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Policymakers should encourage advance care planning. This should include the creation of advance directives.
States should enact laws that:
Policymakers should simplify, expedite, and minimize the cost of probate. Changes should allow informal or administrative probate procedures for wills and for appointing personal representatives.
Federal policymakers should expand programs to improve guardianship. This should include monitoring programs.
Policymakers should protect and enforce the fundamental right of all people to be free from discrimination. They should enact and enforce civil rights statutes.
Legislators should enact and strengthen laws against hate crimes. These laws should be vigorously enforced.
Consumer protection and antidiscrimination laws that apply in the context of human decisions should be adapted as necessary to ensure they effectively apply to algorithmic decision tools (see also
Policymakers should strengthen federal and state laws that protect against age discrimination.
The federal government should broadly interpret and vigorously enforce the ADA.
The federal government should encourage the design and distribution of technological devices that assist people with disabilities in leading meaningful and independent lives