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California Judge Approves Sweeping New Rules on ABA

SACRAMENTO (March 12, 2013) -- A state judge has given the California Department of Insurance the go-ahead to institute ... More...

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Autism Speaks Endorses Ohio Autism Insurance Reform Bills

COLUMBUS, OH (October 25, 2012) -- Autism Speaks today endorsed bipartisan legislation that would make Ohio the 33rd state to enact autism insurance reform. Bills introduced in the Ohio House and Senate would clarify that Aut... More...

Federal Judge Issues Key Ruling on Mental Health Parity

NEW YORK, NY (June 12, 2012) Autism Speaks hailed a federal court ruling that a Washington health plans refusal to cover Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), speech, occupational, physical and other neurodevelopmental therapie... More...

Federal Appeals Court Reaffirms Order on Autism, Mental Health Parity Act

SACRAMENTO (June 7, 2012) -- A federal appeals court has reaffirmed that California health plans must cover all medically necessary treatment for mental disorders as they do for physical illnesses under the state's Mental Heal... More...

State Insurance Department Reaches Autism Settlements with Health Net, Cigna

SACRAMENTO (February 28, 2012) -- The California Department of Insurance announced that it has reached favorable settlements with two major health insurers, Health Net and Cigna, to cover behavioral therapy for autism when deemed ... More...

State Insurance Commissioner: Autism Benefits 'Long Overdue'

SACRAMENTO (Oct. 11, 2011) -- California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones applauded Governor Jerry Brown's signing of SB 946, the autism insurance reform bill, as "long overdue" recognition that behavioral treatment... More...