HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2134        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 969

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Garrett J. Bradley

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the definition of autism in the children's autism Medicaid waiver.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Garrett J. Bradley

3rd Plymouth

1/15/2015

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

9/9/2019

Robert L. Hedlund

Plymouth and Norfolk

9/9/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2134        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 969

By Mr. Bradley of Hingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 969) of Garrett J. Bradley, James M. Cantwell and Robert L. Hedlund relative to the definition of autism in the childrens autism Medicaid waiver.  Health Care Financing.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1006 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to the definition of autism in the children's autism Medicaid waiver.

 

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

Chapter 107 of the Acts of 2005 is hereby amended by striking out the following sentence in the second paragraph “Autism spectrum disorder includes the following disorders as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV-TR, 2000): autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, childhood disintegrative disorder, and Rett's disorder.”  and inserting in place thereof the following:- “The terms ‘autism’ or ‘autism spectrum disorder' shall have the same meaning as the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.”