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FISCAL NOTE
House Bill 318
Committee: County & Municipal GovernmentSponsor: Representative Kenyatté Hassell
Analyst: Tiffany Weaver Date: 04/19/2024
House Bill 318 as passed the House of Representatives would allow the Alabama State Board of
Social Work Examiners to join the interstate Social Work Licensure Compact. The provisions of
this bill: (1) would increase the financial obligations of the Board by an undetermined amount
dependent on the amount of the annual assessment fee levied by the Social Work Licensure
Compact Commission on each member state to cover the costs of its operations, activities, staff,
and annual budget as authorized in the compact; (2) could decrease the amount of license fees
currently collected from out-of-state licensed social workers who decide to become licensed in
their home state and practice in Alabama under the multistate license by an estimated $13,000
annually; and (3) would increase receipts to the Board from fees imposed for multistate licenses
by an undetermined amount dependent upon the number of licenses issued and the fee amounts
set by the Board.
Further, this bill would increase the administrative obligations of the Board to submit
information to the commission's licensure database as provided for by the provisions of this bill.