Web-based PADs now available in select California counties

April 23, 2026

Graphic announcing that Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) can now be created online in California. A PAD lets you document your treatment preferences before a crisis. Image includes a phone screen showing the My Plan My Voice website with a “Create a PAD” button.

Map listing California counties where online PADs are now available: Shasta, Contra Costa, Alameda, Mariposa, Fresno, Monterey, Orange, and Tri-City Mental Health Authority. Text reads: “Participating Counties.”

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Web-based Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) are now available in select California counties.

A PAD helps you share your treatment preferences. It also lets you name trusted supporters, and plan ahead for times when it might be hard to make decisions.

Help spread awareness of this new, no cost online tool.

Visit www.myplanmyvoice.com to learn more.

Click here to download.

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