As the Baker administration gets ready to implement new overtime regulations on personal care services next month, disability advocates are slamming the changes as "extremely scary" for those who often require more than full-time assistance with daily living activities.
At a hearing Monday in Boston, part of feedback sessions happening around the state on cost-saving changes to the state's Personal Care Attendant program, dozens of advocates, people with disabilities, and seniors said the changes could disrupt their way of life.
STATE HOUSE — An attempt to make it easier for veterans to access medical marijuana could actually cement a registration process that imposes roadblocks for other patients, according to advocates.
Last month, the Senate tacked on to its fiscal 2017 budget a medical marijuana registration fee waiver for veterans who qualify as patients under the state's dispensary program.
