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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | July 1, 2014 03:18 PM |
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| From: | Representative Dan L. Miller and Rep. Thomas P. Murt |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Resolution Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to issue a report on the plan to provide home and community based supports to Adults with Autism |
| We are preparing to introduce a resolution that will direct the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LB&FC) to conduct a study of the current programs for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to receive assistance with housing, employment, transportation, financial management, and healthcare. Under current law, there are two programs for which adults with autism spectrum disorders may qualify: Adult Community Autism Program (ACAP) and Adult Autism Waiver (AAW). Current data from the Department of Public Welfare indicates that these programs are not adequate to serve the large and growing numbers of adults with ASD across the Commonwealth. Furthermore, the process to qualify and receive services through these waivers differs substantially from the process to qualify and receive services through intellectual disability waivers, creating confusion and a lack of fair and consistent rules to qualify for services. Therefore, we are asking for an evaluation of data from the Department of Education on current students (who are future adults) with ASD and for the Department of Public Welfare to assess their data on current and future numbers of adults with ASD (including sources of this data that have been excluded from past counts), and then to issue a report on the plan to provide home and community based support and services to these individuals. We request your support for this important step in improving services for adults with Autism. |
Introduced as HR948
Memo Updated: July 1, 2014 03:20 PM