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Capital Region Lawmakers Demand ABA For All Federal Employees

WASHINGTON, DC (March 6, 2013) -- A bipartisan group of 11 Members of Congress from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia are urging a federal agency to make insurance coverage for applied behavior analysis (ABA) av... More...

Halfway Home in Hawaii, Senate Votes 23-1 for Insurance Reform

HONOLULU (March 5, 2013) -- The Hawaii Senate approved SB.668, the autism insurance reform bill, by a 23-1 vote after little debate. A companion measure,... More...

HF.181 Positioned For Final House Consideration

ST. PAUL (March 5, 2013) -- A third House committee has cleared the way for HF.181, the autism insurance reform bill, to be included in this year's House package of health and human services legislation. Meanwhile, a Senate co... More...

Autism Speaks Reports Progress in New York ABA Dispute

NEW YORK (March 4, 2013) -- Autism Speaks today reported it is making progress with high-level Cuomo administration officials and legislative leaders in resolving a bureaucratic dispute which has limited access to ABA se... More...

Utah Autism Coalition Issues Statement on SB.55

SALT LAKE CITY (March 4, 2013) -- The Utah Autism Coalition has issued the following statement on the stat... More...

Harkin Calls for 25% Growth In U.S. Disability Workforce

WASHINGTON, DC (February 27, 2013) -- Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) called for the U.S, disability workforce to grow 25 percent, to six million, by 2015 during a special hearing yesterday of the Senate Health, Education, Labor ... More...

Coash Bill Gets Warm Reception Before Senate Panel

LINCOLN (February 27, 2013) -- The Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee took testimony yesterday on LB.505, the new autism insurance reform bill, and heard nearly a dozen advocates call for Nebraska join the 32 other states t... More...

Bob Wright Urges Governors to Require ABA in New Health Plans

WASHINGTON, DC (February 26, 2013) -- Autism Speaks Co-founder Bob Wright has called on the nation's governors to do their part for across-the-board coverage for behavioral health treatment, including Applied Behavio... More...

California Declares Autism a 'Public Health Crisis'

SACRAMENTO (February 26, 2013) -- California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has declared autism a "public health crisis" and proposed ... More...

'Ava's Law' Introduced in Georgia Senate

ATLANTA (February 22, 2013) -- Autism Speaks today endorsed SB.191, the Senate version of 'Ava's Law," which would ... More...