Toolkit discussing supported decision-making and guardianship laws, both in the United States and internationally. Contains both easy read and families versions of toolkit.
SDM Resource Library
Type: Law/Legal
Alaska: Supported Decision-Making Law (December 2018)
Alaska’s supported decision-making statute. H.R. 336, 30th Leg., 2nd Sess. (Alaska 2018).
Frequently asked questions and additional information about the statute available here.
New Uniform Act Boosts Guardianship Reform (October 2018)
Article describing guardianship reform efforts in new 2017 Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship and Other Protective Arrangements Act including provisions related to SDM.
District of Columbia: Supported Decision Making Law (Disability Services Reform Amendment Act of 2018) (May 2018)
Disability Services Reform Amendment Act of 2018 of the District Columbia establishing supported decision-making in the District.
Supported Decision-Making in the Lone-Star State (2018)
Law review article describing process of passage of SDM legislation Texas.
Visit resource: Supported Decision-Making in the Lone-Star State
Wisconsin: Supported Decision-Making Law (2017)
Wisconsin’s supported decision-making statute. WIS. STAT. ANN. § 52.01(6) (West, Westlaw through 2017 Act 370).
Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act (January 2017)
The Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act (UGCOPAA) of 2017 is the model guardianship statute produced by the Uniform Law Commission.
The UGCOPAA includes provisions promoting SDM as an alternative to guardianship. (See, e.g., UGCOPAA, Sec. 301(a)(1)(A))
Link includes list of states that have adopted the model statute.
Visit resource: Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act
Delaware: Supported Decision-Making Law (July 2016)
Delaware’s supported decision-making statute. DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 16, § 9403a(8) (West, Westlaw through 82 Laws 2019, ch. 4).
In Re Guardianship of Tonner – Amicus brief (January 29, 2015)
Amicus brief describing SDM as an alternative to guardianship
Authors include:
- AARP
- Quality Trust for People With Disabilities
- National Resource Center for Supported Decision-Making
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Texas: Supported Decision-Making Law (2015)
Texas’ Supported Decision-Making statute. Enacted in 2015. S.B. 1881, 84th Leg., Reg. Sess. (Tex. 2015) (codified at TEX. EST. CODE ANN. §§ 1357.001-.102 (West 2017))
For additional bills in Texas related to SDM, see the National Resource Center on Supported Decision-Making Texas page.
