FL H0099

Creates s. 491.022, F.S., enacting the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact, which allows licensed social workers (clinical, master's, or bachelor's level) holding a multistate license issued by their home state to practice across all member states without obtaining separate licenses in each state.

Establishes the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact Commission as a joint governmental agency of member states, with one delegate per state, empowered to adopt binding rules, maintain a coordinated data system for licensee information, and oversee compact administration and enforcement.

Requires multistate license applicants to hold an active, unencumbered home state license, pass a qualifying national exam, submit fingerprints for criminal background checks, and meet education and supervised practice requirements (e.g., minimum 3,000 hours or 2 years of supervised clinical practice for clinical-category licensure).

Authorizes member states to take adverse action against a licensee's multistate authorization to practice within their jurisdiction, requires home states to deactivate a licensee's multistate privileges in all member states if the multistate license is encumbered, and mandates reporting of adverse actions to the data system.

Takes effect contingent upon enactment of the compact into law by seven states, and requires the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling to appoint Florida's delegate to the commission.