C.R.S.
Section 15-14-802
Definitions
(1)
“Adult” means an individual who is eighteen years of age or older, or an emancipated minor.(2)
“Assist” means helping an adult with a disability weigh the pros and cons of a decision and understand the possible outcomes of making such a decision.(3)
“Disability” means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities or a record of such an impairment.(4)
“Member of the supportive community” means a person whom the adult has identified, whom the adult trusts to engage in the supported decision-making process, and who understands the adult’s desires and personal values.(5)
“Supported decision-making” means a process in which an adult with a disability has made or is making decisions by using friends, family members, professionals, or other people the adult with a disability trusts to:(a)
Help understand the issues and choices;(b)
Answer questions;(c)
Provide explanations in a language the adult with a disability understands;(d)
Communicate the adult with a disability’s decision to others, if necessary and if specifically requested by the adult with a disability; or(e)
Facilitate the exercise of decisions regarding the adult with a disability’s day-to-day health, safety, welfare, or financial affairs.(6)
“Supported decision-making agreement” or “agreement” means a voluntary agreement entered into pursuant to this part 8 between an adult with a disability and one or more members of the adult with a disability’s supportive community.
Source:
Section 15-14-802 — Definitions, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-15.pdf
(accessed Oct. 20, 2023).