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Senate committee advances bill to broaden vocational‑rehabilitation access, creates working group
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted Feb. 27 to advance S.173, which eliminates an initial screening step in workers' compensation vocational rehabilitation and establishes a stakeholder working group; the Department of Labor said it can absorb modest costs.
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to report S.173 favorably to the full Senate after a discussion about vocational rehabilitation access for workers' compensation claimants.
Senator Paige Robbinsdale, introducing the measure, said the bill removes an initial screening that can delay or block claimants from vocational rehabilitation and creates a legislative working group so “people know of their rights to access vocational rehabilitation” more proactively. The sponsor and other…
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