ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul’s attempt to overhaul a costly Medicaid program is leaving homecare workers without pay and vulnerable people in jeopardy as a federal court steps in to try and mitigate the situation.
A last-minute court intervention by non-profit Independent Living Center groups resulted in an agreement by the state to extend timelines for aides and consumers in the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, CDPAP, to work their way through the beleaguered registration process with the state’s new hand-picked firm.
“The state needs to take action immediately. At this point, most people have been negotiating with their workers to get assistance during this crisis so we haven’t yet seen people go to emergency rooms,” said Brooke Erickson, Vice President for Programs at Regional Center for Independent Living (RCIL), one of the plaintiffs, wrote in a statement.
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