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Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support Act of 2014 or the Autism CARES Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate an official to oversee national autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research, services, and support activities. Directs the official to implement such activities taking into account the strategic plan developed by the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (the Interagency Committee) and ensure that duplication of activities by federal agencies is minimized.
Extends through FY2019: (1) the developmental disabilities surveillance and research program; (2) the autism education, early detection, and intervention program; and (3) the Interagency Committee.
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(Sec. 3) Includes support for regional centers of excellence in ASD and other developmental disabilities epidemiology as a purpose of grants or cooperative agreements.
(Sec. 4) Requires information and education activities to be culturally competent. Allows a lead agency coordinating activities at the state level to include respite care for caregivers. Allows the use of research centers or networks for the provision of training in respite care and for research to determine practices for interventions to improve the health of individuals with ASD.
(Sec. 5) Revises responsibilities of the Interagency Committee concerning:
inclusion of school- and community-based interventions in the Committee summary of advances,
monitoring of ASD research and federal services and support activities,
recommendations to the Director of the National Institutes of Health regarding the strategic plan,
recommendations regarding the process by which public feedback can be better integrated into ASD decisions,
strategic plan updates and recommendations to minimize duplication, and
reports to the President and Congress.
Revises Interagency Committee membership requirements to specify additional federal agencies that might be represented and to modify the non-federal membership.
(Sec. 6) Modifies requirements for reports by the Secretary on ASD activities. Adds a requirement for a report to Congress concerning young adults with ASD and the challenges related to the transition from existing school-based services to those available during adulthood.
(Sec. 7) Authorizes appropriations to carry out the developmental disabilities surveillance and research program, the education, early detection, and intervention program, and the Interagency Committee for FY2015-FY2019.
People & committees
Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] · R–NJ
Legislative record
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Became Public Law No: 113-157.
Became Public Law No: 113-157.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 8/1/2014 S5312)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 8/1/2014 S5312)
Received in the Senate, read twice.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5688-5690)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5688-5690)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4631.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5688-5693)
Mr. Pitts moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 365.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-490.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-490.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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