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Committee reviews House amendment to S.173 on vocational rehabilitation and apprenticeships
Summary
The Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee reviewed a House amendment to S.173 that retains a Department of Labor form right to request vocational rehabilitation, adds apprenticeship language to align with Act 55, expands the working group and authorizes modest legislative reimbursements; advocates urged eliminating prescreening.
The Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee on a recent session reviewed a House amendment to S.173, the workers' compensation bill, focusing on vocational rehabilitation screening, working-group membership and a new apprenticeship-related section tied to Act 55.
Legislative counsel Sophie Sedatny told the committee the House kept one piece the Senate had proposed—adding language to the Department of Labor form that gives injured workers the right to request vocational rehabilitation services in the future if a work injury affects their ability to earn their pre-injury wage. She said the House did not adopt the Senate's earlier deletion of the initial screening requirement and also removed proposed clarifying language that had explicitly restated claimants’ right to initiate vocational rehabilitation services.
Sedatny said the House amendment changes working-group membership and structure:…
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