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5/15/2014
Children and Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) 2014 Young Scientist Research Fund Awards
5/15/2014
Planning Grants for Alzheimer's Disease Translational Centers for Predictive Drug Development (R34)
5/15/2014
Six Reasons Health Insurance Premiums Will Go Up Next Year
from http://www.vox.com
Hint: the first reason is that health insurance premiums have gone up every year, since we started tracking these things, no matter what.
5/15/2014
TRICARE: Senators Murray, Blunt, Gillibrand, Rubio Bill Guarantees Health Coverage for Military Children With Developmental Disabilities
AUCD applauds Senators Murray, Blunt, Gillibrand, and Rubio for introducing legislation to provide behavioral health services for individual with developmental disabilities, including those on the autism spectrum.
The Caring for Military Children with Developmental Disabilities Act of 2014 requires TRICARE, the Department of Defense and retiree health program for members of the uniformed services and their families, to provide coverage for behavioral health treatments, including applied behavior analysis (ABA).
5/14/2014
Alzheimer's Disease Core Centers (P30)
5/14/2014
Exemptions and Special Enrollment Periods
This chart from Health Reform GPS explains the current exemptions from the shared responsibility payment and triggers for special enrollment periods in the health insurance marketplaces and how one applies for each.
5/14/2014
New Act Early Ambassadors Selected
30 new Act Early Ambassadors have been selected from a group of highly qualified applicants to represent twenty-nine states. Ambassadors will serve as a state, territory or organizational point-of-contact for CDC's national "Learn the Signs. Act Early." (LTSAE) program; support the work of Act Early Teams and other state or national initiatives to improve early identification of developmental delay and disability; and promote adoption and integration of LTSAE resources, including materials to support developmental monitoring.
5/13/2014
AUCD Communications Survey
AUCD and some of our federal funders are interested in learning more about your communications capacity and needs in the coming year. Your feedback will help us set priorities related to the communications goal in our strategic plan. Please complete this brief survey (one per Center) by May 30th to better inform us how we can help you disseminate information and build a groundswell around some of our common interests.
5/13/2014
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Practice and Implementation Centers
5/13/2014
Improving Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention and Practice through National Partnerships
5/13/2014
Individuals with Pre-Existing Conditions May be Eligible for Special Enrollment Period
Individuals who had pre-existing conditions and were enrolled in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) are now eligible for a special enrollment period (SEP). Although open enrollment ended March 31, coverage under PCIP ended on April 30, 2014. CMS issued guidance at the end of last month indicating that individuals previously covered by PCIP would have a SEP for 60 days (until June 30) to obtain coverage through the marketplace.
5/12/2014
AUCD Legislative News In Brief
This issue of Legislative News In Brief covered the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act of 2014, appropriations allocations, new HCBS resources, military health care, early childhood education, and more
5/12/2014
Combating Autism Reauthorization Act of 2014 Introduced in the House
Bill includes five year continued authorization for funding LEND and DBP training programs
On Friday, May 9, Representatives Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Mike Doyle (D-PA) introduced a bill to reauthorize the Combating Autism Act for five years. The bill, HR 4631, has 35 bipartisan cosponsors.
5/12/2014
HCBS Advocacy Site Launched
This site - created by the National DD Network partners - will help states and advocates from learn, post, and share information and resources to improve implementation of the HCBS settings rule and improve community services for people with disabilities and older people across the nation.
5/12/2014
MCH Health Care Transitions Research Network (HCT-RN) for Youth and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
5/12/2014
