VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AMENDMENTS OF 1968

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETIETH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 3213 and H.R. 16819

TO AMEND THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION ACT TO EXTEND THE AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS TO STATES FOR REHABILITATION SERVICES, TO BROADEN THE SCOPE OF GOODS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE UNDER THAT ACT FOR THE HANDICAPPED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Hunt, Joseph V., Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration,
Social and Rehabilitation Service, U.S. Department of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare; accompanied by Samuel Halpern, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Legislation..

Whitten, E. B., Executive Director, National Rehabilitation Association
Nagle, John F., Chief, Washington Office, National Federation of the
Blind

McCrary, Dr. V. Eugene, American Optometric Association, College
Park, Md..

STATEMENTS

Fleming, Paul N., O.D., Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., representing the American
Optometric Association, prepared statement..

Hunt, Joseph V., Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration,
Social and Rehabilitation Service, U.S. Department of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare; accompanied by Samuel Halpern, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Legislation..

Prepared statement...

McCrary, Dr. V. Eugene, American Optometric Association, College
Park, Md..

Nagle, John F., Chief, Washington Office, National Federation of the
Blind..

Schloss, Irvin P., legislative analyst, American Foundation for the Blind, prepared statement..

Whitten, E. B., Executive Director, National Rehabilitation Association..
Prepared statement__

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Answers of Joseph V. Hunt, Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Ad-
ministration, Social and Rehabilitation Service, U.S. Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare, to questions submitted by Hon. Jacob
K. Javits, a U.S. Senator from the State of New York..

Communications to:

Borges, Dr. Francis J., medical adviser, Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation, Maryland Department of Education, Baltimore,
Md., from Harold S. Glazier, O.D., Bethesda, Md., February 7,
1966
Eisner, William, executive secretary, Maryland Optometric Associa-
tion, Pikesville, Md., from W. Bird Terwilliger, Ph. D., acting
assistant State superintendent in vocational rehabilitation, Mary-
land State Department of Education, Baltimore, Md., May 11,
1968, with attachments..

Glazier, Harold S., O.D., Bethesda, Md., from R. K. Barnes, assistant
State superintendent in vocational rehabilitation, Maryland State
Department of Education, Baltimore, Md., December 29, 1965-...
Schafer, Philip, Regional Commissioner, Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, Regional Office IX, Federal Office Build-
ing, San Francisco, Calif., from Charles Margach, American Opto-
metric Association, St. Louis, Mo., April 3, 1968-

State Director, Maryland Department of Vocational Rehabilitation,
Baltimore, Md., from Harold S. Glazier, O.D., Bethesda, Md.:
November 3, 1965.

December 22, 1965.