Amendment #3 to H4047

Autism Commission to study employment

Mr. Sannicandro of Ashland moves to amend the bill by striking out Section 28 in its entirety and replacing it with the following:-

The Massachusetts commission on autism as established by Section 217 of Chapter 6 shall make an investigation and study of employment training and employment opportunities for persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and to make recommendations in regard thereto. The commission shall determine the current status of such employment training and employment opportunities including, but not limited to, vocational training programs for teen-aged and young adult persons with ASD and shall make recommendations for providing appropriate employment training and employment opportunities for the population of residents in the commonwealth diagnosed with ASD. Additionally, the commission shall review the rise in the prevalence of ASD diagnoses among children in the past 30 years and shall make estimates of the number of children, aged 21 or younger, with ASD who will become adults in the coming decades and the resulting need for employment training for those ASD children and employment opportunities for those ASD adults, and shall recommend a plan-of-action for the commonwealth in regard thereto. The commission shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study and its recommendations, if any, by filing the same with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives on or before June 30, 2015.