NM HB50

Enacts the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact, allowing licensed social workers (clinical, master's, or bachelor's level) to practice across member states through a multistate license without obtaining separate licenses in each state

Creates the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission as a joint government agency to administer the compact, establish rules, maintain a data system for licensee information, and oversee compliance among member states

Requires multistate license applicants to pass a qualifying national exam, submit fingerprints for FBI criminal background checks, hold an unencumbered license in their home state, and meet continuing competence requirements

Clinical license applicants must complete at least 3,000 hours or two years of postgraduate supervised clinical practice and hold a master's degree in social work from an accredited program

Compact becomes effective when seven states enact it; member states may withdraw with 180 days' notice, and the commission can terminate states that fail to comply with compact requirements