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Committee advances Social Work Licensure Compact bill; proponents say compact will improve licensure portability

2135543 · January 15, 2025
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Summary

The committee passed Senate Bill 163 as amended and recommitted it to appropriations. Supporters told the panel the compact will let social workers practice across state lines and increase telehealth and military family continuity.

Senator Kreider presented Senate Bill 163, the Social Work Licensure Compact, and asked the committee to adopt a stylistic amendment and to advance the bill to appropriations. Proponents described the compact as a multistate licensure mechanism to reduce barriers to practice and support telehealth and relocating practitioners.

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