Nevada Extending Medicaid Coverage For ABA To Adults

Nevada Medicaid is working to expand coverage for applied behavioral analysis (ABA) to all adults with Autism. Previously, the state covered ABA services to the age of 21. The change is anticipated to impact approximately 2,000 Nevada adults with Autism, more than half of whom are between the ages of 21 and 29 years.

Thanks to Nevada State Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert, the author of Senate Bill (SB) 191, Nevada Medicaid can move forward with this opportunity to expand access to ABA services for adults. Although the bill called for coverage up to the age of 27, Nevada Medicaid . . .