Voc-Rehab Task Force to First Meet Days Before Its Existence Ends

By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefA legislative task force created earlier this year by the Oklahoma Legislature to “study methods and procedures to improve vocational rehabilitation programs for injured workers” will hold its first meeting Nov. 18 – just 12 days before it is mandated to make a report and go out of existence.House Bill 2650 created the Task Force on Vocational Rehabilitation for Injured Workers – and provided for a number of changes in the state’s workers’ compensations.The bill, which received final passage by both the House of Representati...