{"data":{"id":"us-mt/53-21-1301","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"53-21-1301","heading":"Purpose.","body":"The purpose of this part is to:\n(1) promote more timely, informed, compassionate, and effective mental health care;\n(2) recognize the right of any person who has capacity to give or withhold informed consent for mental health services;\n(3) prevent unnecessary delays in receiving care for a mental disorder in times of impending or actual crisis;\n(4) allow a person with mental illness to provide the legal authority for provision of health care during a period of incapacity, even over the person's own protest;\n(5) reduce the use of costly legal interventions, including emergency detentions, civil commitment, involuntary medication, and guardianship;\n(6) minimize the impacts of crisis on people, families, communities, and providers; and\n(7) support the relationship between the provider and the patient by promoting thoughtful, constructive, and timely communication.","path":["TITLE 53. SOCIAL SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS","CHAPTER 21. MENTALLY ILL","Part 13. Mental Health Care Advance Directives"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0530/chapter_0210/part_0130/section_0010/0530-0210-0130-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:27Z","sha256":"76f670845f7dd145188e7f030b88731ab4f94285b2a42ce610dd2771cb9b21bf","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/53-21-1210","next":"us-mt/53-21-1302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}