A Psychiatric Advance Directives (PAD) is a legal document like a Health Care Proxy and/or Power of Attorney that details a person’s preferences for future mental health treatment or names an individual to make treatment decisions if the person is in a crisis and unable to make decisions. Currently, only 25 states have laws that specifically allow them and New York is not one of them.
However, an individual can still draft a PAD in New York under the more general statutes connected to health care directives or living wills. See Article 29-C - (Public Health) HEALTH CARE AGENTS AND PROXIES.