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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0787 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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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| | HB0787 | | LRB097 03615 KTG 43652 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
5 | | Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 1-106 as |
6 | | follows:
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7 | | (405 ILCS 5/1-106) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-106)
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8 | | Sec. 1-106.
"Developmental disability" means a disability |
9 | | which is
attributable to: (a) mental retardation, cerebral |
10 | | palsy, epilepsy or autism;
or to (b) any other condition which |
11 | | results in impairment similar to that
that
caused by mental |
12 | | retardation and which requires services similar to those
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13 | | required by mentally retarded persons. Such disability must |
14 | | originate before
the age of 18 years,
be expected to continue |
15 | | indefinitely, and constitute
a substantial handicap. |
16 | | (Source: P.A. 80-1414.)
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