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Assembly committee advances bill to require insurance coverage for stuttering treatment after testimony from advocates and clinicians
Summary
The committee amended and released Assembly Bill 5133, which would require health insurers and Medicaid to cover treatment for stuttering. Testimony from adult and youth advocates and a Rutgers speech‑language pathologist emphasized early treatment’s benefits; health plan representatives sought technical clarifications.
The New Jersey Assembly Health Committee amended and released Assembly Bill 5133 on a motion during its session after advocates, clinicians and family members testified in favor of requiring health insurance and Medicaid coverage for treatment of stuttering.
Advocates including former NBA player Michael Kidd‑Gilchrist and two youth advocates described personal and educational impacts of stuttering and urged coverage beyond school-based services. ‘‘For us who stutter as adults and as kids at times, it’s very, very hard and challenging… I see this as me just putting an effort and time into my own state,’’ Michael Kidd‑Gilchrist said while urging support for the bill.
Celeste Domch, a speech‑language pathologist and…
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