as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
A bill for an act
relating to state government; changing terminology for
mentally retarded, mental retardation, physically
handicapped, and similar terms.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) The revisor of statutes shall change the terms in
column A to the terms in column B, wherever they appear in
Minnesota Statutes,
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Column A
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Column B
"mental retardation"
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"developmental disability"
"mental retardation or
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"developmental disability"
a related condition";
"mental retardation
and related condition"
"mentally retarded"
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"developmentally disabled"
"handicapped persons"
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"disabled persons"
"handicapped children"
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"disabled children" or
"children with disabilities,"
whichever term is most appropriate
in the context of the sentence
"handicapped dependents"
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"disabled dependents"
"handicapped"
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"disabled," "disability," or
"people with disabilities,"
whichever term is most appropriate
in the context of the sentence
"handicaps"
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"disabilities"
"idiots"
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"developmentally disabled"
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(b) Where the terms in column B are substituted in statute,
insert "person" or "people" if not already used in the existing
sentence structure.
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The Department of Administration, in consultation with the
Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities, shall publish
adopted rules in the State Register making the terminology
changes specified in section 1 in Minnesota Rules. Upon
publication in the State Register, the terminology changes for
Minnesota Rules are adopted without further administrative
action.
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