General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 373
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1688
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. SLOSSBERG, 14th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 373
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1688
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. SLOSSBERG, 14th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING DIAGNOSES OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 319b of the general statutes be amended to provide that any person diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder shall retain such diagnosis for all purposes regardless of changes made concerning autism spectrum disorder in an edition of the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders".
Statement of Purpose:
To allow a person diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder to retain the diagnosis despite any change in the new edition of the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM 5).