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Letter template — Comments on AAPD waiver proposed rule

November 25, 2014

A letter template designed to be sent to Arkansas’ Division of Medical Services regarding a state proposal to cap hours for personal assistants in the Alternatives for Adults with Physical Disabilities Waiver (AAPD) program at no more than 40 hours per week. The letter calls the proposal a “rigid response to new U.S. Department of Labor regulations under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, will harm both consumers and workers.”

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