In an effort to make advocacy easy and accessible to all of our members, the Advocacy Committee Chair will be providing you all with a monthly call to action. This is a meaningful and impactful way for you to stay involved and advocate for important topics surrounding clinical social work in California.

2024 Mental Health Parity Rule has been rescinded by the Trump administration. Additionally, new rules are no longer available for public comment, making it difficult for all of us to voice our opinions. This rule would have resolved many of the issues that LCSWs have with reimbursement, coverage, long wait times for reimbursements, among other things.

What can you do? Reach out to your members of Congress.

Clinical Social Work Association has the following template available to make contacting your congress members more easily accessible.

“I am a licensed clinical social worker, a constituent, and a member of the Clinical Social Work Association. I am writing to ask you to oppose the intent of the Trump Administration to stop the 2024 Rule for the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Parity Act. For 16 years this Act has languished because passing meaningful rules has been opposed by insurers and the corporations that have become the groups that control our health care system. Please give our citizens the access to the mental health and addiction services they need by pushing for the passage of the 2024 MHPAEA Rule.”

Reach out to the advocacy committee chair for additional guidance and support

Veronica Yakovenko, LCSW
Advocacy Chair  
CSCSW

vytherapist@gmail.com