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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4994
Introduced 1/21/2010, by Rep. Arthur L. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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405 ILCS 5/1-106 |
from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-106 |
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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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A BILL FOR
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HB4994 |
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LRB096 19557 KTG 34949 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
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| Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 1-106 as |
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| follows:
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| (405 ILCS 5/1-106) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-106)
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| Sec. 1-106.
"Developmental disability" means a disability |
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| which is
attributable to: (a) mental retardation, cerebral |
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| palsy, epilepsy or autism;
or to (b) any other condition which |
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| results in impairment similar to that
that
caused by mental |
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| retardation and which requires services similar to those
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| required by mentally retarded persons. Such disability must |
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| originate before
the age of 18 years,
be expected to continue |
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| indefinitely, and constitute
a substantial handicap. |
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| (Source: P.A. 80-1414.)
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