Expanding the Promise for Individuals With Autism Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 20, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 20, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expanding the Promise for Individuals With Autism Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) convene, on behalf of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, a Treatments, Interventions, and Services Evaluation Task Force to evaluate evidence-based biomedical and behavioral treatments and services for individuals with autism; (2) establish a multi-year demonstration grant program for states to provide evidence-based autism treatments, interventions, and services. (3) establish planning and demonstration grant programs for adults with autism; (4) award grants to states for access to autism services following diagnosis; (5) award grants to University Centers of Excellence for Developmental Disabilities to provide services and address the unmet needs of individuals with autism and their families; (6) make grants to protection and advocacy systems to address the needs of individuals with autism and other emerging populations of individuals with disabilities; and (7) award a grant to a national nonprofit organization for the establishment and maintenance of a national technical assistance center for autism services and information dissemination.
Directs the Comptroller General to issue a report on the financing of autism services and treatments.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2007 to Jul 25, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CO | Wayne Allard | Original | Mar 20, 2007 |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Apr 10, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Apr 30, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | May 2, 2007 | |
| R-NM | Pete V. Domenici | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | May 22, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | May 22, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Nov 13, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Dec 18, 2007 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Jan 22, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jan 25, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Mar 31, 2008 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Apr 1, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | May 6, 2008 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jun 26, 2008 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Jul 9, 2008 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Jul 9, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Jul 25, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Mar 20, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 20, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7619 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Jul 29, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3381 | Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY | Mar 20, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL34507 | The Developmental Disabilities Act Archived | Report | Nov 12, 2010 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1881 | Expanding the Promise for Individuals With Autism Act of 2007 | Related bill | Apr 18, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Expanding the Promise for Individuals With Autism Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Autism
- Child health
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Cost effectiveness
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)
- Families
- Family services
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Health education
- Health planning
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Long-term care
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Nonprofit organizations
- Rural health
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2007Introduced in Senate
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