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Assembly committee moves bill to place autism service provider qualifications in Business and Professions Code

5114028 · July 1, 2025
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Sen. Sandra Valadares introduced SB 402 to the Assembly Business and Professions Committee to move statutory qualifications for qualified autism service providers from the Health and Safety and Insurance codes into the Business and Professions Code.

Sen. Sandra Valadares introduced SB 402 to the Assembly Business and Professions Committee to move existing statutory qualifications for qualified autism service providers—qualified autism service professionals, paraprofessionals and related designations—from the Health and Safety and Insurance codes into the Business and Professions Code.

The move would not change current qualification standards, Valadares said, but would place the provisions alongside other healing-arts professions to create “parity for all providers” and allow the Business and Professions Committee to have oversight of future changes. “This bill will move the existing requirements for qualified autism service providers, qualified autism service…

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