Helping Housing, Awareness, and Navigation Demonstration Services for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders Act of 2008

To increase housing, awareness, and navigation demonstration services (HANDS) for individuals with autism spectrum disorders.

6/17/2008--Introduced.
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.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Kay Granger [R, TX-12]
• and 20 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]
  • Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5]
  • Rep. Ken Calvert [R, CA-44]
  • Rep. Michael Castle [R, DE-0]
  • Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]
  • Rep. Jo Ann Emerson [R, MO-8]
  • Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY-20]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
  • Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. John McHugh [R, NY-23]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18]
  • Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
  • Rep. Michael Turner [R, OH-3]
  • Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10]
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Committees

• House Financial Services
• 1 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
June 17, 2008

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• Jun 17, 2008: Referred to House Financial Services
• Jun 17, 2008: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Jun 17, 2008: 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.
• Introduced on Jun 17, 2008.

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