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• Introduced by Rep. Richard J. Ball (R) on February 6, 2009, to impose a new coverage mandate that would require health insurance companies to include in all their policies coverage for treatments related to autism, without requiring any dollar limit, deductible or co-pay for these that does not apply to other disorders.
  • Referred to the House Health Policy Committee on February 6, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on June 9, 2009, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on June 24, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that caps the mandated annual benefit at $50,000, and which establishes standards on the types of treatment that an insurer would be required to reimburse. The substitute failed by voice vote in the House on June 24, 2009.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Richard J. Ball (R) on June 24, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that loosens standards on types of treatment that an insurer would be required to reimburse. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on June 24, 2009.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Richard J. Ball (R) on June 24, 2009, to add more rigorous standards on types of treatment that an insurer would be required to reimburse, and to not index the $50,000 maximum annual benefit to inflation. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on June 24, 2009.
• Passed 84 to 25 in the House on June 24, 2009.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on June 25, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Economic Development and Regulatory Reform Committee on June 25, 2009.