093_HB0158

 
                                     LRB093 02275 DRJ 02283 b

 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.)