94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5482

 

Introduced 1/27/2006, by Rep. Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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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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 Mental Health and Developmental
5 Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 1-106 as
6 follows:
 
7     (405 ILCS 5/1-106)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-106)
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 caused by mental
12 retardation and and which requires services similar to those
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.)