33.01 - Protection of patients' rights.

§ 33.01 Protection of patients' rights.    Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  no  person  shall be  deprived of any civil right, if in  all  other  respects  qualified  and  eligible,  solely  by  reason  of  receipt  of  services  for  a  mental  disability nor shall the receipt of such services  modify  or  vary  any  civil  right  of  any  such  person,  including but not limited to civil  service ranking and appointment, the right to register for and  to  vote  at  elections, or rights relating to the granting, forfeiture, or denial  of a license, permit, privilege, or benefit pursuant to any law.