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90_SB0842
405 ILCS 5/1-106 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-106
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Code. Makes a stylistic change in the definition of
"developmental disability".
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1 AN ACT to amend the Mental Health and Developmental
2 Disabilities Code by changing Section 1-106.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
6 Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 1-106 as
7 follows:
8 (405 ILCS 5/1-106) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-106)
9 Sec. 1-106. "Developmental disability" means a
10 disability which is attributable to: (a) mental retardation,
11 cerebral palsy, epilepsy or autism; or to (b) any other
12 condition which results in impairment similar to that caused
13 by mental retardation and which requires services similar to
14 those required by mentally retarded persons. The Such
15 disability must originate before the age of 18 years, be
16 expected to continue indefinitely, and constitute a
17 substantial handicap.
18 (Source: P.A. 80-1414.)