HB346 Summary

• Authorizes the Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners to charge and collect fees for verifying current licenses, reactivating inactive licenses, reinstating lapsed licenses, applying to be a continuing education provider, and registering supervisors.

• Exempts state agencies from paying fees for verifying licensure status of current or prospective employees, registering employees as supervisors, or providing continuing education to employees.

• Updates license category names from "licensed graduate" to "licensed master" social workers and from "licensed certified independent clinical" to reflect current terminology.

• Changes regulatory language from "promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the State Alabama Administrative Procedures Statute" to "adopt rules...pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act."

• Became effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor on April 22, 2021.