Autism Speaks' National Legislative Agenda:

• Support of the Expanding the Promise of Individuals with Autism Act (EPIAA)
  a bill designed to provide demonstration grants for autism treatment and services
  • Current New York cosponsors
    • Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY) (SPONSOR)
    • Rep. Joseph Crowley (NY-7)
    • Rep. Eliot L. Engel (NY-17)
    • Rep. Vito Fossella (NY-13)
    • Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY-20)
    • Rep. John J. Hall (NY-19)
    • Rep. Steve Israel (NY-2)
    • Rep. Peter T. King (NY-3)
    • Rep. Nita M. Lowey (NY-18)
    • Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-14)
    • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4)
    • Rep. John M. McHugh (NY-23)
    • Rep. Michael R. McNulty (NY-21)
    • Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-8)
    • Rep. Jose Serrano (NY-16)
    • Rep. Edolphus Towns (NY-10)
  • To find out more about this bill or to contact your representative, click here.
    
• Support of the Disability Savings Act of 2008
  a bill that will provide a tax-preferred savings benefit for disability related expenses. 
   To find out more about this bill or to contact your representative, click here.
  
• Undertake a multi-state insurance legislation campaign
  an effort to change insurance laws and require coverage of medically necessary autism services.
  
• Educational outreach to the policy staffs of all major party candidates for President in 2008
  

New York State Legislation:
Autism Speaks announced support for an autism insurance reform bill in New York State. The bill is sponsored in the New York State Senate by Senator Charles Fuschillo and in the State Assembly by Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, both from Long Island. The legislation would require private health insurance companies to cover the screening, diagnosis, testing, and treatment of autism spectrum disorder for individuals up to the age of 21 with the maximum benefit of $36,000 per year. This includes coverage of Applied Behavior Analysis as an evidence-based, medically-necessary autism therapy. To learn more about the bill click here.


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