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Aging and Disability Services defends plan to move driver‑training staff to DMV, outlines cuts to fall‑prevention and workers' rehab programs
Summary
Amy Porter, commissioner of the Department of Aging and Disability Services, told the Human Services Subcommittee that three driver‑training staff will move to the Department of Motor Vehicles to keep disability expertise with the program and that the agency will support DMV through the transfer.
Amy Porter, commissioner of the Department of Aging and Disability Services, told the Human Services Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee that the agency plans to transfer the department’s three‑person driver‑training team to the Department of Motor Vehicles so DMV can better serve applicants with disabilities.
“The Department of Motor Vehicles needs to be and wants to be accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities,” Porter said. She said the transfer involves three filled positions — a supervisor and two driver‑training inspectors — and that ADS staff will support DMV during the transition so disability knowledge moves with the staff.
Porter acknowledged past problems when DMV previously held the program and was…
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