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Health Care & Hospital Law

Nov. 13, 2009

State Approves Autism Claims

Several families of autistic children who were denied treatments by their health plan won administrative appeals this week.

By Evan George

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Several families of autistic children denied treatments by their health plans have won administrative appeals, in a sign that a recent court ruling scrutinizing regulators may be having an effect on the state's handling of the cases.

In each of the five cases, the families appealed their denial of care to the state, to no avail. Now, however, state regulators informed the families ...

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