Illinois · Through at least Public Act 104-790

755 ILCS 9/10: Definitions.

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-663)
As used in this Act:
"Adult" means a person who is at least 18 years of age.
"Everyday life decisions" means decisions that support one's existence, including, but not limited to, decisions regarding medical care and treatment, one's residence, work, finances, and social life.
"Principal" means an adult with intellectual or developmental disabilities who seeks to enter, or has entered, into a supported decision-making agreement with a supporter under this Act.
"Supported decision-making agreement" means an agreement between a principal and a supporter under this Act.
"Supporter" means an adult who has entered into a supported decision-making agreement with a principal under this Act.
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-663)
Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Adult" means a person who is at least 18 years of age.
"Everyday life decisions" means decisions that support one's existence, including, but not limited to, decisions regarding medical care and treatment, one's residence, work, finances, and social life.
"Interested person" means the principal's spouse, parent, or adult child; a governmental agency having regulatory authority to protect the welfare of the principal; a service provider as defined in the Guardianship and Advocacy Act; and the principal's caregiver or another person who demonstrates sufficient interest in the principal's welfare.
"Principal" means an adult who is not under plenary guardianship and has not otherwise been declared by a physician to lack decisional capacity and who seeks to enter, or has entered, into a supported decision-making agreement with a supporter under this Act.
"Supported decision-making" means a process of supporting and accommodating a principal to assist the principal in making life decisions under a supported decision-making agreement.
"Supported decision-making agreement" means an agreement between a principal and a supporter under this Act that identifies the life decisions that can be supported, which may include, but are not limited to, decisions related to where the principal wants to live, with whom the principal wants to live, where the principal wants to work, and the services, supports, or medical care the principal wants to receive without impeding the self-determination of the principal.
"Supporter" means an adult who has entered into a supported decision-making agreement with a principal under this Act.

Where this section sits in the code

CHAPTER 755 ESTATES
Supported Decision-Making Agreement Act.

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-663)

As used in this Act:

"Adult" means a person who is at least 18 years of age.

"Everyday life decisions" means decisions that support one's existence, including, but not limited to, decisions regarding medical care and treatment, one's residence, work, finances, and social life.

"Principal" means an adult with intellectual or developmental disabilities who seeks to enter, or has entered, into a supported decision-making agreement with a supporter under this Act.

"Supported decision-making agreement" means an agreement between a principal and a supporter under this Act.

"Supporter" means an adult who has entered into a supported decision-making agreement with a principal under this Act.

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-663)

Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Adult" means a person who is at least 18 years of age.

"Interested person" means the principal's spouse, parent, or adult child; a governmental agency having regulatory authority to protect the welfare of the principal; a service provider as defined in the Guardianship and Advocacy Act; and the principal's caregiver or another person who demonstrates sufficient interest in the principal's welfare.

"Principal" means an adult who is not under plenary guardianship and has not otherwise been declared by a physician to lack decisional capacity and who seeks to enter, or has entered, into a supported decision-making agreement with a supporter under this Act.

"Supported decision-making" means a process of supporting and accommodating a principal to assist the principal in making life decisions under a supported decision-making agreement.

"Supported decision-making agreement" means an agreement between a principal and a supporter under this Act that identifies the life decisions that can be supported, which may include, but are not limited to, decisions related to where the principal wants to live, with whom the principal wants to live, where the principal wants to work, and the services, supports, or medical care the principal wants to receive without impeding the self-determination of the principal.

"Supporter" means an adult who has entered into a supported decision-making agreement with a principal under this Act.

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