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• Introduced by Rep. Richard J. Ball (R) on December 4, 2007, to establish a fund in the Department of Community Health to provide to provide grants to hospitals or universities for research, diagnosis, and treatment of autism, and research on the triggers of autism. Money for the fund would come from the income tax checkoff proposed by House Bill 5526.
  • Referred to the House Health Policy Committee on December 4, 2007.
    • Reported in the House on December 13, 2007, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
• Passed in the House (108 to 1) on March 18, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on March 20, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Finance Committee on March 20, 2008.