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MR. GROSS: Hello, everyone. I would like to
call this public hearing to order. My name is Tyler
Gross and I am a policy analyst with Michigan
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Rehabilitation Services or MRS. I will be facilitating
this public hearing today. This public hearing is being
recorded. We have an American Sign Language interpreter
present. Also, we have a Communication Access Realtime
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Translation or CART transcriptionist remotely present and
displayed on this wall behind me.
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If anyone would like their own access to a
realtime transcript of the session, please let me know
now and I will provide that link.
Please make sure your cell phones are silenced.
This public hearing is being called to order at
1:01 on October 18 at 1048 Pierpont, Suite 6, Conference
Room A, Lansing, Michigan, 48913.
This is a Public Hearing of Proposed Changes to
the Administrative Rules for the State of Michigan
designated General Vocational Rehabilitation Program
spanning Rules 3951 to Rule 39588.
MRS' administrative rules are being amended to
update definitions to align with Federal regulations and
provide clarity, modify the general requirements and
non-discrimination statement, capture the Agency's
process for developing a fee schedule for standardized