Section 2503B - [Effective 9/30/2025] Advance mental health-care directive awareness(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, and 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.Added by Laws 2023, ch. 467,s 2, eff. 9/30/2025.