Supported decision-making agreements: who can make them and how they work

(a) A qualified adult may voluntarily, without coercion or undue influence, enter into a supported decision-making agreement with one or more members of the supportive community; provided that the supported decision-making agreement shall not adversely affect the decision-making authority granted to a court-appointed guardian or court-appointed conservator. (b) Under the supported decision-making agreement, the qualified adult may request the member of the supportive community to do any or all of the following: (1) Provide supported decision-making, including assistance in understanding the options, responsibilities, and consequences of the qualified adult's life decisions, without making those decisions on behalf of the qualified adult; (2) Assist in accessing, collecting, obtaining, and understanding information that is relevant to a given life decision from any person, including but not limited to: (A) Medical, psychological, financial, educational, occupational, and social decisions; (B) Treatment records; (C) How and in what relationships the qualified adult chooses to engage; and (D) Information about how members of the supportive community are chosen; or (3) Assist the qualified adult in communicating the qualified adult's decisions to appropriate persons when expressly requested by the qualified adult. (c) A member of the supportive community shall not be entitled to compensation or other consideration, in cash or in kind, for assistance provided to the qualified adult for the purposes of a supported decision-making agreement. (d) A qualified adult shall not enter into a supported decision-making agreement with a member of the supportive community who : (1) Has been confirmed as the perpetrator of abuse of the qualified adult, any other qualified adult, or any vulnerable adult; or (2) Has been convicted of: (A) A crime against a vulnerable adult or in which the member otherwise intentionally caused physical harm to another; (B) A financial crime; or (C) The offense of theft in the first, second, third, or fourth degree.