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Committee pauses repeal of vocational‑rehab pre‑screening in S173, asks working group to study screening and adds apprenticeship language
Summary
The Commerce & Economic Development Committee decided April 15 to delay repealing vocational‑rehab pre‑screening and to ask a working group to study whether the screening process impedes access. The committee also accepted youth apprenticeship language to be added to S173.
The Vermont House Committee on Commerce & Economic Development agreed April 15 to hold off on repealing the initial pre‑screening used in the state’s vocational rehabilitation process and to have a working group study whether that screening helps or hinders timely access to services.
Office counsel Sophie told the committee the Senate‑origin bill S173 has limited changes in the current draft, most notably replacing the director of occupational health and safety on the working group with the commissioner of labor (or a designee) and specifying that the commissioner or designee would serve as chair of the group. Sophie also summarized proposed language from H8 803 to add youth apprenticeship provisions to the bill.
Committee members debated the merits of the pre‑screening…
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