by admin | Apr 12, 2020 | Business, Education, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
An organization that provides support to more than 5,000 Missouri children and adults with disabilities continues to provide essential needs and programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Easterseals Midwest executive vice president Jeanne Marshall says they provide...
by Mike Lear | May 22, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
Legislation meant to help the families of children with autism and other disorders has reached the Governor’s desk, in the eighth year it has been offered. Representative Dwight Scharnhorst (R-St. Louis) named Bryce’s Law for his grandson, who died in 2007...
by admin | Feb 18, 2010 | Health / Medicine, Legislature
Health insurers regulated by the state would have to cover treatment for autism under a bill that has passed the House and moved to the Senate. Rep. Dwight Scharnhorst (R-Manchester) said during his opening remarks on the House floor that his bill would mandate the...
by admin | Feb 16, 2010 | Health / Medicine, Legislature
A controversial bill a year ago gets new life in the House, which has given tentative approval to a requirement that health insurers cover autism. A year ago, concerns about the impact on health insurance premiums kept the bill from coming to the House floor for...