By: John Daley | CPR News
With the budget in crisis, state lawmakers capped the number of hours a week a person providing care to someone else, often a family member, can be reimbursed.
A series of phased in cuts started taking effect this month and impacted families expressed deep apprehension about what the coming months will bring.
“Disproportionate, unfair, insensitive,” were among the words Kelly Lyons had for the change.
The deadline comes with the state Medicaid program under intense scrutiny, as a new commission, set up by the legislature starts its work and a new governor will be elected in November and take office next January.
She lives in Castle Rock and cares for a 16-year-old daughter, Kendall, who she said was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder that requires constant supervision.
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