Last year, Senate bill 09-244 was passed.  The bill requires state regulated insurance companies to provide coverage for the treatment of autism.  This is new ground for all involved parties, and part of a national coverage surge with 11 states recently reforming insurance.  Currently, there are very few models to follow to ensure families receive the benefits autism advocates worked so diligently to procure.

The autism service professionals of Colorado are joining together.
Our mission:    To enhance the safe and effective delivery of services to persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their families through the support and education of providers, facilitation of treatment opportunities, dissemination of intervention technologies and methodologies that maximize measurable outcomes, and collaboration on policy.

Our next steps include:

• establishing a universal contract between insurance companies and service providers,
• developing quality standards of care to be adopted by insurance companies,
• assisting with in-network provider agreements;
• creating agreements around billing procedures and codes; and,
• ensuring families affected by autism get the treatment they deserve.

For More Information: 

• Senate Bill 09-244 Fact Sheet
• COCAP Dec. 09 Source Article
• National Standards Project
• American Academy of Pediatrics, Management of Autism

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Our next meeting we be in July.

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