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Senate panel backs a working group to study vocational rehabilitation in workers’ compensation
Summary
The Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee approved a redraft of S.173 that removes an initial screening step and creates a seven‑member vocational rehabilitation working group to study Vermont’s system and report recommendations to the legislature by Dec. 15; Department of Labor and advocates briefed members on costs and screening statistics.
The Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee on Thursday advanced a redraft of S.173 that would remove a statutory initial screening step for vocational rehabilitation in the workers’ compensation system and establish a seven‑member working group to study how vocational rehabilitation operates and recommend legislative changes.
The working group, as drafted, would include the director of workers’ compensation and safety (or a designee), two representatives on behalf of workers’ compensation claimants, two representatives on behalf of employees and insurance carriers, and two currently certified vocational rehabilitation counselors. It would be required to meet between Aug. 15 and Dec. 15 and deliver a written report with findings and recommendations to this committee and the House committee on commerce and economic development ahead of the…
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