New: Lawmakers and advocates are urging Texas regulators to reverse their decision to let social workers turn away clients who are LGBTQ or have a disability. bit.ly/35tdaxd
The social worker regulatory board unanimously voted last week to revise a section of its code of conduct that lays out when a social worker can refuse to serve someone.
The code will no longer prohibit social workers from discriminating on the basis of a disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Gov. Greg Abbott’s office recommended the change, board members said, because the nondiscrimination protections went further than those laid out in state law.
There is currently no law in Texas that protects LGBTQ people from discrimination.
There is currently no law in Texas that protects LGBTQ people from discrimination.
“This flies in the face of everything that we’ve been taught, everything that we’ve been trained, everything that exists in our national code of conduct and our code of ethics,” said state Rep. Diego Bernal, D-San Antonio, who is also a social worker. bit.ly/35tdaxd
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