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Senate committee advances bill to convert autism advisory council into permanent autism commission, refers it to finance
Summary
The Senate Rules Committee voted to report and re-refer Senate Bill 1232, which would replace the expiring autism advisory council with a staffed autism commission. Supporters urged the panel to approve full-time staff and an executive director; the committee sent the bill to Finance by a 15-0 roll call.
Senate Bill 1232, which would reconstitute the existing autism advisory council as a permanent Autism Commission with authority to hire full-time staff, was reported by the Senate Rules Committee and re-referred to the Senate Finance Committee after a unanimous electronic vote.
The bill sponsor, Senator Aaron Ayer, presented the measure as a response to recommendations from the Behavioral Health Commission and the current autism advisory council, which voted unanimously on Dec. 18 to seek a new, staffed commission. "The advisory council should become a commission ... to allow for an ongoing and robust examination of how we can…
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