Illinois HB2539 mandates the Department of Human Services to update forms and billing codes to replace "mental retardation" with "intellectual.
HB2539 requires the Illinois Department of Human Services to revise all forms and billing codes to replace the term "mental retardation" with "intellectual disability" and similar phrases. This change aims to align terminology with current standards as defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. The update does not affect the validity of existing forms and billing codes that still reference "mental retardation" until the new terminology is implemented.
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