The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council today (Tuesday, Oct. 27) has voted unanimously to restore protections for LGBTQ and disabled clients to Texas social workers’ code of conduct. The move ...

Texas social workers can now turn away LGBTQ clients and those with a disability. The state Board of Social Work Examiners voted unanimously to change a section of its code of conduct last week ...

The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council voted unanimously to restore protections for LGBTQ and disabled clients to Texas social workers’ code of conduct just two weeks after removing them.

In October 2020, Snopes readers asked for verification of news stories circulating online that reported a new rule in Texas would allow social workers in that state to refuse services to disabled ...

All students and field instructors in the social work program have the responsibility to be familiar with the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics. It is expected that all students, ...

The Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners recently changed its Code of Conduct to no longer prohibit social workers from turning away clients on the basis of disability, sexual orientation or ...

A state social workers group and LGBTQ advocates say they are alarmed by a state agency’s decision this week to strip LGBT and disability protections from its code of conduct. The concern comes after ...