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S. 937 (110th)

Expanding the Promise for Individuals With Autism Act of 2007

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Introduced

20 March 2007

Last action

20 March 2007 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sponsors

Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO], Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

14 August 2025

Healthcare

Summary

Expanding the Promise for Individuals With Autism Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) convene, on behalf of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, a Treatments, Interventions, and Services Evaluation Task Force to evaluate evidence-based biomedical and behavioral treatments and services for individuals with autism; (2) establish a multi-year demonstration grant program for states to provide evidence-based autism treatments, interventions, and services. (3) establish planning and demonstration grant programs for adults with autism; (4) award grants to states for access to autism services following diagnosis; (5) award grants to University Centers of Excellence for Developmental Disabilities to provide services and address the unmet needs of individuals with autism and their families; (6) make grants to protection and advocacy systems to address the needs of individuals with autism and other emerging populations of individuals with disabilities; and (7) award a grant to a national nonprofit organization for the establishment and maintenance of a national technical assistance center for autism services and information dissemination. Directs the Comptroller General to issue a report on the financing of autism services and treatments.

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Timeline

  1. 20 March 2007

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 20 March 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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