HB 320 Summary

• Creates a new chapter allowing qualified adults (those with disabilities, mental illness, or age 65+) to voluntarily enter into supported decision-making agreements with trusted members of their supportive community.

• Agreement members assist qualified adults by helping them understand decisions and their consequences, accessing relevant information, and communicating decisions to others—without making decisions on behalf of the adult.

• Requires supported decision-making agreements to be in writing, signed by all parties before two disinterested witnesses or a notary, and include terms covering subject matter, information sharing, confidentiality, and conflict resolution procedures.

• Prohibits members of supportive community who have been confirmed as abusers or convicted of crimes against vulnerable adults, financial crimes, or theft from participating in agreements; agreements automatically terminate if such findings occur.

• Provides liability protection for persons who rely in good faith on a supported decision-making agreement and clarifies that executing such an agreement does not constitute evidence of incapacity or prevent the adult from acting independently.