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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3216 Introduced 1/14/2022, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 625 ILCS 5/1-159.1 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-159.1 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds a licensed physical therapist as a person who can verify that a person is a person with disabilities for the purposes of the Code.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB3216 | | LRB102 22835 RAM 31986 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1-159.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-159.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-159.1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1-159.1. Person with disabilities. A natural person |
| 8 | | who, as determined by a licensed physician, by a licensed |
| 9 | | physician
assistant, or by a licensed advanced practice |
| 10 | | registered nurse, or by a licensed physical therapist: (1) |
| 11 | | cannot walk
without the use of, or
assistance from, a brace, |
| 12 | | cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device,
wheelchair, |
| 13 | | or other assistive device; (2) is restricted by lung
disease |
| 14 | | to
such an extent that his or her forced (respiratory) |
| 15 | | expiratory volume for one
second, when measured by spirometry, |
| 16 | | is less than one liter, or the arterial
oxygen tension is less |
| 17 | | than 60 mm/hg on room air at rest; (3) uses
portable
oxygen; |
| 18 | | (4) has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's
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| 19 | | functional
limitations are classified in severity as Class III |
| 20 | | or Class IV,
according to standards set by the American Heart |
| 21 | | Association; (5) is
severely limited in the person's ability |
| 22 | | to walk due to an arthritic,
neurological, oncological, or |
| 23 | | orthopedic condition; (6) cannot walk 200 feet without
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