About PADs
- A psychiatric advance directive (PAD) is a legal document that documents a person’s preferences for future mental health treatment, and allows appointment of a health proxy to interpret those preferences during a crisis.
- PADs may be drafted when a person is well enough to consider preferences for future mental health treatment.
- PADs are used when a person becomes unable to make decisions during a mental health crisis.
Montana Mental Health Resources
Montana Mental Health Care Advance Directives statute link – click to see the state statute as it appears on the Montana Legislature website.
Montana Uniform Power of Attorney Act link
Montana Mental Health Care Advance Directives statute as a pdf
Montana Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Medical Treatment form
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