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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0788 Introduced 01/31/11, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 405 ILCS 5/2-101 | from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 2-101 |
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes
a technical change in a Section concerning legal disability.
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| | | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
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| | HB0788 | | LRB097 03616 KTG 43653 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 2-101 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (405 ILCS 5/2-101) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 2-101)
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| 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. Such determination |
| 11 | | shall be separate from a judicial proceeding held
to determine |
| 12 | | whether a person is subject to involuntary admission or meets
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the standard for judicial admission. |
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 85-971.)
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