The State Bond Commission has greenlit $10 million to expand medical services for youths with autism.
The bond funding will allow the Autism Center at Hospital for Special Care in New Britain to hire 25 full-time employees and expand its inpatient facility to serve about 250 children, youths and their families with autism. The expansion ups inpatient care from eight to 12 beds.
The expanded facility will provide patients several levels of upgraded care in psychiatry, psychology, developmental pediatrics, family therapy and behavioral analysis, among other services.
The state’s first Partial Hospitalization Program will also be implemented to help youths remain at home during care and help others transition back into the community following an inpatient stay.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance acknowledged the New Britain autism center earlier this month as the country’s only level-three Patient-Centered Specialty Practice, which is the highest rating a specialty practice can receive.
