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Committee hears support for Social Work Licensure Compact to ease workforce mobility
Summary
Supporters told the House Human Services Committee that House Bill 1035 would adopt the Social Work Licensure Compact to make licensure portable across member states and help address workforce shortages for social workers; multiple health, military and child‑welfare organizations testified in support.
Senator Mike Wabam, vice chair of the Interim Workforce Development Committee, opened the House Human Services Committee hearing on House Bill 1035, which would create Chapter 43-41.1 of the North Dakota Century Code to adopt the Social Work Licensure Compact.
Senator Wabam said the compact is intended to “reduce the burdens and the obstacles to workforce development in the state” and to make licensure portability easier for social workers who relocate or provide cross‑state services.
Supporters from health care, military and child‑welfare organizations told the committee the compact would help address chronic workforce shortages and maintain…
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