Illinois Code § 720 ILCS 5/2-10.1

"Person with a severe or profound intellectual disability" means a person (i)
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whose intelligence quotient does not exceed 40 or (ii) whose
intelligence quotient does not exceed 55 and who suffers
from
significant mental illness to the extent that the person's ability to exercise
rational judgment is impaired. In any proceeding in which the defendant is
charged with committing a violation of Section 10-2, 10-5, 11-1.30, 11-1.60, 11-14.4, 11-15.1, 11-19.1,
11-19.2, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 12-4.3, 12-14, or 12-16, or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05, of this Code against a victim who is
alleged to be a person with a severe or profound intellectual disability, any findings concerning the victim's status as a
person with a severe or profound intellectual disability, made by a court after a
judicial admission hearing concerning the victim under Articles V and VI of
Chapter IV of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code
shall be admissible.

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