Bill Text: VA HB2146 | 2023 | Regular Session | Chaptered

Virginia House Bill 2146 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Licensure by reciprocity; Bd. of Social Work to examine licensure w/other jurisdictions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627) [HB2146 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2023-HB2146-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 627 An Act to direct the Board of Social Work to convene a workgroup to examine the feasibility of licensure by reciprocity with other jurisdictions; report. [H 2146] Approved March 26, 2023

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Virginia Board of Social Work (the Board) shall convene a workgroup to examine the feasibility of licensure by reciprocity with other jurisdictions. The workgroup shall also examine the effectiveness of the Board's current licensure by endorsement provisions and shall examine the possibility of joining the Social Work Compact when that Compact becomes operational. The Board shall submit a report to the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023.