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| | HB2539 Engrossed | | LRB104 11379 KTG 21467 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended |
| 5 | | by adding Section 1-100 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 1305/1-100 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1-100. Update terminology; forms and billing codes. |
| 8 | | No later than one year after the effective date of this |
| 9 | | amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Department |
| 10 | | shall revise all Department forms and billings codes to remove |
| 11 | | all references to "mental retardation", "mentally retarded |
| 12 | | person", or any other similar term and replace it with |
| 13 | | "intellectual disability", "person with an intellectual |
| 14 | | disability", or a similar phrase that includes reference to |
| 15 | | intellectual disability as defined in Section 1-116 of the |
| 16 | | Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. This change |
| 17 | | in terminology shall not be construed to invalidate any |
| 18 | | Department form or billing code that contains a reference to |
| 19 | | "mental retardation", "mentally retarded person", or any other |
| 20 | | similar term prior to the date upon which the Department |
| 21 | | implements the new terminology requirement under this Section. |