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Governor Herbert’s Ceremonial Signing of HB88 and SB57

April 5, 2014 by Gauthiér Leave a Comment

This week we attended the Ceremonial Signing of HB88 and SB57. The event was emotional and extremely fulfilling. After years of effort, insurance coverage for assessment, and treatment of autism will be provided for children up to 10 years of age in the state of Utah. The coverage includes ABA, DIR/Floortime, (A HUGE GAIN FOR FAMILY CHOICE) Speech, OT, PT, and other medically necessary interventions. It is a major victory, albeit an incomplete one. In the coming years, the community will continue to fight for an expansion of SB57, to include older children and to require self-insured businesses and Universities (USU, U of U, BYU, UVU, etc) to provide coverage.

Governor Herbert Signs HB88 and SB57
Past and present Utah Autism Coalition leaders, Leeann Whiffen and Christine Passey
Families waiting for the Governor Herbert’s arrival in the Gold Room
Cheryl Smtih, Autism Council of Utah
Senator Shiozawa greets Jeremy and Andrea Griggs
Rep. Menlove and Sen. Shiozawa
Members of the autism community gather to witness signing
Governor Herbert makes remarks
Senator Shiozawa graciously acknowledges community
Rep. Menlove described her personal passion for the passage of both bills.
Gov. Herbert signs SB57
Close up of signing SB57
Gov. Herbert signing HB88 surrounded by Utah families.
Group picture on Capitol stairs

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