  "examOrderReason": "unchecked",
  "summary": "Nebraska: the PCMSW is not checked yet. See the board's page for its steps.",
  "aswbExam": null,
  "knownFeesUsd": null,
  "unknownFeeCount": 0,
  "conflictFeeCount": 0,
  "fees": [],
  "supervision": null,
  "hours": "Supervised hours not checked yet",
  "compactMember": true,
  "compactNote": null,
  "compactStatus": {
    "status": "enacted",
    "sourceUrl": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
    "checkedOn": "2026-09-27"
  },
  "compactLicenses": {
    "issued": false,
    "statement": "The Social Work Licensure Compact has been enacted in at least seven states and has reached activation status, however multistate licenses are not yet being issued. The implementation process for the compact will take 12 to 24 months before multistate licenses are able to issued.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://swcompact.org/",
    "checkedOn": "2026-10-18"
  },
  "applicationSequence": [],
  "ladder": [
    {
      "rung": "bachelors",
      "abbr": "CSW",
      "title": "Certified Social Worker (baccalaureate or master's degree in social work plus an application; the Department lists it as 'no exam required') (whether practice is supervised was not read on a primary page)",
      "exam": "none",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-2128"
    },
    {
      "rung": "supervisee",
      "abbr": "PCMSW",
      "title": "Provisional Certification as a Master Social Worker (held while the 3,000 CMSW hours accrue; expires at 5 years)",
      "exam": null,
      "supervised": true,
      "source": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-2129",
      "checked": false
    },
    {
      "rung": "masters",
      "abbr": "CMSW",
      "title": "Certified Master Social Worker (3,000 supervised hours; ASWB Masters, Advanced Generalist, or Clinical exam at the applicant's choice; social work title only, no mental health therapy without an MHP license)",
      "exam": "Masters, Advanced Generalist, or Clinical",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-2128",
      "examChoice": "applicant"
    },
    {
      "rung": "clinical",
      "abbr": "LIMHP + CMSW",
      "title": "Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner with the Certified Master Social Worker certificate (Nebraska has no LCSW license)",
      "exam": "Clinical",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/H8310/R172.0094-2021.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Licensure Unit (Mental Health Practice Act / Uniform Credentialing Act) · CMSW applicant resources",
      "url": "https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/pages/mental-health-and-social-work-practice.aspx"
    },
    {
      "label": "172 NAC 94 (Independent Mental Health Practitioners, Mental Health Practitioners, Marriage and Family Therapists, Professional Counselors, and Social Workers)",
      "url": "http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/H8310/R172.0094-2021.pdf"
    },
    {
      "label": "Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) / Master Social Worker (CMSW) Application",
      "url": "https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/documents/IndependentMHPLicenseApp.pdf"
    },
    {
      "label": "Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2128 (certified master social worker; qualifications)",
      "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-2128"
    },
    {
      "label": "Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2129 (provisional certification as master social worker)",
      "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-2129"
    },
    {
      "label": "CMSW fees · ASWB examination (fee depends on the level you choose)",
      "url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Social Work Licensure Compact · member jurisdictions",
      "url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2124 (independent mental health practitioner; qualifications)",
      "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-2124"
    }
  ],
  "records": [
    {
      "state": {
        "name": "Nebraska",
        "postal_code": "NE"
      },
      "license_target": {
        "track": "masters",
        "title": "Certified Master Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "CMSW"
      },
      "board": {
        "name": "Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Licensure Unit (Mental Health Practice Act / Uniform Credentialing Act)",
        "source_url": "https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/pages/mental-health-and-social-work-practice.aspx"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "Certified Master Social Worker certificate only, no MHP or LIMHP license (full-term amount; $31.25 if issued March to August of an even-numbered year)",
          "amount_usd": 125,
          "source_url": "https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/documents/IndependentMHPLicenseApp.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "ASWB examination (fee depends on the level you choose)",
          "amount_usd": null,
          "amount_by_level": {
            "Masters": 230,
            "Advanced Generalist": 260,
            "Clinical": 260
          },
          "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        }
      ],
      "application_sequence": [
        "Hold a master's or doctoral degree in social work from an approved program (Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2128(1)(a); 172 NAC 94-007.05).",
        "Before accruing hours, obtain a Provisional Certification as a Master Social Worker (PCMSW); it expires on CMSW certification or 5 years after issuance, whichever comes first (Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2129).",
        "Complete at least 3,000 hours of social work experience after the degree, supervised by a certified master social worker (Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2128(1)(b); 172 NAC 94-008.01(C)).",
        "Pass the ASWB Masters, Advanced Generalist, or Clinical examination, applicant's choice, when applying for the certificate only (172 NAC 94-010.02(C)(ii)).",
        "Apply for the Certified Master Social Worker certificate (Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2128(1)(d); 172 NAC 94-005)."
