These adult children receive Medicaid funding, and instead of hiring outside help, their mom is the children’s official caregiver. Pattie is paid an hourly wage as an employee for a service agency that contracts with Medicaid. 

Under the new rules, Pattie would have to log in to a GPS-tracking system at multiple points throughout the day. Pattie already does mountains of daily bookkeeping to account for her time, the family said, but the new rules would require her to digitally check in to prove she is at her house caring for the children.

“My gripe is that it puts the focus not on caring for the child — it’s focusing on logging in and out at the right time,” “We are here taking care of the kids because, guess what? They live with us!”