HB 1100 — Guardianship for Incapacitated Adults

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The bill encourages the use of protective arrangements and less restrictive alternatives instead of guardianship if a person's needs can be met with support services and technology.

The bill establishes a bill of rights for adults subject to guardianship and expands the procedural rights for respondents in guardianship proceedings.

The bill provides for visitation and communication rights for individuals subject to guardianship or conservatorship.

This includes a limitationonaguardian'sabilitytopreventcommunication,visitation,or interactions between a person subject to guardianship and a third party.

The bill prohibits courts from establishing full guardianship if a limited guardianship would meet the respondent's needs, requires a petitioner seeking full guardianship to provide support to justify full guardianship, and requires courts to provide findings to support the imposition of full guardianship.

(a) BEB E TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT ;

________ Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law;

dashes through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of the act.

(f) HHUMANE UMANE,SAFE ,ANDSANITARYLIVING SAFE, AND SANITARY LIVING ,LEARNING ,AND,ANDWORKING WORKING ENVIRONMENTS ;

(g) SSEXUALEXPRESSIONANDRESPECTFORTHEIRGENDERIDENTITY EXUAL; EXPRESSION AND RESPECT FOR THEIR GENDER IDENTITY;

(h) A COMPETENTGUARDIANWHOADVOCATESCOMPETENT FORTHEIRGOALSGUARDIAN ,WHO -2-ADVOCATES 1100FOR THEIR GOALS , NEEDS ,AND PREFERENCES AND PRIORITIZES THEIR DESIRES,INCLUDINGDESIRES MEDICAL TREATMENT PREFERENCES , CULTURALINCLUDING PRACTICESMEDICALTREATMENTPREFERENCES ,,CULTURALPRACTICES AND,ANDRELIGIOUS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS;

(i) PARTICIPATE,TOP ARTICIPATE, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE ,IN, IN ALL DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE AFFECTING THEIR CARE ,,WHERE WHERE THEY LIVE ,THEIR ACTIVITIES,ANDTHEIRSOCIALINTERACTIONSACTIVITIES,AND ,TOTHEEXTENTTHEYWISHTHEIR SOCIAL INTERACTIONS ,TO THE EXTENT THEY WISH TO BE INVOLVED AND ARE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED;INVOLVED ;

(j) RECEIVER ECEIVE NECESSARY SERVICES AND REHABILITATION,WITHINREHABILITATION ,WITHIN AVAILABLE RESOURCES ,THAT PROTECT THEIR PERSONALPERSONALLIBERTYANDARE LIBERTY AND ARE PROVIDED WITH THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE CONDITIONS;CONDITIONS ;

(l) PARTICIPATE,TOPRTICIPATE THETOTHEEXTENTPOSSIBLE EXTENT,INDECISIONSABOUTHOW POSSIBL,IN DECISIONS ABOUT HOW THEIR PROPERTY IS MANAGED ,TO THE EXTENT THEY WISH TO BE INVOLVED AND ARE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED ;

(m) C ONFIDENTIALITY FOR THOSE MATTERS THAT THEY WISH TO KEEPCONFIDENTIALKEEP UNLESSTHEINFORMATIONISNECESSARYTOOBTAINCONFIDENTIAL SERVICES;TOPREVENTABUSE,UNLESS THE INFORMATION IS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN SERVICES ;TO PREVENT ABUSE ,NEGLECT ,OREXPLOITATION,OR ORTOMODIFYEXPLOITATION THEGUARDIANSHIPORDEROROTHERORDERSENTEREDPURSUANTTOTHIS;OR TO MODIFY THE GUARDIANSHIP ORDER OR OTHER ORDERS ENTERED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE 14 OR ARTICLE14.5OFARTICLE 14.5OF THIS TITL15;TITLE15;

(n) M AINTAINALLRIGHTSTHATTHECOURTHASNOTGRANTEDTOAINTAIN ALL RIGHTS THAT THE COURT HAS NOT GRANTED TO PAGE 2-HOUSE BILL 26-1100 THEIR GUARDIAN ;

(p) BEB E PRESENT AND PARTICIPATE IN ALL COURT HEARING;HEARINGS ;

(q) SHARE CONCERNSCONCERNSORCOMPLAINTSABOUTTHEIRGUARDIANSHIP OR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEIR GUARDIANSHIP WITH THE COURT ;

-3- 1100 (r) ASK THE COURT TO REVIEWREVIEWTHE THE NEED FOR THEIR GUARDIANSHIP TO CHANGE ,,CONTINUE CONTINUE ,OR END AND WHETHER THEIR GUARDIAN IS AN APPROPRIATE FIT FOR THE;THEM ;

(s) FIF A QUESTION ARISES ABOUT THEIR CAPACITY TO EXERCISE A SPECIFICSPECIFICRIGHT RIGHT,,HAVEACOURTREVIEWANDDETERMINEIFANEVALUATION HAVE A COURT REVIEW AND DETERMINE IF AN EVALUATION IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THEIR CAPACITY TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT;RIGHT ;

(t) THETHESUPPORTANDACCOMMODATIONSTHEYNEEDTOBEABLETO SUPPORT AND ACCOMMODATIONS THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH THE COURT AND TO UNDERSTAND THE COURT PROCEEDINGS ;AND (u) HAVEH THEIRRIGHTSAVE EXPLAINEDTOTHEMINTHEIRPREFERREDTHEIR RIGHTS EXPLAINED TO THEM IN THEIR PREFERRED METHOD OF COMMUNICATION AND IN THE LANGUAGE THEY CHOOSE .

