HB404 Alabama 2017 Session

Under existing law, no state agency provides applied behavior analysis intervention services to children with a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder

This bill would require the Department of Mental Health to administer an applied behavior analysis (ABA) program that provides ABA intervention services to children ages birth to nine with autism

This bill would limit the amount of ABA intervention services provided to a child to $40,000 annually

This bill would provide an appropriation of $3,000,000 from the Education Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, to the Department of Mental Health for the administration of the ABA program

This bill would also require the State Department of Education and the Department of Early Childhood Education to identify children who have a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder for referral to the Department of Mental Health for ABA intervention services

Relating to the treatment of autism spectrum disorder; to require the Department of Mental Health to administer an applied behavior analysis (ABA) program that provides ABA intervention services to children ages birth to nine with autism; to limit the amount of ABA intervention services provided to a child to $40,000 annually; to appropriate $3,000,000 from the Education Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018 to the Department of Mental Health for the administration of the ABA program; and to require the State Department of Education and the Department of Early Childhood Education to identify children who have a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder for referral to the Department of Mental Health for ABA intervention services.