{"data":{"id":"us-de/16-del.-c.-2503b","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"16 Del. C. § 2503B","heading":"Advance mental health-care directive awareness.","body":"(a) A health-care institution providing mental health care to an individual shall do all of the following:\n(1) Determine whether the individual has an advance mental health-care directive.\n(2) Make informational materials about advance mental health-care directives available to the individual.\n(3) Prompt the individual to review any existing advance mental health-care directive or to consider creating an advance mental health-care directive.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 16. Health and Safety","Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health","CHAPTER 25B. Supplement to the Health-Care Decisions Act"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title16/c025b/index.html#2503B","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:21Z","sha256":"912751e2d61b1bcd724f5a7645221610325e2177e1d7830fbf38e8b07c338ccc","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/16-del.-c.-2502b","next":"us-de/16-del.-c.-2501c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}