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Board hears overview of Social Work Compact as AB 427 moves through process
Summary
The Board of Behavioral Sciences heard a presentation on March 14 about the interstate Social Work Licensure Compact and how it would affect California practitioners if the Legislature and the state join the compact.
The Board of Behavioral Sciences heard a presentation on March 14 about the interstate Social Work Licensure Compact and how it would affect California practitioners if the Legislature and the state join the compact.
The board heard from Caitlin Bison, policy analyst at the National Center for Interstate Compacts, who explained that the compact creates a single ‘‘multistate’’ license issued by an applicant’s home state that authorizes practice in all member states. Bison described shared data systems, cross‑state investigative cooperation and joint investigative tools as the main public‑safety mechanisms built into compact models. Bison noted that 22 states already have enacted the…
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