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Existing law establishes the Autism Treatment Assistance Program within the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to serve as the primary autism program within the Department and to provide and coordinate services to persons diagnosed or determined to have autism spectrum disorders through the age of 19 years. (NRS 427A.875) Assembly Bill No. 422 of the 2023 Legislative Session (A.B. 422) required the Division, to the extent that money was available, to create a pilot program to serve children diagnosed with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. A.B. 422 required the pilot program to be administered by the Autism Treatment Assistance Program. (Chapter 492, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3021) This bill establishes the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Treatment Assistance Program, which is to be administered by the Autism Treatment Assistance Program, to provide and coordinate the provision of services to persons diagnosed or determined to have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders through the age of 13 years. This bill authorizes the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Treatment Assistance Program, to the extent that money is available, to take certain actions to facilitate the treatment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Close digest Existing law establishes the Autism Treatment Assistance Program within the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to serve as the primary autism program withi