94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1007

 

Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. Carol Ronen - Emil Jones, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 20/1   from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 301

    Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Community Mental Health Act is amended by
5 changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6     (405 ILCS 20/1)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 301)
7     Sec. 1. As used in this Act:
8     (a) "governmental unit" means any county, city, village,
9 incorporated town, or township;
10     (b) "person with a developmental disability" means any
11 person or persons so diagnosed and and as defined in the Mental
12 Health and Developmental Disabilities Code;
13     (c) "substance abuse" means the excessive use of alcohol,
14 addiction to a controlled substance, or the habitual use of
15 cannabis.
16 (Source: P.A. 88-380.)