This thought did cross my mind, but I've done lots of work in the public sector - local, federal, education and health.

As a rule, these agencies just aren't that clever, not even close.

In my experience, bad forms and the like are generally a matter of "That's how we've always done it."

That's not to say the concern isn't real. Surely it wouldn't serve to simplify an intake form without altering other parts of the process. To fail to do that would just be moving the bottleneck.

Ideally, sticking with the mountain analogy, you'd end up with a steady stream of healthy, willing and ultimately productive hands coming into the valley via a long, winding, but relatively safe pass.