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Senate committee approves bill allowing two clinicians to diagnose autism to speed services
Summary
The Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee passed House Bill 15 45, adopting recommendations from an autism task force to allow two of three qualified professionals (physician, psychologist, speech-language pathologist) to make an autism diagnosis, aiming to shorten waits particularly in rural areas.
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee voted to pass House Bill 15 45 after hearing from Senator Ingram and Melissa Stone of the Division of Developmental Disability Services. Stone said the bill implements recommendations from the autism task force and makes the key change of allowing two, rather than three, qualified professionals to provide an autism diagnosis. "We think that this…
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