
Existing law refers to mental retardation or a mentally retarded person in provisions relating to, among other things, educational and social services, commitment to state facilities, and criminal punishment.
This bill would revise these provisions to refer instead to intellectual disability or a person with an intellectual disability. This bill would provide that nothing in these provisions shall be construed as making a substantive change in law or a change to services or the eligibility for services in revising this terminology. This bill would make related and technical changes.