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 1        AN ACT concerning guardianship and advocacy.

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

 4        Section  5.  The Guardianship and Advocacy Act is amended
 5    by changing Section 2 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 3955/2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 702)
 7        Sec. 2.  Definitions. As used in  this  Act,  unless  the
 8    context requires otherwise:
 9        (a)  "Authority" means a Human Rights Authority.
10        (b)  "Commission"  means  the  Guardianship  and Advocacy
11    Commission.
12        (c)  "Director" means the Director  of  the  Guardianship
13    and Advocacy Commission.
14        (d)  "Guardian"  means  a  court  appointed  guardian  or
15    conservator.
16        (e)  "Services"   includes   but   is   not   limited  to
17    examination,   diagnosis,   evaluation,   treatment,    care,
18    training,    psychotherapy,    pharmaceuticals,   after-care,
19    habilitation, and rehabilitation  provided  for  an  eligible
20    person.
21        (f)  "Person"    means    an   individual,   corporation,
22    partnership, association, unincorporated organization,  or  a
23    government  or  any  subdivision,  agency, or instrumentality
24    thereof.
25        (g)  "Eligible  persons"  means  individuals   who   have
26    received, are receiving, have requested, or may be in need of
27    mental  health services, or are "persons with a developmental
28    disability"  as  defined   in   the   federal   Developmental
29    Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act (Public
30    Law  94-103,  Title  II),  as  now  or  hereafter amended, or
31    "persons  disabled"  as  defined  in  the  Disabled   Persons
 
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 1    Rehabilitation Act.
 2        (h)  "Rights"  includes but is not limited to all rights,
 3    benefits, and privileges guaranteed by law, the  Constitution
 4    of  the State of Illinois, and the Constitution of the United
 5    States.
 6        (i)  "Legal Advocacy Service attorney" means an  attorney
 7    employed  by  or  under  contract  with  the  Legal  Advocacy
 8    Service.
 9        (j)  "Service  provider"  means  any  public  or  private
10    facility,  center,    hospital, clinic, program, or any other
11    person devoted in whole or in part to providing  services  to
12    eligible persons.
13        (k)  "State Guardian" means the Office of State Guardian.
14        (l)  "Ward" means a ward as defined by the Probate Act of
15    1975,  as  now or hereafter amended, who is at least 18 years
16    of age.
17    (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)