Maryland Senate Bill 644 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-09 - Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to require health care practitioners, when providing a well-child examination at the ages of 18 months and 24 months, to administer a specified screening tool for autism; requiring the Secretary to require a child to be referred for specified services if the child has a positive result on the screening tool; requiring health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the administration of the screening tool; etc.

Early Identification of Autism Act

Sen. Nancy King [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-09	Senate	Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-05	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0644?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0644f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0004/sb0644.pdf