It might be too late to get a vote on Ava's Law this spring, but Albers is looking for another bill where the autism mandate might be attached as an amendment.
"Children who are adopted at age 5 are in a different risk category from newborns, " says Dr. Lisa Albers, director of the Adoption Program at Children's Hospital Boston.
John Albers, a Republican who sponsored the Georgia Senate version of Ava's Law, calls it "the right thing to do, " but also believes it could save the state a lot of money.