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AACCENT Act

USA118th CongressS-2904| Senate 
| Updated: 9/21/2023
Robert P. Casey

Robert P. Casey

Democratic Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (3)
Edward J. Markey (Democratic)John Fetterman (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Centers of Excellence and National Technical Assistance Act or the AACCENT Act 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 from understanding or being understood using spoken words, resulting in the need for or benefit from augmentative and alternative communication.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-2
AACCENT Act
Sep 21, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Sep 21, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 27, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-5705
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-2
    AACCENT Act


  • September 21, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 21, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • September 27, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-5705
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Social Welfare

Related Bills

  • HR 118-5705: AACCENT Act

AACCENT Act

USA118th CongressS-2904| Senate 
| Updated: 9/21/2023
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Centers of Excellence and National Technical Assistance Act or the AACCENT Act 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 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

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-2
AACCENT Act
Sep 21, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Sep 21, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 27, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-5705
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-2
    AACCENT Act


  • September 21, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 21, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • September 27, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-5705
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Robert P. Casey

Robert P. Casey

Democratic Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (3)
Edward J. Markey (Democratic)John Fetterman (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Social Welfare

Related Bills

  • HR 118-5705: AACCENT Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted