Arizona Laws 36-574. Children’s autism services; contract
A. Subject to legislative appropriation, in addition to any existing autism services, the department may provide children’s autism services through the division of developmental disabilities to serve children who have, or who are at risk of having, autism by entering into a contract with any organization for training and oversight of habilitation workers to utilize intensive behavioral treatment through applied behavioral analysis.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-574
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Autism: means a condition characterized by severe disorders in communication and behavior resulting in limited ability to communicate, understand, learn and participate in social relationships. See Arizona Laws 36-551
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 36-551
- Division: means the division of developmental disabilities in the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 36-551
- Habilitation: means the process by which a person is assisted to acquire and maintain those life skills that enable the person to cope more effectively with personal and environmental demands and to raise the level of the person's physical, mental and social efficiency. See Arizona Laws 36-551
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Psychologist: means a person who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 19. See Arizona Laws 36-551
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
B. Subject to legislative appropriation, in addition to any existing autism services, the department may provide children’s autism services to serve children who have, or who are at risk of having, autism by entering into contracts with the following providers for the following services:
1. An established firm that specializes in autism services and related disorders and that employs at least five nationally board certified behavior analysts, one of whom is a state-licensed psychologist. The contract shall be for services that are for children who begin treatment before they reach five years of age and that utilize techniques of discrete trial and natural environment intensive behavioral treatment through applied behavioral analysis.
2. An autism and research firm that is based in this state and that has raised at least fifteen million dollars of private sector monies. The contract shall be for providing toddlers with autism services that utilize intensive early intervention.