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Clackamas County advisory council to review proposed state cuts after warning eligibility for some with autism could be removed
Summary
Members of the Clackamas County Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council heard that a proposed state budget reduction could remove eligibility for people with level 1 autism, agreed to review a published list of proposed cuts quickly and asked county staff to prepare a brief for the county lobbyist to raise concerns in Salem.
Clackamas County Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council members spent most of their meeting discussing proposed state budget reductions that could change eligibility for some people who receive IDD services.
During the meeting a council member raised a report that "level 1 autism" might no longer qualify for IDD services; county staff said that change appears on a proposed budget-reduction list from ODDS but is not yet a final decision. Council members were told ODDS cannot change eligibility without approval of state statute and that the item is still at the proposal stage.
The potential change drew urgent reactions. "This is very…
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