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The NASW Legal Defense Fund has published a new legal update examining how the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Chiles v. Salazar is beginning to influence other cases involving licensed mental health professionals. The update focuses on Brokamp v. District of Columbia, where a federal court applied Chiles to hold that, under the specific facts presented, the District could not require a Virginia-licensed counselor to obtain a D.C. license before providing teletherapy to clients located in the District. Although the decision is narrow and does not change licensing requirements for social workers, it is the first significant example of ...

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2026 06 03 website newsletter on NASW Bylaws proposed changes Kansas AND Iowa Proposed changes to the NASW Bylaws The NASW Delegate Assembly meets every three years and is scheduled to meet again this fall.  The NASW Delegate Assembly is the body charged with amending the NASW Bylaws.  Any amendments to the NASW Bylaws must be approved by the NASW Delegate Assembly. NASW Proposed Bylaw Amendments Open for Member Comment Amendments are now available for member comment on the NASW website. Click on link below to view and comment on all Proposed Amendments to the NASW Bylaws https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Governa...

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A new edition of the NASW Practice Standards for Serious Illness Care: Hospice and Palliative Care Social Work is now available. Here’s a link to a PDF of the practice standards: https://www.socialworkers.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=AIINn4ZBnME%3d&portalid=0 Printed copies of this publication and other NASW practice standards can be purchased from the NASW Press: https://www.naswpress.org/search/standards

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The Association of Social Work Boards, the Clinical Social Work Association, and the National Association of Social Workers have ex officio members on the Executive Committee of the Social Work Compact Commission and are the authors of this document. On April 12, 2024, the Social Work Interstate Compact officially got off the ground after the Compact bill passed in seven state legislatures. State Commissioners were nominated in the Summer of 2024, with the inaugural meeting of the Commission in September 2024 and the Executive Committee began meeting in February of 2025.   1. When will states begin issuing multi-state licenses thro...

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