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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="5-615.2" title_number="5" title_name="Death" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Health Care Decisions Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall develop and implement a public awareness campaign to encourage the use of mental health advance directives in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The public awareness campaign shall include awareness initiatives to encourage and support outreach efforts by the following persons and government agencies to inform present or future recipients of mental health services and members of their families, health care providers, and other behavioral health care partners about mental health advance directives:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department of State Police;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Department of Veterans and Military Families;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Local health departments;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Local behavioral health authorities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Behavioral health programs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Practicing psychiatrists, psychologists, professional counselors and therapists, and social workers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Health care facilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Academic institutions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Religious organizations; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Other persons who encounter present or future recipients of mental health services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
