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2.17.11 President of the Virginia Autism Project Teresa Champion joins Coy with the latest on the new Virginia autism legislation. Today, the Austism Insurance Reform bill has officially made it out of the legislature, both House and Senate, and now needs only approval from the Governor in order to become state law. Champion touches on just how extraordinary the legislation is within the Commonwealth and what this bill means for those families dealing with the disease.
2.7.11 President of the Virginia Autism Project Teresa Champion joins Coy with an update on new autism legislation in Virginia. Champion talks about the new bill to cover health care treatments for children with, and today she focuses on the proposed amendments to try to kill the bill and what Senators were behind them. In addition, she talks about what is next for the legislation which has made it through the House of Delegates and is now up to its third reading on the Senate floor.
1.31.11 President of the Virginia Autism Project Teresa Champion joins Coy to discuss the latest in autism news. In the House of Delegates, a vote recently passed requiring medical insurance coverage for autism. The same conservative leadership which repeatedly put down the bill in the past finally came around and demonstrated their understanding of the issues associated with the disease. Today’s conversation addresses what this means for the future of treatment as well as what this means for the future of parents struggling with raising children with autism.