      ],
      "aswb_exam": {
        "level": "Masters, Advanced Generalist, or Clinical",
        "fee_usd": null,
        "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "supervision_requirement": {
        "experience_hours": {
          "value": 3000,
          "source_url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-2128",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "client_contact_hours": null,
        "supervision_hours": null,
        "minimum_months": null,
        "maximum_months": null,
        "notes": [
          "Nebraska issues no license titled LMSW or LCSW. The Certified Master Social Worker (CMSW) is a title-protection certificate under the Mental Health Practice Act. The Department's application states that a CMSW who does not hold a Nebraska mental health practice license 'cannot provide mental health therapy; you may ONLY provide social work activities.'",
          "The 3,000 supervised hours come from Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2128(1)(b). 172 NAC 94-005 lists only the transcript and education documents for a standalone certificate, but it applies the requirements of 38-2128. A learner accrues the hours under a Provisional Certification as a Master Social Worker (38-2129).",
          "No cumulative supervision-hours figure or calendar window is published for the standalone certificate; the provisional certification's 5-year expiry (38-2129(2)) is the only time limit.",
          "Fees are prorated to the biennial cycle: every Nebraska credential expires September 1 of each even-numbered year (172 NAC 94-011)."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": [
        "A certified master social worker, or a person with a current similar credential or certification in another jurisdiction (172 NAC 94-008.01(C); Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2128(1)(b))."
      ],
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "Certified Master Social Worker application",
          "source_url": "https://onestop.nebraska.gov/certified-master-social-worker"
        }
      ],
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": {
        "source_url": "http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/H8310/R172.0094-2021.pdf",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27",
        "summary": "172 NAC 94-006: an applicant may qualify by reciprocity by meeting the same license/certificate requirements as an initial applicant, or, if in active practice under an equivalent credential for at least 5 years following initial licensure elsewhere, by passing only the Nebraska jurisprudence examination instead."
      },
      "compact_status": {
        "member": true,
        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "172 NAC 94 (Independent Mental Health Practitioners, Mental Health Practitioners, Marriage and Family Therapists, Professional Counselors, and Social Workers)",
          "url": "http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/H8310/R172.0094-2021.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) / Master Social Worker (CMSW) Application",
          "url": "https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/documents/IndependentMHPLicenseApp.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "Mental Health and Social Work Practice - DHHS Nebraska",
          "url": "https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/pages/mental-health-and-social-work-practice.aspx"
        },
        {
          "label": "Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2128 (certified master social worker; qualifications)",
          "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-2128"
        },
        {
          "label": "Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2129 (provisional certification as master social worker)",
          "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-2129"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": {
        "name": "Nebraska",
        "postal_code": "NE"
      },
      "license_target": {
        "track": "clinical",
        "title": "Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner with the Certified Master Social Worker certificate",
        "abbreviation": "LIMHP + CMSW"
      },
      "board": {
        "name": "Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Licensure Unit (Mental Health Practice Act / Uniform Credentialing Act)",
        "source_url": "https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/pages/mental-health-and-social-work-practice.aspx"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "LIMHP initial license, applicant without an active Nebraska LMHP (full-term amount; $38.75 if issued March to August of an even-numbered year)",
          "amount_usd": 155,
          "source_url": "https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/documents/IndependentMHPLicenseApp.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "Master Social Worker (CMSW) certification combined with an MHP or Independent MHP license",
          "amount_usd": 50,
          "source_url": "https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/documents/IndependentMHPLicenseApp.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "ASWB Clinical examination",
          "amount_usd": 260,
          "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        }
      ],
      "application_sequence": [
        "Hold a Provisional Mental Health Practitioner license (master's, doctoral, or equivalent degree) (172 NAC 94-003.01).",
        "Complete the supervised experience required for the Mental Health Practitioner license under Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2122 (172 NAC 94-003.02, 94-003.03).",
        "Apply for the Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) license; an applicant with a social-work degree must pass the ASWB Clinical examination (172 NAC 94-003.04, 94-010.02(D)(ii)).",
        "To add the Master Social Worker (CMSW) certificate to the MHP/LIMHP license, complete at least 3,000 hours of supervised experience under a licensed independent clinical social worker or licensed clinical social worker, with a minimum of 1 hour/week face-to-face evaluative contact (172 NAC 94-009.05, 94-003.05(A)).",
        "Pass the ASWB Clinical examination for the combined MHP/Independent MHP license and Master Social Worker certificate (172 NAC 94-010.02(C)(i))."
