71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 3813
 
                         House Bill 3052
 
Sponsored by Representative V WALKER (at the request of Don Ray
  Bowmer)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Includes persons who are blind in definition of disabled
individual for purposes of vocational rehabilitation laws.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to persons who are blind; amending ORS 344.511.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 344.511 is amended to read:
  344.511. As used in ORS 344.511 to 344.690 and 344.710 to
344.730:
  (1) 'Assistant director' means the Assistant Director for
Vocational Rehabilitation.
  (2) 'Disabled individual' means any person who has a
substantial occupational handicap due to a physical or mental
condition   { - except blindness - } .
  (3) 'Division' means the Vocational Rehabilitation Division
established by ORS 344.520.
  (4) 'Maintenance' means money payments, during vocational
rehabilitation, to individuals with occupational handicaps found
to require financial assistance with respect thereto in order to
effectuate the vocational rehabilitation of such individuals.
  (5) 'Occupational handicap' means a physical or mental
condition   { - other than blindness which - }  { +  that + },
regardless of its origin, constitutes, contributes to, or, if not
corrected, will probably result in, an obstruction to
occupational performance or the condition of being an untrained
individual.
  (6) 'Occupational licenses' means any license, permit or other
written authority required by any governmental unit to be
obtained in order to engage in any occupation.
  (7) 'Occupational tools, equipment and supplies' means such
customary implements, appliances, apparatus, fixtures and
materials as are necessary for the successful prosecution of the
employment objective of an individual with an occupational
handicap.
  (8) 'Physical restoration' means any medical, surgical or
therapeutic treatment necessary to correct or substantially
modify an individual's occupational handicap within a reasonable
length of time. The term includes but is not limited to medical,
psychiatric, dental and surgical treatment, nursing services,
hospital and convalescent home care, medical and surgical drugs
and supplies, and prosthetic appliances, excluding curative
treatment for acute or transitory conditions.
  (9) 'Prosthetic appliance' means any artificial appliance
designed to support or take the place of a part of the body or to
increase the acuity of a sense organ.
  (10) 'Rehabilitation training' means all training provided,
directly or through public or private instrumentalities, to an
individual to compensate for the occupational handicap of the
individual. The term includes but is not limited to manual,
preconditioning, prevocational, vocational and supplementary
training and training provided for the purpose of achieving
broader and more remunerative skills and capacities.
  (11) 'Severely handicapped individual' means a disabled
individual who, because of the nature of disabilities, is not
able to participate fully in competitive employment, and for whom
specialized employment opportunities must be provided.
  (12) 'Untrained individual' means any person without mental or
physical disability who has a substantial occupational handicap
due to lack of occupational training, experience, skills or other
factors and who is receiving and, in the opinion of the Adult and
Family Services Division, probably will continue to receive
public assistance because of the occupational handicap of the
individual.
  (13) 'Vocational rehabilitation' and 'vocational rehabilitation
services' mean any services necessary to enable an individual
with an occupational handicap to engage in a remunerative
occupation and include, but are not limited to, medical and
vocational diagnoses, vocational guidance, counseling and
placement, rehabilitation training, physical restoration,
transportation, occupational licenses, occupational tools,
equipment and supplies, maintenance and training books, supplies
and materials.
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