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To enact section 3701.135 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
create the Autism Diagnosis Education Pilot | 2 |
Program and to provide funding for the Pilot | 3 |
Program by making an appropriation for the | 4 |
biennium beginning on July 1, 2007. | 5 |
Section 1. That section 3701.135 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
Sec. 3701.135. (A) The autism diagnosis education pilot | 8 |
program is hereby established in the department of health. The | 9 |
program shall have the following goals: | 10 |
(1) To educate health care professionals, teachers and other | 11 |
educational personnel, child care providers, parents, early | 12 |
intervention and developmental disabilities providers, and other | 13 |
community-based services providers in this state regarding the | 14 |
diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders, including the range of | 15 |
symptoms that may indicate autism spectrum disorders and screening | 16 |
tools; | 17 |
(2) To promote appropriate standards for the diagnosis of | 18 |
autism spectrum disorders in children, including screening tools | 19 |
and treatment planning for children diagnosed with autism spectrum | 20 |
disorders; | 21 |
(3) To encourage physicians and other health care | 22 |
professionals with expertise in screening, diagnosing, and | 23 |
treating autism spectrum disorders to share that information with | 24 |
other health care professionals in this state; | 25 |
(4) To encourage the regional coordination of services to | 26 |
facilitate the effective, timely treatment of children diagnosed | 27 |
with autism spectrum disorders. | 28 |
(B) The director of health shall contract with a public or | 29 |
private entity to conduct or administer the autism diagnosis | 30 |
education program. | 31 |
Section 2. Not later than December 31, 2008, the Director of | 32 |
Health shall compile and submit to the Governor and the General | 33 |
Assembly a written report describing the action taken under the | 34 |
Autism Diagnosis Education Pilot Program since the effective date | 35 |
of this section. | 36 |
Not later than December 31, 2009, the Director of Health | 37 |
shall compile and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly | 38 |
a written report describing the action taken under the Autism | 39 |
Diagnosis Education Pilot Program since December 31, 2008. | 40 |
Section 3. All items in this section are hereby appropriated | 41 |
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the | 42 |
credit of the General Revenue Fund. For all appropriations made in | 43 |
this act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2008 and | 44 |
those in the second column are for fiscal year 2009. The | 45 |
appropriations made in this act are in addition to any other | 46 |
appropriations made for the FY 2008-2009 biennium. | 47 |
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Appropriations |
General Revenue Fund | 49 |
GRF | 440-434 | Autism Pilot Program | $ | 500,000 | $ | 300,000 | 50 | ||||
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund | $ | 500,000 | $ | 300,000 | 51 | ||||||
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 500,000 | $ | 300,000 | 52 |
AUTISM PILOT PROGRAM | 53 |
The foregoing appropriation item 440-434, Autism Pilot | 54 |
Program, shall be used for the establishment of the Autism | 55 |
Diagnosis Education Pilot Program. | 56 |
Within the limits set forth in this act, the Director of | 57 |
Budget and Management shall establish accounts indicating the | 58 |
source and amount of funds for each appropriation made in this | 59 |
act, and shall determine the form and manner in which | 60 |
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from | 61 |
appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as | 62 |
though made in the main operating appropriations act of the 127th | 63 |
General Assembly. | 64 |
The appropriations made in this act are subject to all | 65 |
provisions of the main operating appropriations act of the 127th | 66 |
General Assembly that are generally applicable to such | 67 |
appropriations. | 68 |
Section 4. Sections 1 and 2 of this act take effect on July | 69 |
1, 2007. | 70 |
Section 5. The sections of law contained in this act are not | 71 |
subject to the referendum. Therefore, under Ohio Constitution, | 72 |
Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of the Revised Code the | 73 |
sections of law contained in this act go into immediate effect | 74 |
when this act becomes law. | 75 |