Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Ind. Code § 12-7-2-61

"Developmental disability"

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Partlow v. Indiana Family & Social Services Administration (1999)

Most recently applied in T.H. v. Division of Developmental Disabilities (March 2007)

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.1

Sec. 61. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), "developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability of an individual that meets all of the following conditions:

(1) Is attributable to:

(A) intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or autism; or

(B) any other condition (other than a sole diagnosis of mental illness) found to be closely related to intellectual disability, because this condition results in similar impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior or requires treatment or services similar to those required for a person with an intellectual disability.

(2) Is manifested before the individual is twenty-two (22) years of age.

(3) Is likely to continue indefinitely.

(4) Results in substantial functional limitations in at least three (3) of the following areas of major life activities:

(A) Self-care.

(B) Understanding and use of language.

(C) Learning.

(D) Mobility.

(E) Self-direction.

(F) Capacity for independent living.

(G) Economic self-sufficiency.

(b) The definition in subsection (a) does not apply and may not affect services provided to an individual receiving:

(1) home and community based Medicaid waiver; or

(2) ICF/IID;

services through the division on June 30, 2011.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.