OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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HB-6458
AN ACT LOWERING THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR PROPERTY
TAX RELIEF FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.
AMENDMENT
LCO No.: 9371
File Copy No.: 385
House Calendar No.: 298
Primary Analyst: DC 5/25/21
Contributing Analyst(s): (NF)
OFA Fiscal Note
No Fiscal Impact
The amendment establishes a ten-member task force to study ways
to protect senior citizens from fraud. Such study shall include, but
need not be limited to, an examination of whether persons offering
planning advice to Medicaid applicants should be required to be elder
law attorneys admitted to the bar.
Not later than January 1, 2022, the task force shall submit a report
on its findings and recommendations to the aging and human services
committees. The task force shall terminate on the date it submits such
report or January 1, 2022, whichever is later.
The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly,
solely for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the
General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety
of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is
consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any
specific department.