MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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more than twenty—four (24) months.

(b)  The Commission, upon receiving a report
from the rehabilitation evaluation agency, shall promptly
notify all parties of the contents of the report. Any
party in interest may within ten (10) days from the date
of issuance of the report, request a hearing to
controvert the report. At the hearing, the parties may
present additional evidence as necessary. Following the
hearing, the Commission shall make a decision accepting
or rejecting in whole or in part the vocational
rehabilitation agency report and issue an appropriate
order regarding vocational rehabilitation of the
employee.

(c)   During the period an employee is
undergoing vocational rehabilitation training, he shall
be entitled to compensation as if he were temporarily
totally disabled.

(d)    Any employee undergoing vocational
rehabilitation training in the course of which he is
required to live at a location other than his home, shall
also be entitled to receive in addition to the temporary
total compensation provided for herein, sufficient funds
to adequately maintain himself during the period of
vocational rehabilitation training, but in no case to
exceed forty dollars per week. The maintenance so
provided shall be at the expense of the employer and
insurer.

(e)  Transportation costs to and from the place
of training are not reimbursable to a claimant residing
at home during vocational rehabilitation training, except
that the Commission may allow reasonable transportation
costs in unusual cases.

(f)    If an employee refuses to accept
vocational rehabilitation training, pursuant to an order
of the Commission, and the Commission determines the
refusal to be unreasonable, all payments of compensation
for temporary total disability shall be forfeited during
the period of refusal.

(g)   This subsection shall apply only to
injuries occurring on or after July 1, 1968.

(10) (a) Any employee who is permanently and
totally disabled as the result of any injury suffered
prior to July 1, 1973, and July 1, 1965, and who is
receiving benefits as a result of the injury on July 1,
1973, for permanent and total disability shall be
entitled to a supplemental allowance of compensation as
calculated under paragraph (b) provided that the