PRINTER'S NO. 3471
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
388
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY FLEMING, MARCELL, KHAN, GREINER, SANCHEZ,
D. MILLER, KINSEY, JAMES, NEILSON, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, CIRESI,
KIM, BOROWSKI, HOWARD, HILL-EVANS, KAZEEM, DALEY,
SCHLOSSBERG, WARREN, CONKLIN AND GREEN, JULY 2, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, JULY 2, 2024
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
conduct a study and issue a report on the services, processes
and wait times in the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and
the Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services within the
Department of Labor and Industry.
WHEREAS, The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and the
Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services within the Department of
Labor and Industry are obligated to provide specialized,
individualized services and orientation and mobility services to
the blind and visually impaired population in this Commonwealth;
and
WHEREAS, The primary mission of the Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation is to provide vocational rehabilitation services
to assist Pennsylvanians with vision impairment to obtain,
maintain and return to employment; and
WHEREAS, The mission of the Bureau of Blindness and Visual
Services is to provide support services to those with visual
impairment; and
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