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		<title>Altering Autism insurance coverage legislation in VA</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/03/altering-autism-insurance-coverage-legislation-in-va/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Richmond Times Dispatch, Olympia Meola reported on potential changes in support for insurance coverage for therapy for children with Autism in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the US. Under the headline &#8220;McDonnell will try to amend autism bill,&#8221; Ms. Meola described developments in Governor Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221; McDonnell&#8217;s plans for altering recent legislation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bipolar or temper dysregulation disorder with dysphoria?</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/05/bipolar-or-temper-dysregulation-disorder-with-dysphoria/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/05/bipolar-or-temper-dysregulation-disorder-with-dysphoria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 11:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the headline &#8220;Time to reexamine bipolar diagnosis in children,&#8221; Brendan Borrell reports on proposed changes in the American Psychiatric Association s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for the identification of bipolar disorder. In addition to presenting the basic information, Mr. Borrell has alternative views by Dr. Gabrielle Carlson and Dr. David Axelson. Psychiatrists in favor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Autism insurance mandate gains traction</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/02/virginia-autism-insurance-mandate-gains-traction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Virginia (US) legislature (which I sometimes call the &#8220;House of Burgess&#8221; for fun), efforts to mandate coverage of intensive behavioral therapy (AKA &#8220;ABA,&#8221; &#8220;discrete-trial training,&#8221; etc.) by insurance policies gained a little momentum 16 February when Senate Bill 464 passed by a nearly 2-to-1, bi-partisan margin. Earlier this legislative session, one similar bill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chelation clinic closed</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/07/chelation-clinic-closed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Mary Ann Roser of the Austin (TX, US) Statesman, a clinic that provided chelation therapy for Autism is apparently under investigation by federal authorities. Ms. Roser did not report the nature or cause of the investigation of the CARE Clinics. CARE Clinics, an autism clinic on Bee Cave Road that was being investigated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Watchdog on Autism therapy insurance</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/07/consumerwatchdogauttherinsur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On behalf of the families of two children with Autism, a consumer advocacy groups claims that regulators in California (US) are allowing insurers to deny access to needed therapy. Consumer Watchdog seeks to require the Department of Managed Health Care to mandate that insurers pay for treatment based on applied behavior analysis for children with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurance and Autism in California</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/03/insurance-and-autism-in-california/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/03/insurance-and-autism-in-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although insurance carriers in California must pay for some services, in a memorandum to insurers Monday 9 March 2009 insurance regulators in California indicated that insurance coverage does not have to extend to applied behavior analytic (ABA) treatment for children with Autism. According to Lisa Girion, the memorandum from the Department of Managed Health Care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation to cheer</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2008/09/legislation-to-cheer/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2008/09/legislation-to-cheer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to correspondent Julio C. Abreu (Senior Director for Government Affairs at Mental Health America), negotiators for the US House and Senate are near or have reached a compromise that reconciles H.R. 1424 (&#8220;No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act of 2008&#8243;) and S. 558 (&#8220;Mental Health Parity Act of 2007&#8243;). These two bills are different [...]]]></description>
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