UPDATE: Richard's spokeperson tweets that the Speaker "was surprised" by Rupp's tweet, and that he's "already selected conferees" for negotiations, though these have not been made official yet.
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Sources on both sides of the aisle report this morning that Speaker Ron Richard may not appoint conferees to finish this year's autism insurance bill (HB1311) in a timely manner -- or at all.
Sen. Scott Rupp (R-Wentzville) tweets that "Hse speaker Richards [sic] is blocking autism bill AGAIN!" and the Autism Votes campaign warns that Richard is "blocking your autism insurance reform bill to death."
