(405 ILCS 5/2-100) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 2-100)
Sec. 2-100.
(a) No recipient of services shall be deprived of any
rights, benefits, or privileges guaranteed by law, the Constitution of the
State of Illinois, or the Constitution of the United States solely on
account of the receipt of such services.
(b) A person with a known or suspected mental illness or developmental
disability shall not be denied mental health or developmental services
because of age, sex, race, religious belief, ethnic origin, marital status,
physical or mental disability or criminal record unrelated to present
dangerousness.
(Source: P.A. 86-1416.)
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