Mandatory Insurance for Ages 2-6 for children with autism

[Guest guest]

I don't know how many of you know, but the Texas legislature and

Gov. have made HB 1919 a law that goes into effect on

September 1, 2007. This bill requires insurance companies to cover

children with autism for therapies including ABA and nutritional

supplements. A lot of the insurance companies think this bill died

on the house floor because the original one did and they ameneded HB

1919 to include the autism clause one week before the end of the

legislature session. They piggybacked this on in with a bill that

deals with brain trauma injuries. Those of you with insurance may

want to notify your insurance companies now and find out what the

procedure will be to qualify your child/children for services. I am

really proud of Sen. Luci for his efforts in getting this bill

passed. He has been working really hard on it. The site with the

bill is

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/doc/HB01919F.doc

You will have to copy and paste the entire thing to get to their

site and then you can read the bill for your self.

I hope this is helpful to some of you, I know some insurance

companies will not help after your child turns 6 but some will.

Thanks,

Gwen