Senate
File
2128
S-5065
Amend
Senate
File
2128
as
follows:
1
1.
Page
1,
after
line
24
by
inserting:
2
<
0b.
“Autism
service
provider”
means
a
person,
3
group,
or
entity
that
provides
treatment
for
autism
4
spectrum
disorders.
>
5
2.
Page
2,
by
striking
lines
4
and
5
and
inserting:
6
<
(2)
Are
provided
by
an
applied
behavior
analysis
7
direct
service
provider
under
the
supervision
of
an
8
assistant
behavior
analyst
certified
by
a
nationally
9
recognized
board,
with
overall
clinical
direction
by
a
10
behavior
analyst
certified
by
a
nationally
recognized
11
board,
or
by
a
licensed
>
12
3.
Page
2,
line
10,
after
<
tests
>
by
inserting
13
<
performed
by
a
licensed
physician
or
licensed
14
psychologist
>
15
4.
Page
2,
after
line
19
by
inserting:
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<
0h.
“Rehabilitative
care”
means
professional
17
services
and
treatment
programs,
including
applied
18
behavior
analysis,
that
are
provided
by
an
autism
19
service
provider
to
produce
socially
significant
20
improvements
in
human
behavior
or
to
prevent
loss
of
21
attained
skills
or
functions.
>
22
5.
Page
2,
by
striking
lines
23
through
33
and
23
inserting:
24
<
i.
“Treatment
for
autism
spectrum
disorder”
25
means
treatment
that
is
identified
in
a
treatment
26
plan
as
prescribed
by
a
licensed
physician
or
a
27
licensed
psychologist
and
includes
medically
necessary
28
pharmacy
care,
psychiatric
care,
psychological
care,
29
rehabilitative
care,
and
therapeutic
care
that
is
30
provided
by
one
of
the
following:
31
(1)
A
mental
health
professional
as
defined
in
32
section
228.1.
33
(2)
An
autism
service
provider.
>
34
6.
Page
3,
line
4,
after
<
pediatrics
>
by
inserting
35
<
or
the
American
academy
of
child
and
adolescent
36
psychiatry
>
37
7.
Page
4,
by
striking
lines
4
through
7
and
38
inserting:
39
<
8.
This
section
shall
not
be
construed
to
require
40
coverage
by
a
group
policy,
contract,
or
plan
of
any
41
service
solely
based
on
inclusion
of
the
service
in
42
an
individualized
education
program.
Consistent
with
43
federal
or
state
law
and
upon
consent
of
the
parent
44
or
guardian
of
a
covered
individual,
the
treatment
45
of
autism
spectrum
disorders
may
be
coordinated
with
46
any
services
included
in
an
individualized
education
47
program.
However,
coverage
for
the
treatment
of
48
autism
spectrum
disorders
shall
not
be
contingent
49
upon
coordination
of
services
with
an
individualized
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education
program.
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1
8.
By
renumbering,
redesignating,
and
correcting
2
internal
references
as
necessary.
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DARYL
BEALL
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