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B-243300 1 (1991-09-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnzq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 6Comptroller General of the United States W&Wau6gtDAC. I sDecision Matter of: Bonneville Power Administration - Wheelchair Van Transportation Expenses for Disabled Employee rile: B-243300 Date: September 17, 1991 DIGI!ST Bonneville Power Administration may pay for a wheelchair van to transport a handicapped employee home on the rare occasions when her disability str~kes her at work. The agency is required by law to make reasonable accommodation for handicapped employees. DECISION An authorized certifying officer with the iontville Power Administration, Department of Energy, Portland, Oregon, requests an advance decision as to whether occasional wheelchair van transportation may be paid for to accommodate a handicapped employee. For the reasons indicated below, we hold that such an expenditure is permissible. BACKGROUND The employee was hired under a formerfCivil Service Commission regulation regarding the employment of seVerely physically handicapped persons, 5 C,F.R. § 213.31C2 (u)(1977), At that time her handicap was listed as cerebral palsy. According to the submission, when the employee's disability strikes at work she becomes distressed and is unable to walk. In that condition, she is no longer able to perform her assigned duties and the situation becomes very disruptive to the entire office. The submission states that at such times the employee needs transportation assistance to get to her home. Normally, the employee relies on the local bus system to get to and from work and has no alternative means of transportation. She also has no relatives in the area to help her when the disability occurs. In the past, fellow employees have transported her home even though they were subjecting themselves to personal liability. The Administration has been advised by a psychologist that employees are to discontinue that practice because they are not competent to make an assessment of her medical condition at the time of transportation. The disability strikes the employee approximately three times a year and the occasional use of

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