August 13th 2009 - Governor Jon Corzine signed S. 1651/A. 2238 the NJ Autism Insurance Reform Bill.
The bill states that services for children on the autism spectrum like ABA, Speech, OT and PT will be covered by medical insurance up to $36,000 per child per year up to age 21 year of age. This is huge for the future of children on the Autism spectrum in the state of New Jersey. It is long overdue.
My husband and I, as well as friends from POAC and the NJ PTA were there to see the Governor sign the bill at Children's Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick.
Here's my husband and I with the Governor
And of course, you actually want to see photos from the signing so here ya go.....
Both Governor Corzine and Speaker Joseph Roberts talked about why this bill is important.
And then... S. 1651/A. 2238 was signed
Video from the signing - with apologies because the audio is not great, I was in the 3rd row - so pretty close, but apparently not close enough for the FLIP so crank it up!
The Governor's speech before he signed:
And Speaker Joseph Roberts:
5 comments:
This is awesome, awesome, awesome.
That is WONDERFUL news!
This is a great site that you have here. I look forwarding to reading some more sometime in the future. I have a debate site myself that I would like you to check out when you get the chance. I would love to hear some of your thoughts on some controversial topics. Keep up the good work. Jason
p.s. maybe we can do a link exchange or something
Wow! Amazing :)
Congratulations!! How great is that!
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