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[CITE: 42USC10851]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER 114--PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS
 
                      SUBCHAPTER III--CONSTRUCTION
 
Sec. 10851. Construction of subchapters I and II; ``individual 
        with mental illness'' defined
        
    (a) Subchapters I and II of this chapter shall not be construed as 
establishing any new rights for individuals with mental illness.
    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``individual with mental 
illness'' has the same meaning as in section 10802(3) \1\ of this title.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Pub. L. 99-319, title III, Sec. 301, May 23, 1986, 100 Stat. 489; Pub. 
L. 102-173, Sec. 10, Nov. 27, 1991, 105 Stat. 1219.)

                       References in Text

    Section 10802(3) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was 
redesignated section 10802(4) of this title by Pub. L. 102-173, 
Sec. 4(1), Nov. 27, 1991, 105 Stat. 1217.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-173, substituted ``individuals with mental 
illness'' for ``mentally ill individuals'' in subsec. (a) and 
``individual with mental illness'' for ``mentally ill individual'' in 
subsec. (b).
