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92_HB0117

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to health.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The   Mental   Health   and   Developmental
 5    Disabilities  Code  is  amended  by changing Section 2-101 as
 6    follows:

 7        (405 ILCS 5/2-101) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 2-101)
 8        Sec. 2-101.  No recipient of services shall  be  presumed
 9    legally  disabled,  nor  shall  such  person  be held legally
10    disabled  except  as  determined  by   a   court.    A   Such
11    determination  of  legal  disability shall be separate from a
12    judicial proceeding held to determine  whether  a  person  is
13    subject  to  involuntary  admission or meets the standard for
14    judicial admission.
15    (Source: P.A. 85-971.)

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