MN HF4049

Creates a Social Work Licensure Compact allowing regulated social workers to practice across member states with a single multistate license rather than obtaining multiple individual state licenses.

Establishes the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission as a joint government agency composed of member states to oversee implementation, develop rules, maintain a data system tracking licensees and disciplinary information, and resolve disputes.

Sets eligibility requirements for states to participate (license social work at clinical, master's, or bachelor's level; require accredited degree programs; mandate supervised practice for clinical licensure; establish complaint mechanisms) and for social workers to obtain multistate licenses (pass qualifying national exam, maintain active unencumbered home state license, submit fingerprints for criminal history check).

Provides that multistate-licensed social workers must comply with the laws and standards of the remote state where services are provided; allows remote states to take enforcement action against multistate authorization in that state only, while only home states can sanction the multistate license itself.

Establishes the compact becomes effective when enacted by seven states ("charter member states"), allows states to withdraw with 180 days' notice, and specifies that member states remain bound by investigative and reporting requirements for six months after withdrawal.