HB6158 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6158

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

405 ILCS 20/1

from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 301

Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning definitions of terms used in the Act.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT in relation to health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Community Mental Health Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(405 ILCS 20/1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 301)

Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act:

(a) "Governmental unit" means any county, city, village, incorporated town, or township. ;

(b) "Person with a developmental disability" means any person or persons so diagnosed and as defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. ;

(c) "Substance abuse" means the excessive use of alcohol, addiction to a controlled substance, or the habitual use of cannabis.

(Source: P.A. 88-380.)