TOPEKA (June 11, 2012) -- A committee of the Kansas Department of Health & Environment (KDHE) voted today to continue autism insurance benefits under the State Employee Health Plan through 2013. The KDHE decision averted the p... More...
TOPEKA, KS (May 17, 2012) -- An 11th-hour push to move HB.2764 to the Senate floor for a final vote fell two votes short of approval, ending hopes for expanded autism insurance reform in 2012. A motion to remove the bill from the ... More...
GREENVILLE (May 1, 2012) -- Lorri Unumb, JD, Autism Speaks' vice president for state government affairs, spoke about autism insurance reform and the need for employers with self-funded plans to voluntarily offer coverage as sp... More...
LANSING (April 18, 2012) -- Autism Speaks hailed the signing today of legislation that makes Michigan the 30th state to enact autism insurance reform and the first to act since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... More...
To date, meaningful autism insurance reform has passed in 29 states and is currently changing the lives of children across America with autism by providing them with access to the treatments and therapies they need.
TOPEKA, KS (March 21, 2012) -- The Kansas House of Representatives approved HB.2764, the autism insurance reform expansion bill, rejecting several harmful amendments before the 92-30 vote. The bill moves next to the Senate. To lea... More...
DES MOINES, IA (March 14, 2012) -- The Iowa Senate approved SF.2128 by a 43-7 vote and sent the bill to the House for further action. The bill would expand the state's 2010 autism insurance law to cover more Iowa families.
NEW YORK, NY (March 8, 2012) Autism Speaks, the worlds largest autism science and advocacy organization, today endorsed HB.771, which would amend Louisianas 2008 autism... More...