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Autism Speaks Applauds Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons for Enacting Autism Insurance Reform Bill
Nevada Becomes Eleventh State in the Nation with Comprehensive Autism Insurance Reform
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NEW YORK, NY (May 29, 2009) -- Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization, today joined the Nevada autism community to praise Governor Jim Gibbons for signing into law AB 162, which requires insurance companies to provide coverage of evidence-based, medically necessary autism therapies. Nevada is now the eleventh state in the country to enact comprehensive autism insurance reform.

Visit www.autismvotes.org/Nevada to learn more about the law.

Autism Speaks Hails the Introduction of the Landmark Autism Treatment Acceleration Act in the U.S. House of Representatives
Wide-Ranging Legislation Addresses Key Issues Facing the Autism Community, Including Services for Adults and Insurance Reform
NEW YORK, NY (May 15, 2009) – Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization, today applauded the introduction of the groundbreaking Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (ATAA) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Introduced by Representatives Mike Doyle (D-PA), Chris Smith (D-NJ), Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Hank Johnson (D-GA), ATAA is comprehensive federal legislation that addresses several critical challenges facing the autism community, including increased funding for scientific research, treatment and services. The House ATAA bill was introduced yesterday as a companion to the bill introduced in the Senate last month by Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL), Robert Casey (D-PA), and Robert Menendez (D-NJ). The ATAA incorporates provisions from the Expanding the Promise of Individuals with Autism Act (EPIAA) originally proposed in the House by Representatives Doyle, Smith, Engel, and former-Representative Chip Pickering (R-MS).

To learn more about the ATAA, please visit www.autismvotes.org/ATAA
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