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APD to Hold Tier Workshops

Tallahassee - The Agency for Person with Disabilities will hold three workshops around the state that will clarify and simplify the Medicaid waiver tier rules. The legislatively required tiers went into effect on October 15, 2008. Anyone interested should consider attending one of the workshops. The meetings are as follows:

• July 9, 1 - 4 p.m., Agency for Persons with Disabilities, 4030 Esplanade Way, Suite 380, Room 301, Tallahassee, Florida



• July 16, 1- 4 p.m., Agency for Persons with Disabilities, 401 NW 2nd Avenue, Room 1011, Miami, Florida



• July 24, 1- 4 p.m., Agency for Persons with Disabilities, 1313 N. Tampa Street, Suite 515, Tampa, Florida

The text of the proposed rule amendment and the workshop agenda is posted on the APD Web site:

If you are not able to attend a workshop, you may send written comments to: Mike Dunn, APD Legislative Affairs, APD, 4030 Esplanade Way, Suite 380, Tallahassee, FL 32399.

The agency annually serves about 35,000 Floridians with developmental disabilities of mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, and Prader-Willi syndrome. For more information on the agency, call 1-866-APD-CARES or visit www.APDCares.org.