Committee amends and advances bill to require stuttering-treatment coverage
Assembly Bill 37‑45 was amended and released after testimony from clinicians and people who stutter, including a middle‑school witness who described difficulty and progress with speech therapy.
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The committee advanced Assembly Bill 37‑45 with amendments that expand insurance and Medicaid coverage for stuttering treatment and recognize licensed speech‑language pathologists as decisionmakers for medical necessity.
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