§ 2503B. Advance mental health-care directive awareness.
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(a)A health-care institution providing mental health care to an individual shall do all of the following:
(1)Determine whether the individual has an advance mental health-care directive.
(2)Make informational materials about advance mental health-care directives available to the individual.
(3)Prompt the individual to review any existing advance mental health-care directive or to consider creating an advance mental health-care directive.
(4)Assist individuals who express an interest in discussing or creating an advance mental health-care directive by helping them create the directive or by offering resources about how a directive may be created.
(b)Contingent on the provision of funds from the Behavioral Health Consortium, the protection and advocacy agency shall offer training to health-care institutions, health-care professionals, and certified peer recovery specialists about advance mental health-care directives.
(c)As provided in subsection
(d)of this section, a health-care institution, health-care professional, or certified peer recovery specialist may assist an individual with creating an advance mental health-care directive.
(d)A health-care institution, health-care professional, or certified peer recovery specialist must attend the training under subsection
(b)of this section before assisting an individual with creating an advance mental health-care directive.
(e)If provided in compliance with this section, any assistance that a health-care institution, health-care professional, or certified peer recovery specialist provide an individual with creating an advance mental health-care directive may not be deemed the practice of law.