<section number="75-5-702"><effdate>5/7/2025</effdate><histories><history>Enacted by Chapter <modchap sess="2025GS">533</modchap>, 2025 General Session</history><modyear>2025</modyear></histories><catchline>Purposes of part.</catchline>The purposes of this part are to:<subsection number="75-5-702(1)">provide a principal assistance in:<subsection number="75-5-702(1)(a)">gathering and assessing information;</subsection><subsection number="75-5-702(1)(b)">understanding options, responsibilities, and consequences of a decision; and</subsection><subsection number="75-5-702(1)(c)">communicating decisions for a principal if the principal wants assistance with communicating decisions;</subsection></subsection><subsection number="75-5-702(2)">give a supporter legal status, as specified in a supported decision-making agreement, to be with a principal, to access information on behalf of a principal, and to participate in discussions with others when a principal is making decisions or seeking to obtain information; and</subsection><subsection number="75-5-702(3)">enable a supporter to assist in making and communicating decisions for a principal, but not to substitute as the decision maker for a principal.</subsection></section>