| 3 | 2 | | *JMB165* 02/24/2025 4:40:25 PM JMB165 |
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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1586 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Representative L. Johnson 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Senator B. Davis 6 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 7 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE MEDICAID WAIVER FOR AUTISM 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | SPECTRUM DISORDER TO CLARIFY THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS TO DIAGNOSE AUTISM SPECTRUM 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | DISORDER; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 17 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | TO AMEND THE MEDICAID WAIVER FOR AUTISM 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | SPECTRUM DISORDER TO CLARIFY THE NUMBER 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | AND TYPE OF QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS TO 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | DIAGNOSE AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. 19 |
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| 24 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 |
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| 26 | 25 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 20 -77-124(a)(1), concerning the definition 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | of "autism spectrum disorder" relating to the Medicaid wavier for autism 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | spectrum disorder, is amended to read as follows: 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | (1) “Autism spectrum disorder” means a condition that is 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | diagnosed by at least two (2) qualified professionals of different types from 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | the list in subdivision (a)(4)(B) of this section who both each conclude that 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | a child fully meets the diagnostic criteria under the most recent edition of 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | Mental Disorders; 31 |
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