This Committee tracks current legislation and legislative implementation, affecting the public and private sectors, which impacts the practice of Clinical Social Work in Illinois. The voting records and positions of elected officials and candidates, on relevant issues, will also be followed.

Key information will be shared with Society members. Items of importance will be detailed, and methods of intervention will be offered, to support members’ advocacy efforts.

The Committee will also forward information about legislative issues, which might merit public comment and/or intervention, to the board for further analysis and instruction.


On the Imperative of Clinical Social Work's Involvement in the Legislative Process
by Daniel M. Potter, MS, LCSW, BCD

Nancy McWilliams, PsyD writes:
[O] ne can regard the culture of ...  practitioners, as inherently subversive…Practicing therapists are all confronting the same phenomenon, the troubled human animal, and striving to find ways to relieve emotional misery, often in defiance of the pressures and demands of the surrounding culture.   
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