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House Panel Hears Testimony, Plans Vote on Reform Bill

HONOLULU (February 7, 2013) -- The House Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce heard testimony in support of Hawaii's new autism insurance reform bill (... More...

Missouri Finds 'Negligible' Cost Impact for Autism Insurance Benefits

JEFFERSON CITY (February 5, 2013) -- A Missouri state agency has found that the state's 2010 autism insurance reform law fully ramped up in 2012, yet still produced "negligible" impact on the state's overall... More...

Autism Speaks Co-Hosts Workshop at 2013 APBA Convention

LAS VEGAS (February 4, 2013) -- Autism Speaks is co-hosting a full-day workshop on autism insurance to kick off the 3rd Ann... More...

House Passes Bill Extending Coverage to State Employees

SANTA FE (February 1, 2013) -- The state House of Representatives has unanimously approved a bill (HB.22) that would extend coverage under New ... More...

Court Accepts Autism Speaks' Brief in Florida Medicaid Case

MIAMI (February 1, 2013) -- A federal judge today granted Autism Speaks' request to file a supporting brief on behalf of the plainti... More...

Utah: New Year, New Bill, Same Goal

NEW YORK (February 1, 2013) -- Autism Speaks today formally endorsed S.55, the new Utah autism insurance reform bill, sponsored by Dr. Brian Shiozawa, a Salt La... More...

Another Federal Court Victory for ABA

CINCINNATI (January 16, 2013) -- A U.S. District Court judge has ordered Ohio to use its federal IDEA funding to provide ABA therapy for a two-year-old boy with autism.

Ruling against the Ohio Department of Health... More...

Patrick Signs ABA Licensing Law

BOSTON (January 11, 2013) -- Governor Deval Patrick has signed legislation establishing a state process to license and regulate ... More...

Florida Appeals Federal Order to Cover ABA Under Medicaid

MIAMI (January 7, 2013) -- The state of Florida is appealing a 2012 federal court order that it cover ABA for children with autism under Medicaid, arguing it should have the right to make the determination on a case-by-ca... More...

Judge: SB.946 Can't Be Used to Deny ABA

CONCORD (January 3, 2013) -- An administrative law judge has ruled that a state-funded service agency cannot deny access to ABA by requiring that a family rely on its private insurance to pay the cost.

The case involved a s... More...