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Committee hears bill to let families use waiver funds for adaptive swim lessons after drownings in Somali community
Summary
Senate file 3040 would allow families receiving home-and-community-based services waivers and related funding to use existing budgets to pay for adapted swimming lessons and water-safety training for autistic children. The committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion in the omnibus budget.
A Minnesota Senate human services committee heard emotional testimony and laid over Senate File 3040, a bill to allow families who receive home- and community-based services funding to use existing waiver or family-support dollars for adaptive swimming lessons and water-safety training for children with autism.
Why it matters: Witnesses described multiple recent drownings in the Somali community and told the committee that children with autism are at sharply increased risk around water. Testimony cited research showing autistic children face substantially higher drowning risk than neurotypical peers; advocates described adapted swimming lessons as…
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