SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Autism Collaboration, 
Accountability, Research, Education, and Support Act of 
2014’’ or the ‘‘Autism CARES Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER INITIA-
TIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall designate an existing official within 
the Department of Health and Human Services to oversee, 
in consultation with the Secretaries of Defense and Edu-
cation, national autism spectrum disorder research, serv-
ices, and support activities. 
(b) DUTIES.—The official designated under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) implement autism spectrum disorder activi-
ties, taking into account the strategic plan developed 
by the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee 
under section 399CC(b) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 280i–2(b)); and 
(2) ensure that autism spectrum disorder activi-
ties of the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices and of other Federal departments and agencies 
are not unnecessarily duplicative. 
SEC. 3. RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
Section 399AA of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280i) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘for chil-
dren and adults’’ after ‘‘reporting of State epidemio-
logical data’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘establishment of regional 
centers of excellence’’ and inserting ‘‘establish-
ment or support of regional centers of excel-
lence’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘for children and adults’’ 
before the period at the end; 
(3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘center to 
be established’’ and inserting ‘‘center to be estab-
lished or supported’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 4. AUTISM INTERVENTION. 
Section 399BB of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280i–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘culturally 
competent’’ after ‘‘provide’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘(which may include respite care for caregivers of 
individuals with an autism spectrum disorder)’’ after 
‘‘services and supports’’;
(3) in subsection (e)(1)(B)(v), by inserting be-
fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, which may in-
clude collaborating with research centers or networks 
to provide training for providers of respite care (as 
defined in section 2901)’’; 
(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘grants or 
contracts’’ and all that follows through ‘‘for individ-
uals with’’ and inserting ‘‘grants or contracts, which 
may include grants or contracts to research centers 
or networks, to determine the evidence-based prac-
tices for interventions to improve the physical and 
behavioral health of individuals with’’; and 
(5) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 
5. 
INTERAGENCY 
AUTISM 
COORDINATING 
COM-
MITTEE. 
Section 399CC of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280i–2) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and annually update’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘intervention’’ and in-
serting ‘‘interventions, including school and 
community-based interventions’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (2); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (1) as 
paragraph (2), and inserting before such redes-
ignated paragraph the following: 
‘‘(1) monitor autism spectrum disorder re-
search, and to the extent practicable services and 
support activities, across all relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies, including coordination of Fed-
eral activities with respect to autism spectrum dis-
order;’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘rec-
ommendations to the Director of NIH’’; 
(E) in paragraph (4), by inserting before 
the semicolon the following: ‘‘, and the process 
by which public feedback can be better inte-
grated into such decisions’’; and 
(F) by striking paragraphs (5) and (6) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(5) develop a strategic plan for the conduct of, 
and support for, autism spectrum disorder research, 
including as practicable for services and supports, 
for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder 
and the families of such individuals, which shall in-
clude—
‘‘(A) proposed budgetary requirements; 
and 
‘‘(B) recommendations to ensure that au-
tism spectrum disorder research, and services 
and support activities to the extent practicable, 
of the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices and of other Federal departments and 
agencies are not unnecessarily duplicative; and 
‘‘(6) submit to Congress and the President— 
‘‘(A) an annual update on the summary of 
advances described in paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(B) an annual update to the strategic 
plan described in paragraph (5), including any 
progress made in achieving the goals outlined in 
such strategic plan.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking the paragraph designa-
tion, the heading, and the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee 
shall be composed of the following Federal mem-
bers—’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)—