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Senate advances plan to centralize guardianship oversight under new Office of Guardianship and Conservatorship
Summary
Senators adopted amendments to Senate Bill 20-29 to create an Office of Guardianship and Conservatorship (OGC) under the Supreme Court with an arm’s-length operations committee, clarify licensing and investigatory processes, and provide one-time funding to establish the office; the measure was re-referred to Appropriations.
Senators on the floor adopted committee amendments to Senate Bill 20-29, which would establish an Office of Guardianship and Conservatorship (OGC) consolidating several guardianship programs under the Supreme Court and provide one-time funding to start the office.
Senator Jim Paulson, carrier of the bill and Judiciary Committee sponsor, said the bill brings together "eight different guardianship programs in three different agencies with seven different funding sources" into a single OGC under the Supreme Court and incorporates recommendations from multiple interim studies. He described the amendment package as addressing licensing,…
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