OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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SB-940
AN ACT CONCERNING STATE AGENCY COMPLIANCE WITH
PROBATE COURT ORDERS.
Primary Analyst: PR 4/22/21
Contributing Analyst(s): LD, CG, ES
Reviewer: ME
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Social Services, Dept.; Attorney
General; Children & Families,
Dept.; Department of
Developmental Services
GF - Potential
Cost
See Below See Below
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill requires state agencies to recognize, apply, and enforce any
probate court orders, denials or decrees and may result in a cost to the
state to represent agency interests in Probate Court proceedings. To
the extent that agencies are not currently complying with such orders,
this bill may also result in a cost to the agencies to comply.
In addition, to the extent that the Probate Court order potentially
violates federal law or jeopardizes federal funding, it is likely the
affected agency, represented by the Office of the Attorney General,
would appeal the decision. In accordance with federal law (42 USC
1396a(a)(5)), the Department of Social Services has been identified as
the single state agency to determine Medicaid eligibility and therefore
eligibility determination is outside the scope of the Probate Court and
assumed unchanged by the bill.
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The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future.