OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS Legislative Office Building, Room 5200 Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200 http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa HB-6456 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO PROTECT SENIOR CITIZENS FROM FRAUD. Primary Analyst: DC 3/15/21 Contributing Analyst(s): CG, ES OFA Fiscal Note State Impact: None Municipal Impact: None Explanation The bill establishes a ten-member task force to study ways to protect senior citizens from fraud, such as an examination of whether persons offering planning advice to Medicaid applicants should be required to be elder law attorneys. The task force shall submit its findings and recommendations to the aging and human services committees by January 1, 2022. This bill has no fiscal impact as PA 17-236 prohibits transportation allowances for task force members. The Out Years State Impact: None Municipal Impact: None