President Donald Trump signed into law the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (CARES) Act of 2019 on Sep. 30.
The law modifies existing autism programs, according to a White House statement, and sets aside $1.8 billion in funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Health Resources and Services Administration over the next five years to use for these programs.
