(410 ILCS 445/5)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context requires otherwise:

"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Rare Disease Commission.

"Commission" means the Rare Disease Commission.

"Rare disease" means a disease that affects less than 200,000 people in the United States.

"Relative" means a spouse, parent, parent-in-law, sibling, sibling-in-law, child, child-in-law, grandparent, aunt, or uncle.

"Vice-Chairperson" means the Vice-Chairperson of the Rare Disease Commission.

(Source: P.A. 99-773, eff. 1-1-17.)