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Legislative Updates
State Updates
Save the Date: The Chapter's Legislative Action Committee (LAC) will host the 2024 NASW-WA Policy Conference on Monday, February 19, 2024 in Olympia. This year, we will offer an in-person opportunity to learn about the policy process in Washington and discuss NASW-WA's policy priorities for 2024.
The LAC will meet on December 16th to identify additional bills of interest that fall under the legislative priority areas of social work professional issues, mental health/SUD, social justice, economic justice and other issues of interest. The Chapter worked to secure sponsorship of the social work compact. To find out more about the compact, go to swcompact.org. As bills are prefiled during the month of December, the Chapter will add bills to our website and share with chapter members.
DOH Committee Recruitment Notice: Mental Health Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Social Workers Advisory Committee
The Department of Health (DOH) is recruiting to fill an upcoming professional vacancy as well as a public member vacancy on the Washington State Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Social Workers Advisory Committee. The committee provides advice to the secretary of health on issues related to licensees’ practice. The secretary appoints all committee members.
Current vacancies on the committee:
- One advanced social worker (there is an immediate vacancy for an LASW, don’t apply if you are an LICSW)
- One mental health counselor
- One marriage & family therapist
- One public member
For more information about the recruitment notice, click here.
National Updates
You can advocate via NASW’s action alerts, here. Action alerts that are currently open include:
- COMPLETE Care Act (S. 1378/H.R. 5819)
- Integrating Social Workers Across Health Care Settings Act (H.R. 4638)
- More Social Workers (MSWs) in Libraries Act (H.R. 3006)
- Community Mental Wellness and Resilience Act (S. 1452/H.R. 3073)
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