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HB 270 Vocational rehabilitation counselors; certification.

Introduced by: Harvey B. Morgan | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Certain vocational rehabilitation counselors. Authorizes employees or independent contractors of the Commonwealth's agencies and sheltered workshops, who are currently exempt from obtaining Virginia certification as rehabilitation counselors unless they are providing vocational rehabilitation services through workers' compensation, to use the title "rehabilitation provider" or another similar title and to deliver vocational rehabilitation services under workers' compensation if they have obtained certification by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) as certified rehabilitation counselors (CRC) or by the Commission on Certification of Work Adjustment and Vocational Evaluation Specialists (CCWAVES) as certified vocational evaluation specialists (CVE). At this time, there is a disconnect between the required federal standard for delivery of services under the federal Rehabilitation Act through the Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS) and the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI) and the Virginia workers' compensation program. Federal authorities recognize national or state certification and Virginia workers' compensation law presently requires state certification for reimbursement. Thus, at this time, Virginia's public employees who hold national certification and work to assist individuals with disabilities to become employed or to maintain employment, cannot provide services to workers' compensation recipients unless they hold state certification. This provision eliminates this dual requirement.


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