PUBLIC HEALTH
Law 27.043
Declare of National Interest the integral and interdisciplinary approach of people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (TEA).
Sanctioned: November 19, 2014
Enacted in Fact: December 15, 2014
The Senate and Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation, meeting in Congress, etc.
Law:
ARTICLE 1- Declare of national interest the integral and interdisciplinary approach of people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (TEA); clinical and epidemiological research in the field, as well as professional training in their research, early detection, diagnosis and treatment; dissemination and access to benefits.
ARTICLE 2- The implementing authority to be determined by the national executive branch shall be responsible for the following actions, without prejudice to those measures to be laid down by the rules:
a) Understand in everything related to research, teaching, research, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (TEA), taking as a premise the need for an integral and interdisciplinary approach;
b) Coordinate with the health and educational authorities of the provinces that adhere to the present and, where appropriate, the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, awareness campaigns on Autistic Spectrum Disorders (TEA);
c) Establish the procedures for research, early detection and diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (TEA) according to the advancement of science and technology;
d) Plan the formation of the human resource in the practices of research, early detection, diagnosis and treatment;
e) Determine the necessary benefits for the integral and interdisciplinary approach in people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (TEA), which will be updated as soon as the advancement of science warrants it;
(f) Conduct epidemiological studies with the aim of knowing the prevalence of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (TEA) in the different regions and provinces;
(g) Conduct statistical studies covering the entire country in order to assess the impact of the application of this law;
h) To promote, through the Federal Health Council, the progressive and uniform implementation in the different jurisdictions of a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to Autistic Spectrum Disorders (TEA) according to the present, by means of public health effectors;
i) Establish, through the National Health Care Quality Assurance Program, research protocols, early detection, diagnosis and treatment for Autistic Spectrum Disorders (TEA);
(j) Coordinate with the authorities in health, education, labor and social development of the provinces that adhere to the present and, where appropriate, of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the necessary actions for the purposes of the complete inclusion of people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (TEA) at different levels of education, work and social, as established by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, approved by law 26.378.
ARTICLE 3- Without prejudice to the above article, the participation of the National Advisory Commission for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities in the formulation of any public policy linked to the Disorders should be provided for. The Autistic Spectrum (TEA).
ARTICLE 4 °- Health agents included in laws 23,660 and 23,661; social security organizations; prepay medical entities; the social work of the judicial branch, national universities, civil and military personnel of the forces Argentine Federal Police, the Directorate of Social Aid for the National Congress Staff, and the health agents who provide medical services, regardless of the legal status they have, will have at his/her capacity, on a compulsory basis, the necessary services for the investigation, early diagnosis and treatment of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD), as set out in points (c), (e) and (j) of Article 2.
The benefits referred to in points (c) and (e) of Article 2 of this Regulation shall be fully incorporated into the compulsory medical programme (PMO).
ARTICLE 5- The expenses that the compliance with this law requires, with the exception of those that remain in charge of the entities referred to in Article 4 °, shall be financed by the appropriations allocated by the national executive branch in the budget of the National Public Administration.
ARTICLE 6- I invited the provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires to adhere to the guidelines of this law.
ARTICLE 7- Contact the national executive branch.
GIVEN IN THE SESSION HALL OF THE ARGENTINE CONGRESS, IN BUENOS AIRES, AT THE NINETEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER OF THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN.
-REGISTERED UNDER NO 27,043-
BELOVED BOUDOU. -JULIAN A. DOMINGUEZ. -Juan H. Estrada. -Lucas Chedrese.
