Will Francis James Russell | Contributing Writerjames.journo@gmail.com 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 the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, which licenses and oversees social workers, and the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council, which oversees multiple health care licensing boards, voted unanimously on Monday, Oct.
12, on the change. Under the approved language, a social worker may decline to serve someone because of a disability as well as because of the person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.