CA Residents - Last Day to Call Sacramento Re: Autism Insurance Bill - OT

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Hi Everyone, please call the legislators below to ask for AB 171 (autism

insurance bill) to be removed from the suspend list. It will take 1 minute per

phone call and they will ask if you support or oppose and will ask your

name/where you live. That's it. This could save the state of California

hundreds of millions of dollars per year!

The calls need to be made by no later than Tuesday! If we don't act soon, the

suspension list will expire at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24.

Speaker :

Assembly Member Felipe Fuentes:

About AB 171:

The cost estimates for AB 171 are high, according to the California Health

Benefits Review Board. However, evidence from the 26 states that have already

passed insurance reform measures shows that the actual costs experienced have

been significantly lower than expected.

This is the ONLY bill that will have significant savings for the General Fund

because the state is currently paying for insurance services through the

Regional Centers. The Regional Centers currently spend more than $300 million

annually on behavioral services. If AB 171 is passed, the savings to the

Regional Centers alone will be $100 million annually.

This is a civil rights issue and California needs to stop discrimination against

autism. Autism is the only medical condition for which the standard of care is

denied by health insurance.