118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2904AACCENT Act

A bill to support national training, technical assistance, and resource centers, to ensure that all individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities have access to the augmentative and alternative communication the individuals need to interact with others, in order to learn, work, socialize, and take advantage of all aspects of life in the United States.

Social welfare
Introduced Sep 21, 2023
Last action Sep 21, 2023
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill establishes a grant program to create national resource centers on augmentative and alternative communication. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award three grants in geographically diverse regions to establish a network of these resource centers for individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities, particularly through improved access to tools, technologies, strategies, training, and other methods. Significant expressive communication disabilities are communication disabilities (other than communication disabilities that are primarily visual or auditory in nature) that prevent or significantly limit an individual fro...

Provisions · 11 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Sep 21, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Sep 21, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.