Healthcare and Medical News: Thank You! Autism CARES Act Passed the Senate

Friday, September 20, 2019

Thank You! Autism CARES Act Passed the Senate

Dear Autism Society Affiliates, Families, and Friends,

I am so pleased to announce that the bill to reauthorize the Autism CARES Act (HR 1058) unanimously passed the Senate yesterday. The next step is for the President to sign it and we expect he will do so soon.

If the law had not been reauthorized by September 30th, many of the activities authorized by the law would have ended.

I want to personally thank all of you for your efforts to call, write, and visit with your Members of Congress to educate them about the need to continue the activities authorized by this law. In the last three months, we collectively wrote almost 1,000 emails on this issue using the Autism Society's online Action Center! Many of you came to our Hill Visits and spoke directly with your Members of Congress about this bill. These efforts absolutely helped to move this bill forward.

Please see the Autism Society's Press release and feel free to share or create your own.

Please also see the statements of the key sponsors:

Please take a moment to thank your Members of Congress for their support of this important law.

Thank you again for your help! We appreciate every advocate, partner, autism & disability organizations, and Members of Congress that worked together to pass this bill. Advocacy works!

Best,

Kim Musheno

Vice President of Public Policy

Autism Society of America