In this Act:
     “Assisted reproduction” means a method of achieving a pregnancy through an artificial insemination or an embryo transfer and includes gamete and embryo donation. “Assisted reproduction” does not include any pregnancy achieved through sexual intercourse.

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 820 ILCS 154/5

  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     “Child” means an employee’s son or daughter who is a biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis.
     “Covered family member” means an employee’s child, stepchild, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent.
     “Department” means the Department of Labor.
     “Domestic partner”, used with respect to an unmarried employee, includes:
         (1) the person recognized as the domestic partner
    
of the employee under any domestic partnership or civil union law of a state or political subdivision of a state; or
        (2) an unmarried adult person who is in a
    
committed, personal relationship with the employee, who is not a domestic partner as described in paragraph (1) to or in such a relationship with any other person, and who is designated to the employee’s employer by such employee as that employee’s domestic partner.
    “Department” means the Department of Labor.
     “Employee” means eligible employee, as defined by Section 101(2) of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.).
     “Employer” means employer, as defined by Section 101(4) of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.).