Section 42-66.13-2 - Purpose(a) The purpose of this chapter is to achieve all of the following: (1) Provide assistance in gathering and assessing information, making informed decisions, and communicating decisions for adults who would benefit from decision-making assistance;(2) Give supporters legal status to be with the adult and participate in discussions with others when the adult is making decisions or attempting to obtain information;(3) Enable supporters to assist in making and communicating decisions for the adult but not substitute as the decision maker for that adult; and(4) Establish the use of supported decision-making as an alternative to guardianship.(b) This chapter is to be administered and interpreted in accordance with all of the following principles: (1) All adults should be able to choose to live in the manner they wish and to accept or refuse support, assistance, or protection;(2) All adults should be able to be informed about and participate in the management of their affairs; and(3) The values, beliefs, wishes, cultural norms, and traditions that adults hold should be respected in supporting adults to manage their affairs.R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-66.13-2
Added by 2019 Pub. Laws, ch. 124,§ 1, eff. 7/8/2019.Added by 2019 Pub. Laws, ch. 113,§ 1, eff. 7/8/2019.