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Massachusetts Health Care Proxy statute link
The statute as it appears on the state legislature website

Massachusetts Health Care Proxy statute as a pdfPDF

Massachusetts Health Care Proxy form
Link to the Massachusetts Medical Society website, which provides a sample form with instructions

Although Massachusetts does not currently have a specific statute for a psychiatric advance directive, you can learn more about general advance directives for health care in Massachusetts at the Caring Connections website. 

Massachusetts Mental Health Resources -  Find helpful information at this website provided by the National Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  

If you know of any relevant current legislation, pending legislation, or general issues of interest relating to psychiatric advance directives in your state, click here to contact us.
 
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The National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives is a collaboration between The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center and the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, funded by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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