[Source: Disability Scoop]

Less than a year after fizzling, federal legislation designed to provide tracking devices and other resources to those with developmental disabilities at risk of wandering is back on the table.

Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have reintroduced a bill known as Kevin and Avonte’s Law.

The proposal, which originated nearly four years ago, would reauthorize and expand an existing federal program aimed at helping people with Alzheimer’s disease who tend to bolt to include children with autism and other developmental disabilities.

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