{"data":{"id":"us-il/750-ilcs-85-15","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"750 ILCS 85/15","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this Act:\n\"Blindness\" means central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens. An eye that has a limitation in the field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees is considered to have a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less. \"Blindness\" includes a degenerative condition that reasonably can be expected to result in blindness.\n\"Supportive parenting services\" means services that assist a person with blindness in the effective use of non-visual techniques and other alternative methods to enable the person to discharge parental responsibilities as successfully as a person who does not have blindness.","path":["CHAPTER 750 FAMILIES","Parental Rights for the Blind Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3796\u0026ChapterID=59\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:44Z","sha256":"86a68651105384b836d4642a428440a6eac8ee0f84b441b22603c5b8ec733d3c","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/750-ilcs-85-10","next":"us-il/750-ilcs-85-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}