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Committee approves clarification that autism diagnosis requires two different disciplines
2436638 · February 27, 2025
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Summary
House Bill 1586 clarifies that an autism diagnosis requires evaluation by two distinct disciplines (for example, a physician and a psychologist), not two practitioners from the same discipline; the committee approved the change by voice vote.
Rep. Lee Johnson said the bill clarifies prior law that required multi-disciplinary confirmation of autism by two different disciplines, not by two people from the same discipline.
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