SB74,13,15 457.09 (4) (b) 2. One year of social work employment that involves direct practice with clients and that is supervised by a social worker certified under this subchapter who has a bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work.

SB74,39 Section 39. 457.24 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB74,13,23 457.24 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), a person licensed as a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or professional counselor under this subchapter or who is exercising the professional counselor privilege to practice in this state may not practice clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, or professional counseling unless he or she has in effect professional liability insurance. The examining board shall promulgate rules establishing the minimum amount of insurance required under this subsection.

SB74,40 Section 40. 457.25 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 457.25 (1r).

SB74,41 Section 41. 457.25 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB74,14,3 457.25 (1g) In this section, “credential holder” includes an individual practicing under a multistate authorization to practice.

SB74,42 Section 42. 457.26 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB74,14,10 457.26 (2) (intro.) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1), the appropriate section of the examining board may reprimand a credential holder or an individual practicing under a multistate authorization to practice or deny, limit, suspend, or revoke a credential under this subchapter or a multistate authorization to practice if it finds that the applicant or credential holder or individual has done any of the following:

SB74,43 Section 43. Subchapter III of chapter 457 [precedes 457.70] of the statutes is created to read:

SB74,14,13 CHAPTER 457

SB74,14,14 SUBCHAPTER III

SB74,14,15 SOCIAL WORK LICENSURE COMPACT

SB74,14,21 457.70 Social work licensure compact. (1) Purpose. The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of regulated social workers by improving public access to competent social work services. The compact preserves the regulatory authority of states to protect public health and safety through the current system of state licensure. This compact is designed to achieve the following objectives:

SB74,14,22 (a) Increase public access to social work services;

SB74,14,24 (b) Reduce overly burdensome and duplicative requirements associated with holding multiple licenses;

SB74,15,2 (c) Enhance the member states’ ability to protect the public’s health and safety;

SB74,15,4 (d) Encourage the cooperation of member states in regulating multistate practice;

SB74,15,7 (e) Promote mobility and address workforce shortages by eliminating the necessity for licenses in multiple states by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses;

SB74,15,8 (f) Support military families;

SB74,15,10 (g) Facilitate the exchange of licensure and disciplinary information among member states;

SB74,15,14 (h) Authorize all member states to hold a regulated social worker accountable for abiding by a member state’s laws, regulations, and applicable professional standards in the member state in which the client is located at the time care is rendered; and

SB74,15,16 (i) Allow for the use of telehealth to facilitate increased access to regulated social work services.

SB74,15,18 (2) Definitions. As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply:

SB74,15,21 (a) “Active military member” means any individual with full-time duty status in the active armed forces of the United States including members of the national guard and reserve.

SB74,16,5 (b) “Adverse action” means any administrative, civil, equitable or criminal action permitted by a state’s laws which is imposed by a licensing authority or other authority against a regulated social worker, including actions against an individual’s license or multistate authorization to practice such as revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the licensee, limitation on the licensee’s practice, or any other encumbrance on licensure affecting a regulated social worker’s authorization to practice, including issuance of a cease and desist action.

SB74,16,8 (c) “Alternative program” means a nondisciplinary monitoring or practice remediation process approved by a licensing authority to address practitioners with an impairment.

SB74,16,11 (d) “Charter member states” means member states who have enacted legislation to adopt this compact where such legislation predates the effective date of this compact as described in sub. (14).

SB74,16,15 (e) “Compact commission” or “commission” means the government agency whose membership consists of all states that have enacted this compact, which is known as the social work licensure compact commission, as described in sub. (10), and which shall operate as an instrumentality of the member states.

SB74,16,16 (f) “Current significant investigative information” means: