Bill Text: IL HB1040 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning mental illness. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1040 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB1040-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB1040 Introduced 02/11/09, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
405 ILCS 5/1-129
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning mental illness. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 1-129 as
follows:
(405 ILCS 5/1-129)
Sec. 1-129. Mental illness. "Mental illness" means a
mental, or emotional disorder that substantially impairs a
person's thought, perception of reality, emotional process,
judgment, behavior, or ability to cope with the the ordinary
demands of life, but does not include a developmental
disability, dementia or Alzheimer's disease absent psychosis,
a substance abuse disorder, or an abnormality manifested only
by repeated criminal or otherwise antisocial conduct.
(Source: P.A. 93-573, eff. 8-21-03.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.