From the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch and the Associated Press:

A bill in the Ohio House would require health-insurance companies to cover autism treatment as they cover care for other medical conditions. It is modeled after a recently passed mental-health parity law, which requires insurance coverage for certain psychological conditions. Insurance companies have expressed concerns about the bill.

A blue ribbon panel in Missouri is recommending that the state enact legislation requiring private insurers to provide coverage for people with autism through age 21 for services like behavioral, occupational, speech and physical therapies, and medications, nutritional supplements and assessment services.

At least 17 states — including Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New York and Tennessee — require health plans to provide some coverage of autism treatment. And several states are considering measures similar to the one in Ohio.

See earlier posts here and here.

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