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Several MLPCA
Board members met recently in Jackson at Jo Anne Watson’s office to
prepare for the upcoming conference.
Top L-R: Walter Frazier, Jo Anne Watson, Phil Cooker, Debra Carr
Bottom L-R: Deb Wells, Stephanie Wilson, Kahne Simmons, Dawn Leach
Not pictured: Pam Stowers, Martha Rosado, Donna Sheperis
Letter from the President
Greetings to you! We have had a busy year with our biggest success being
the passage of SB2422 to make changes to the LPC licensure law. Thank you
to all
who were active in that process!!! There is a bill currently in Congress entitled
the “Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction
Equity Bill” AMHCA and ACA have worked at the national level to pass
this legislation. While each house passed a form of the bill, there is still
work to be done to pass the bill with similar wording in both houses and then
to get it signed by the President. Please contact your Federal legislators
to let them know your interest and desire for them to support the passage of
this bill.
MLPCA members have been active in planning to provide informative and interesting
continuing education at the MCA Convention, November 5-7, 2008. Some of the highlights
of conference include:
-
Three hour learning institute on Ethics provided by Phil Cooker,
PhD, Wednesday,
November 5.
- Nuts and Bolts of Private Practice- a panel discussion provided Thursday,
November
6.
- Legislative Update and Training will be held Thursday for all interested
in the latest legislative news and in participating in the legislative
process for Day
at the Capitol, February 3, 2009
- MLPCA Business Meeting will be 3:30 - 5:00
Thursday, November 6.
- MLPCA Reception 5:30 – 7:00 Thursday. Honorees
will be our lobbyists from Capitol Resources, LLC, Lee Ann Mayo and
Claire Hester and the legislators
who
worked on the bills for changes to our licensure law.
- LPC Licensure Board
will hold an open forum for your information. Timing to be
announced.
- Several Association Board members will also be providing trainings.
Please go to MCA website http://www.mscounselor.org to register for
convention as soon as possible and for hotel accommodation
information.
I look forward to seeing everyone at MCA Convention and especially
the MLPCA reception in November!
Warmest Regards,
Dawn M. Leach, LPC
Congratulations to these MLPCA members who were 2007 Award Recipients at
MCA Convention in Philadelphia!
- Clinical Mental Health Counselor of the Year – Issac Boose
- Public Service Counselor of the Year – Hollis Hall
- New Counselor of the Year – Lindsey Joiner
- Research Award – Laura Simpson
- Licensed Professional Counselor of the Year – Lela Weems
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