March 2025

  Please read about our current push to remove age and hour caps in Ohio’s fully funded employer-sponsored health plans and the U.S. Department of Labor’s continued effort to break down parity violations that are keeping children, teens, and adults with autism getting access to behavioral services, including speech and occupational therapies. Here is a […]

The Council of Autism Service Providers is a non-profit organization that developed the generally accepted standards of care called the Applied Behavior Analysis Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (the “ABA Practice Guidelines”). The purpose of the Guidelines is to inform decision-making regarding the use of ABA as a medically necessary service

The Coalition provided stakeholder feedback to the Department of Medicaid in December 2024. The Department had published draft rules for ABA therapy coverage in November 2024. The Department hopes to finalize ABA coverage rules and codify into Ohio’s Administrative Code and Rules, in April 2025. Here is a link to the Coalition’s feedback to the