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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0851 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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405 ILCS 5/1-106 | from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-106 |
| Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "developmental disability".
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| | SB0851 | | LRB097 04577 KTG 44616 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 1-106 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (405 ILCS 5/1-106) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-106)
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| 8 | | Sec. 1-106.
"Developmental disability" means a disability |
| 9 | | which is
attributable to: (a) mental retardation, cerebral |
| 10 | | palsy, epilepsy or autism;
or to (b) any other condition which |
| 11 | | results in impairment similar to that
that
caused by mental |
| 12 | | retardation and which requires services similar to those
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| 13 | | required by mentally retarded persons. Such disability must |
| 14 | | originate before
the age of 18 years,
be expected to continue |
| 15 | | indefinitely, and constitute
a substantial handicap. |
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 80-1414.)
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