97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0851

 

Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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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A BILL FOR

 

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