SENATE DOCKET, NO. 41        FILED ON: 1/10/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 907

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to screening for developmental disabilities..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Chapter 76 of the General Laws shall be amended by adding the following section after section 15D: Section 15E. The Department of Public Health shall promulgate rules and regulations for the testing, treatment, care, and parental counseling of autism and autism spectrum disorders. The earliest age for screening and the method of screening shall be determined and redetermined by the commissioner in accordance with said regulations in light of advances in medical science.