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Our state level advocacy pages are under construction.
The Autism Society believes that each state has obligations to its citizens who are affected by autism, just as it has an obligation to all of its citizens. Until our pages are complete please use the links below to find information about what is going on in your state!
Does your State have an Autism Insurance Reform Bill?
The Autism Society congratulates the following states which have successfully passed autism insurance coverage for appropriate health treatments such as Applied Behavioral Analysis to ensure that children with autism get the early intervention they need:
Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin
The Autism Society applauds active legislative efforts to pass an autism insurance reform:
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Washington, West Virginia
Read Your State's 2008 Autism Profile
Restraint and Seclusion Laws by State
New Law Passed in North Carolina:
15. Session Law 2009-514 (House Bill 775)
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H775v4.pdf
Adds new G.S. 15A-1225.2 to provide that a person with a developmental disability or mental retardation who is competent to testify may testify by remote testimony in a criminal prosecution or juvenile delinquency hearing if a court determines by clear or convincing evidence that the witness would suffer emotional distress from testifying in the presence of the defendant and the ability of the witness to communicate with the trier of fact would be impaired by testifying in the presence of the defendant. Sets out hearing procedure, content of court order, and method of remote testimony. Adds new Rule 616 to rules of evidence in Chapter 8C of the General Statutes to authorize similar remote testimony in a civil or special proceeding. Effective December 1, 2009, and applies to any hearings or trials held on or after that date. States that act shall not be construed to abrogate any judicial rulings or decisions before the December 1, 2009, effective date that allowed or disallowed witness testimony in any criminal proceeding or abrogate any judicial rulings that prohibit a psychological evaluation of an unwilling witness.
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