(2) T HE COURT MAY AUTHORIZE A GUARDIAN TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF THE WARD:WARD :

(a) TOT O DETERMINE THE WARD S'S SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THEIR PERSONAL LIF;LIFE ;

(b) TOT O FILE AND DEFEND LAWSUITS;LAWSUITS ;

(d) TOT O MAKE GIFTS OF THE WARD'SWARD MONEY;ANDS MONEY ;AND (e) TO MANAGE THE WARD S'S MONEY AND PROPERTY .

PAGE 3-HOUSE BILL 26-1100 (3) THET HE WARD RETAINS THE RIGHT TO VOTE,TOVOTE ,TO MAINTAIN THEIR REPRODUCTIVEREPRODUCTIVEHEALTHANDABILITYTOPROCREATE HEALTHANDTOCHANGETHEIR ANDMARITALSTATUS ABILITY,UNLESSTHECOURTRESTRICTSTHOSERIGHTSBYSTATING TOTHE PROCREATERESTRICTIONS ,ANDAND TOTHE CHANGERELEVANT THEIRMARITALSTATUSFINDINGS ,UNLESSTHETO COURTRESTRICTSTHOSESUPPORT RIGHTSTHE BY STATINGTHERESTRICTIONSANDTHERELEVANTFINDINGSTOSUPPORTTHE RESTRICTIONS IN THE ORDER APPOINTING THE GUARDIAN.GUARDIAN .

(4) N OTHING IN THIS SECTION ALTER,LIMITS,ORALTERS , LIMITS,OR AFFECTS THE COURT 'SSAUTHORITYORTHESTANDARDSANDPROCEDURESFORAPPOINTING AUTHORITYAGUARDIAN OR,DETERMININGTHESCOPEOFGUARDIANSHIP THE,ORMODIFYINGOR STANDARDSTERMINATING ANDA PROCEDURESGUARDIANSHIP FORPURSUANT -4-TO 1100THIS APPOINTINGAGUARDIANARTICLE DETERMININGTHESCOPEOFGUARDIANSHIP ,OR MODIFYINGORTERMINATINGAGUARDIANSHIPPURSUANTTOTHISARTICLE 14 OR ARTICLE 14.5OF14.5OFTHISTITLE THIS15.THERIGHTSSETFORTHINTHISSECTIONARESUBJECT TITL15.TO ANY LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY COURT ORDER .

THE(5) RIGHTST SETHIS FORTH IN THIS SECTION ARE SUBJECT TO ANY LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY COURT ORD.R (5) THIS SECTION DOES NOT CREATE A NEW CAUSE OF ACTION OR AFFECTAFFECTANYEXISTINGCAUSEOFACTIONORREMEDYAVAILABLETOAWARD ANY EXISTING CAUSE OF ACTION OR REMEDY AVAILABLE TO A WARD .

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(19)(19)(a) (a)ON NNOVEMBER N1,2027, OVEMBERAND 1,NOVEMBER 2027AND1,2028, NTHESTATE OVEMBER 1, 2028,THE STATE COURT ADMINISTRATOR S OFFICE SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE JOINTBUDGETCOMMITTEEJOINT ,THESENATEJUDICIARYCOMMITTEEBUDGET ,ANDTHECOMMITTEE HOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVESJUDICIARYCOMMITTEE,THE ,ORTHEIRSUCCESSORSENATE COMMITTEESJUDICIARY ,DETAILINGTHECOMMITTEE FISCALIMPACT,AND OFHOUSETHE BHOUSE IL26-1100OF ONREPRESENTATIVES JUDICIARY COMMITTEE , OR THEIR SUCCESSOR COMMITTEES ,DETAILING THE JUDICIALDEPARTMENTFISCAL .THEIMPACT STATEOF COURTHOUSE ADMINISTRATORSOFFICEBILL26-1100 SHALLUSEEXISTINGDATASOURCESTOCREATETHEREPORTREQUIREDBYON THISTHE SECTIO.JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT .

(b)HE THISSTATE SUBSECTION(19)ISCOURT REPEALED,EFFECTIVEJANUARYADMINISTRATOR 1,S 2029.OFFICE SHALL USE EXISTING DATA SOURCES TO CREATE THE REPORT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.