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6/28/23  2:02 pm
Commenter: Anonymous

Burdensome regulations
 

It seems that things are moving in the right direction but there are still burdensome regulation such as limiting hours worked and require the EOR be a nonrelative. There is also language stating that there needs to be a way to ensure that if legally responsible adults are caregivers sf needs to make sure they are not hindering the individual's development.   This is offensive that the state would blanket an entire group of citizens with the assumption that we don't want our loved ones to attain their highest potential for fear of losing a check. For the tiny percentage of our population who see their disabled loved one as a paycheck and not a person please put more efforts into ensuring that existing oversights actually work.  I can't tell you how many times I have been on hold with aps for hours making reports in my work life only to have little to no follow through.  Adding additional burdensome regulations for those of us who do have their loved ones best interest in mind will not stop the people who are using their loved ones as a meal ticket.  It will only make it harder for the majority of us who are providing excellent care on a daily basis for far more hours than our loved ones will ever be approved for through the waiver system.

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