Sen. Fuschillo Calls For New Law To Ensure Children With Autism Get Health Insurance Coverage

New York State Senator Charles J. Fuschillo. Jr. and representatives from Autism Speaks held an advocacy event in the State Capitol to call for a new law ensuring children with autism get healthcare coverage.

Currently, children with autism throughout New York State are routinely denied insurance benefits for treatment of their disorder, forcing their parents to pay the costs out of their own pockets. Therapy costs for children with autism typically run between $20,000 - $50,000 per year.

Legislation Senator Fuschillo is sponsoring would require insurance companies to cover the costs for treatment and therapy of children with autism up to $36,000 per year through the end of 2010, afterwhich the benefit would be adjusted annually for inflation.

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