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Masschusetts Bill to Study Autism
Petition of William M. Straus, Thomas M.
McGee, Steven A. Tolman, Edward J. Clancy, Jr., David Paul Linsky and Douglas
W. Petersen that the Department of Public Health be directed to make an
investigation and study of the incidence of autism in children up to the age of
five years.
01/03/01
H Referred to the committee on Health Care
01/03/01 S Senate concurred
06/07/01 H Discharged to the committee on Human Services and Elderly
Affairs -HJ 481
06/11/01 S Senate concurred -SJ 198
Public Hearing date Nov 28 am at 11:00 in Room A-1
12/10/01 H Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the
committee on House Ways and
Means -HJ 1142
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