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Task force judge and interim staff present proposal to consolidate guardianship programs under new Office of Guardianship and Conservatorship
Summary
Senate Bill 2029 would create an Office of Guardianship and Conservatorship (OGC) under the Supreme Court to centralize multiple guardianship programs now spread across DHHS, OMB and the judicial branch. Task force chair Judge Cynthia Phelan and interim staff described licensure, review board and investigatory counsel and requested technical am
The Senate Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 2029, a bill drafted to consolidate public guardianship and conservatorship programs and oversight into a single Office of Guardianship and Conservatorship (OGC) under the North Dakota Supreme Court.
Adam Matyuk, fiscal analyst with the Legislative Council and interim government finance committee staff, provided an overview that the bill would consolidate multiple guardian‑related line items and programs currently administered across the Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Management and Budget (pass grants), the judicial branch monitoring program and other entities. Matyuk said the bill as filed appropriates funds to the new office but does not itself eliminate the…
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