Article archive / July 1, 2012
Originally published: . Volume 3, No. 11. Source pages: 3.
House Bill 771 was authored by over 60 representatives. Signed by the governor to become Act 208 it mandates coverage of the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders, and raises the age for coverage. It also eliminates the limitations on lifetime benefits. According to the legislative digest, the new law raised the age of mandated coverage so that it applies now to individuals less that 21, compared to the old law that applied to individuals less that 17. And the new law removes the lifetime maximum benefit which was $144,000. The new law also deletes an exclusion for companies with 50 or fewer employees. The new law retains the other aspects of the law but changes the implementation date to January 1, 2014.
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