SENATE BILL 34

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Clinton D. Harden

AN ACT

REQUIRING THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR A FEDERAL WAIVER OR MEDICAID STATE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED ADAPTIVE SKILL BUILDING SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS AGED FIVE YEARS OLD AND UNDER DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. A new section of the Public Assistance Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] TEMPORARY PROVISION--HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED ADAPTIVE SKILL BUILDING SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS AGED FIVE YEARS OLD AND UNDER DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.--

          A. By September 30, 2009, the department shall seek federal approval through a federal waiver application for the provision of adaptive skill building services, as the department defines them, to recipients who are five years of age and under and have a diagnosed autism spectrum disorder.

          B. As used in this section, "autism spectrum disorder" means a neurobiological condition that includes the following diagnoses as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, text edition ("DSM-IV"), published by the American psychiatric association:

                (1) autism;

                (2) Rett's syndrome; and

                (3) pervasive developmental disorder/not otherwise specified."

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