NM clears bill allowing advance directives for mental health treatment

Via the Free New Mexican:

The New Mexico legislature has cleared a bill that will allow patients to specify their wishes for mental health treatment though an advance directive.  HB459/SB234 would allow people with mental illness toset forth treatment preferences and service needs in a legal documentto be used if they can no longer make their own decisions. New Mexicowould join 22 states that have passed laws specific to mental-healthadvance directives.

For more information on this kind of health care directive, visit The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.