3.0.0 2950 2020-02-10T17:01:59Z 2020-02-10T17:01:59Z Senate S S 2008-04-30 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-30T23:21:31Z Helping HANDS for Autism Act of 2008 110 6282 HR 2008-06-17 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2008-04-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-04-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2008-07-31 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-07-31 False Health Autism Curricula Disabled Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee training Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to housing Housing and Community Development Housing for the disabled Labor and Employment Rescue work Social Welfare Health 00 2008-04-30 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-31T20:50:54Z Helping Housing, Awareness, and Navigation Demonstration Services for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders Act of 2008 or the Helping HANDS for Autism Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS Secretary), in coordination with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD Secretary) and the Secretary of Education, to establish a demonstration program to award grants to eligible entities to develop an autism navigator program to create a more efficient, effective, coordinated use of the health, housing, education, and social service systems for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder.

Requires: (1) an eligible entity that receives a grant to develop an autism navigator program that will recruit, employ, train, assign, and supervise autism navigators; and (2) the HHS Secretary to provide for evaluations to determine the effects of navigator services.

Directs the HHS Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) develop, demonstrate, and disseminate a standard curriculum for training first responders in assisting individuals with autism and other cognitive behavioral disabilities and their families during emergencies; and (2) award grants to states and local governments to train first responders in providing assistance to such individuals in emergency situations.

Requires the HUD Secretary to convene a task force to establish a housing demonstration grant program to award grants to entities to provide a program aimed at providing individualized housing and services to adults with an autism spectrum disorder.

]]> Helping HANDS for Autism Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Helping HANDS for Autism Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Helping Housing, Awareness, and Navigation Demonstration Services for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders Act of 2008 Display Title Helping HANDS for Autism Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase housing, awareness, and navigation demonstration services (HANDS) for individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2950is/xml/BILLS-110s2950is.xml 2008-04-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.