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AACCENT Act

USA117th CongressS-2| Senate 
| Updated: 11/17/2022
Robert P. Casey

Robert P. Casey

Democratic Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (6)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Ron Wyden (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Centers to Establish National Training Act or the AACCENT Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award three grants in geographically diverse regions to establish a network of resource centers to improve access to tools, technologies, strategies, training, and other methods used to supplement or replace speech (i.e., augmentative and alternative communication) for individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities. These are communication disabilities (other than communication disabilities that are primarily visual or auditory in nature) that prevent or significantly limit an individual from understanding or being understood using spoken words, resulting in the need for or benefit from augmentative and alternative communication.
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Timeline
Nov 17, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Nov 17, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 13, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-9516
Introduced in House
  • November 17, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 17, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • December 13, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-9516
    Introduced in House

Social Welfare

Related Bills

  • HR 117-9516: AACCENT Act
Advisory bodiesDisability and health-based discriminationDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHearing, speech, and vision careHigher educationState and local government operations

AACCENT Act

USA117th CongressS-2| Senate 
| Updated: 11/17/2022
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Centers to Establish National Training Act or the AACCENT Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award three grants in geographically diverse regions to establish a network of resource centers to improve access to tools, technologies, strategies, training, and other methods used to supplement or replace speech (i.e., augmentative and alternative communication) for individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities. These are communication disabilities (other than communication disabilities that are primarily visual or auditory in nature) that prevent or significantly limit an individual from understanding or being understood using spoken words, resulting in the need for or benefit from augmentative and alternative communication.
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Timeline
Nov 17, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Nov 17, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 13, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-9516
Introduced in House
  • November 17, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 17, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • December 13, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-9516
    Introduced in House
Robert P. Casey

Robert P. Casey

Democratic Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (6)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Ron Wyden (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Social Welfare

Related Bills

  • HR 117-9516: AACCENT Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advisory bodiesDisability and health-based discriminationDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHearing, speech, and vision careHigher educationState and local government operations