McDaniel, Durward K., national representative, American Council of the Lowman, Edward W., M.D., of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Rusk, Howard, director, Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine_ Ferris, Milton, chairman, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Cannon, Hon. Howard W., a U.S. Senator from the State of Nevada____. Cohen, Milton, executive director, Federation of the Handicapped--- Ferris, Milton, chairman, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Goldstein, Dr. Robert, president, American Speech and Hearing Associa- ation, accompanied by Frederick Spahr, deputy executive secretary-. Javits, Hon. Jacob K., a U.S. Senator from the State of New York__. Lowman, Edward W., M.D., of the American Congress of Rehabilitation McDaniel, Durward K., national representative, American Council of 687 706 841 862 350 133 651 Prepared statement_ 668 Mills, Craig, president, Council of State Administrators_ 862 Prepared statement_-_. 867 Nagle, John P., chief of the Washington office, National Federation of 631 Prepared statement (with attachment) 635 Rader, Dr. Dan, assistant commissioner for management analysis and program development, North Carolina Department of Mental Health, representing the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, accompanied by Harry Schnibbe, executive director, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, and Clarke Ross, assistant to the executive director for legislation_-_. Rusk, Howard, director, Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine_. Prepared statement_. 687 314 323 Schloss. Irvin P., legislative analyst, American Foundation for the Blind; also representing the Blinded Veterans Association and American Asso- Whitten, E. B., National Rehabilitation Association__. Prepared statement (with attachment) 372 393 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Articles, publications, etc. : Administrative review and fair hearing procedures for applicants of Vocational rehabilitation services who are dissatisfied with a decision made in regard to them__. Page 239 "Aid to the Blind and Old," an editorial from the Washington Post, March 30, 1971--- 612 656 716 "Blind Veteran to Receive President's Trophy," news release from the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped‒‒‒‒‒ CP's passing through the VR system-- "Crutch Power," a study of the physically handicapped in America, by James C. Stearns, June 1972_. Definitions of the handicapped individual and the severely handicapped individual "Double Counting"-Persons rehabilitated who had been previously rehabilitated Manual transmittal letter No. 68-2-Vocational Rehabilitation 1971 Resurvey of State rehabilitation agencies, programs, and services S. 3987, as introduced (see part 2 of this publication) 430 383 229 153 332 145 254 613 182 Special approach for evaluation of vocational rehabilitation programs_ State vocational rehabilitation experience in administrative review and fair hearings__. "The Second Milestone," a conference on life enrichment needs of persons with multiple handicaps who are socially and culturally deprived, Alexandria, Va., March 1970, by the United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc., New York, N.Y_ 736 What is the amount of non-Federal funds provided by private nonprofit organizations and agencies?__ 142 Communications to: Cranston, Hon. Alan, a U.S. Senator from the State of California, from: Lowman, Edward W., M.D., clinical director, New York Univer- 703 Whitten, E. B., executive director, National Rehabilitation Asso- May 26, 1972_. 382, 419 June 5, 1972_. 380 Tower, Hon. John G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas, from: 310 312 Matter, B. J., M.D., past president, Kidney Foundation of Okla- 313 311 V Questions and answers: Questions submitted by Senator Cranston to Mr. Kurzman of the Selected tables: Data form for evaluation of VR programs. State-by-State estimates on universe and number for fiscal year 1972 Table 3.-Age, sex, race, surname, and highest grade of school completed of persons rehabilitated by State vocational rehabilitation agencies, fiscal years 1966–70___ Page 290 249 272 265 251 300 297, 301 Table 5.-Major disabling condition of persons rehabilitated by State Table 7.--Number of referred, extended evaluation and active cases in 298 247 252 REHABILITATION ACT OF 1972 MONDAY, MAY 15, 1972 U.S. SE VATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE HANDICAPPED OF THE Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m. in room 3110, New Senate Office Building, Senator Alan Cranston presiding pro tempore. Present: Senators Cranston, Randolph, and Stafford. Committee staff members present: George E. Lawless, professional staff member; Robert R. Humphreys, special counsel; Jonathan R. Steinberg, counsel; and Roy H. Millenson, minority professional staff member. Senator CRANSTON. The hearing will please come to order. Senator Randolph, chairman of the Subcommittee on the Handicapped, planned to be with us to actually open the hearing, but he was held up. He will be here in a bit. I am also delighted that Senator Stafford, the ranking Republican member of the subcommittee, is here with us. The hearing this morning is the first to be held by the Subcommittee on the Handicapped since its recent reorganization. I am honored that Senator Randolph, the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee, long the leader of legislation to assist handicapped Americans, has asked me to chair the subcommittee during its hearings on, and consideration of, H.R. 8395, the Rehabilitation Act of 1972, to extend the Vocational Rehabilitation Act; S. 3158, introduced by Senator Williams, to establish an Office of the Handicapped; S. 3368, by Senator Taft, for the administration; and other bills related to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act: S. 1030, S. 2813, and S. 41. I am grateful to Senator Randolph for affording me the opportunity to serve in this capacity, and I look forward to working closely with him on this terribly important legislation. This is the first of a series of hearings on this legislation, which will continue throughout the month. In the future, this subcommittee can serve as a viable and dynamic forum in which the problems of handi capped Americans can be freely discussed and dealt with. During these hearings on the extension of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, we will welcome testimony from as many viewpoints as possible. This morning, we will hear from the principal administrators of the program from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. In subsequent hearings, we will hear from some of those actively working in the field of vocational rehabilitation and receive what I consider crucial testimony; that is, the views of consumers and consumer groups. (1) It has been my experience in the past, as chairman during the 91st Congress, of the Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee of this committee, and now in this Congress as chairman of the Subcommittee on Health and Hospitals of the new Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, that testimony of the actual recipients of the services from Federal programs provides a special understanding of pending legislation and the way it will work. Further, I feel that much that we have learned in the hearings related to veterans' rehabilitation programs is readily translatable to our present efforts to provide more effective and comprehensive services to those individuals served by the vocational rehabilitation program. The subcommittee intends to examine the present vocational rehabilitation system and how it works, as well as see how the proposed legislation can improve it. I am hopeful that we can produce legislation which will achieve the goal we seek: the best possible vocational rehabilitation services for those individuals who need them. It is imperative that the many questions which have been posed regarding the present system and the expansions of that system be answered. It is quite possible that we will need to call upon the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to clarify points which will arise as this series of hearings progresses. I hope the administration witnesses will be agreeable to returning at the end of the hearings, should the need arise. Chairman Randolph and I wish to dedicate these hearings to the disabled of the Nation. This subcommittee is vitally interested in the problems they face, and we intend to provide a place in the Senate of the United States where they may express their views. And, more important, have them listened to and translated into action on the programs which directly affect their lives and successful adjustment in society. At this time I wish to commend the fine committee staff work that went into this hearing and into the legislative preparation needed for this bill, by Michael Burns, Lisa Walker, and Linda Teixeira. We will set forth in the record at this point a copy of the six bills under consideration, agency reports on them, and other explanatory materials. (The material referred to follows:) |