      ],
      "aswb_exam": {
        "level": "Clinical",
        "fee_usd": 260,
        "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "supervision_requirement": {
        "experience_hours": {
          "value": 3000,
          "source_url": "http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/H8310/R172.0094-2021.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "client_contact_hours": null,
        "supervision_hours": {
          "value": null,
          "source_url": "http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/H8310/R172.0094-2021.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27",
          "notes": "172 NAC 94-009.05(D) sets a rate, not a total: at least 1 hour per week of evaluative face-to-face supervision."
        },
        "minimum_months": null,
        "maximum_months": null,
        "notes": [
          "Nebraska issues no LCSW license. This clinical record is our modeling, not a Nebraska title: the Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) license carries diagnosis and treatment of major mental illness without supervision, and the Certified Master Social Worker certificate carries the social work title. The Department's page notes that adding a certification 'allows you to use a different title - it does not offer a different scope of practice/activity.' 172 NAC 94-010.02(C)(i) requires the ASWB Clinical examination for an MHP or LIMHP license combined with the master social work certificate.",
          "Two 3,000-hour requirements apply and the sources do not say whether they may overlap: the LIMHP license needs 3,000 hours supervised by a licensed physician, licensed psychologist, or LIMHP, half with clients diagnosed with major mental illness or disorder (Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2124(1)(a)(iii)); the master social work certificate added to an MHP or LIMHP license needs 3,000 hours under a licensed independent clinical social worker or licensed clinical social worker (172 NAC 94-009.05(A)).",
          "172 NAC 94-009.05(D) sets a rate, not a total: 'Evaluative face-to-face contact for a minimum of 1 hour per week between the supervisee and supervisor.' No cumulative supervision-hours figure or calendar window is published, so those fields stay null.",
          "An applicant who already holds an active Nebraska LMHP pays $50 for the LIMHP instead of $155 (same fee chart)."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": [
        "For the master social work certificate combined with an MHP or LIMHP license: a licensed independent clinical social worker or licensed clinical social worker (172 NAC 94-009.05).",
        "For the LIMHP license hours: a licensed physician, a licensed psychologist, or a licensed independent mental health practitioner (Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2124(1)(a)(iii); 172 NAC 94-008.01(A))."
      ],
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) / Master Social Worker (CMSW) Application",
          "source_url": "https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/documents/IndependentMHPLicenseApp.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": {
        "source_url": "http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/H8310/R172.0094-2021.pdf",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27",
        "summary": "172 NAC 94-006: an applicant may qualify by reciprocity by meeting the same license/certificate requirements as an initial applicant, or, if in active practice under an equivalent credential for at least 5 years following initial licensure elsewhere, by passing only the Nebraska jurisprudence examination instead."
      },
      "compact_status": {
        "member": true,
        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "172 NAC 94 (Independent Mental Health Practitioners, Mental Health Practitioners, Marriage and Family Therapists, Professional Counselors, and Social Workers)",
          "url": "http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/H8310/R172.0094-2021.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) / Master Social Worker (CMSW) Application",
          "url": "https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/documents/IndependentMHPLicenseApp.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-2124 (independent mental health practitioner; qualifications)",
          "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-2124"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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}