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Youth with autism gain and keep jobs after employer-based skills program… than 75 percent), receive a combination of nine months of immersion in a business setting internship, plus supports such as applied behavior analysis, that their chances for becoming competitively employed are much better than those who do not receive these …
Autism Speaks strongly supports new rule to reduce barriers to health care services for many autistic people… limits on access to mental healthcare. For example, in the Department of Labor’s (DOL) July 2023 MHPAEA Comparative Analysis Report to Congress , a compliance demonstration request by the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), resulted in a service provider correcting the exclusion of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy treatment for autism spectrum disorder. This correction affected approximately 1,000 plans …
Historic progress in children’s Medicaid coverage of autism services… This month, Texas became the 50 th state to implement its autism services benefit which provides coverage for applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy when medically appropriate for autistic children enrolled in Medicaid. Texas follows New York’s 2021 …
Mississippi's major health insurers lift age cap for ABA coverage … entered into a voluntary agreement with the Mississippi Department of Insurance to remove the age cap for coverage of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) in the Mississippi autism mandate. When the Mississippi autism insurance bill passed in 2015, it included a …
Utah autism insurance mandate expanded! … individual and large group plans. However, this coverage was limited to children ages 2-10 years old. Coverage for behavioral health treatments, including applied behavior analysis (ABA), was also limited to 600 hours per year (approximately 11.5 hours per week). Thanks to the support of the …
Autism Speaks recognizes public health leaders for meaningful changes to Montana’s Medicaid Program for Children and Young Adults… re-vamped Montana’s Autism Treatment Services program in order to expand eligibility and treatment flexibility for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services. Montana has covered ABA therapy along with other medically necessary care for people under age 21 …
Maryland legislation addresses inequities in care under Medicaid… of private insurance plans in Maryland. In 2016, Maryland filed a Medicaid State Plan Amendment which added coverage for applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy for children with an autism diagnosis. That amendment did not include a mandate that a parent or …
Tennessee State-Regulated Insurance Coverage… of autism for children under the age of twelve. However, this coverage did not extend to evidence-based therapies like applied behavior analysis. On August 1, 2019, the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance issued a bulletin requiring insurance …
Autism Speaks honors Texas State Representative Donna Howard for advocacy on behalf of autism community… led a push for accountability from the state Medicaid program regarding the availability of autism services, particularly Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). ABA is a widely recognized and effective behavioral therapy for individuals with autism spectrum disorder …
Autism Speaks commends Tennessee as it becomes 50th state requiring that insurance plans cover autism… a bulletin requiring all individual, small and large group plans to cover medically necessary care for autism, including applied behavior analysis (ABA). "People with autism and their families routinely face obstacles in accessing affordable care throughout …