# The bill changes the law that creates the National Policy for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Law No. 12.764/2012).

- Bill: PL 4540/2023
- Subject: [Labor and Rights](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/assunto/trabalho-e-direitos/)
- Latest vote: November 1, 2023
- Page: https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2388514/
- Official text: https://www.camara.leg.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=2329770 (The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.)

## Summary

The bill changes the law that creates the National Policy for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Law No. 12.764/2012). The aim is to encourage diagnostic investigation of autism in adults and older people.

## Key points

- Amends Law No. 12.764/2012, on the policy to protect people with autism
- Seeks to encourage diagnostic investigation of autism
- Focus on adults and older people

## Votes

- November 1, 2023: approved, vote type: symbolic (no vote recorded for each deputy). Approved the Substitute Text to Bill No. 4.540 of 2023, adopted by the rapporteur of the Committee on Constitution, Justice and Citizenship.

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