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Senate advances injured-worker reemployment measure after extensive testimony, 18-9
Summary
After hours of testimony from claimants, the Industrial Commission and business groups, the Senate in committee-of-the-whole advanced Senate Bill 9 to the third-reading calendar by a recorded vote; the bill seeks to strengthen vocational rehabilitation and create a coordinator position under the Industrial Commission.
The Utah Senate moved Senate Bill 9, the Utah Injured Worker Reemployment Act, forward after a lengthy committee-of-the-whole hearing that included testimony from claimants' attorneys, industrial-commission officials and business and labor representatives.
Advocates, including claimant's attorney Jenks Dabney, presented national and state data and argued that spending on vocational rehabilitation pays off over time. "Not a single state argued or concluded that money spent for rehabilitation was in any way unwise," Dabney said,…
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