SB 5667-S - DIGEST

 

              (AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/12/97)

 

     Directs the administrator for the courts to conduct a study on the feasibility and desirability of requiring all persons appointed as a guardian for three or more incapacitated persons in any consecutive twelve-month period, to whom the appointee is not related by blood or marriage, and who charges fees for guardianship services, to be certified as professional guardians.

     Requires the administrator for the courts to report the findings and recommendations to the senate human services and corrections committee and the house of representatives law and justice committee no later than December 31, 1997.

     Makes an appropriation of thirty-five thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, from the general fund to the office of the administrator for the courts for the purposes of this act.