2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 92
Commending the Virginia Society for Clinical Social Workers.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 28, 2026
Agreed to by the Senate, February 5, 2026
WHEREAS, for 50 years, the Virginia Society for Clinical Social Workers has provided advocacy and expertise to its members and promoted the highest standards of professional education and clinical social work practice throughout the Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Society for Clinical Social Workers was founded in 1976 by a small group of clinical social workers in Richmond; under the leadership of its first president, Henry Morris, the organization quickly began working toward the passage of a Virginia social work licensure bill that same year; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Society for Clinical Social Workers subsequently supported the passage of a vendorship law, which mandated that health insurance companies reimburse clinical social workers for their services, and the passage of a bill establishing parity with psychiatrists and psychologists in the provision of independently practiced mental health services; and
WHEREAS, in 1991, the Virginia Society for Clinical Social Workers merged four chapters across the Commonwealth into a single statewide organization with Wayne Martin as president; and
WHEREAS, in 2011, the Virginia Society for Clinical Social Workers, led by legislative vice president Rick Goodling, worked with state officials to successfully support social work title protection legislation, which made it unlawful for individuals not licensed by the Board of Social Work to use the term social worker; and