SENATE BILL NO. 98                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act  relating to medical assistance  for recipients                                                                    
     of adult  foster care  services; establishing  an adult                                                                    
     foster care home license  and procedures; and providing                                                                    
     for the  transition of individuals from  foster care to                                                                    
     adult foster care homes."                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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Co-Chair Bishop relayed that it  was the third hearing of SB                                                                    
98.  It  was  the   committees   intention  to  consider  an                                                                    
amendment, cover fiscal  notes, and look to the  will of the                                                                    
committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
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Senator  Wielechowski  MOVED  to   ADOPT  Amendment  1,  32-                                                                    
GS1708\G1 (Foote, 4/7/22).                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Bishop OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wielechowski  spoke to Amendment 1.  He referenced a                                                                    
short email from a constituent  (copy on file). He read from                                                                    
the  email, which  communicated a  story about  a man  being                                                                    
denied the right to legally  adopt a child he raised because                                                                    
he was married to a person  other than the legal mother, and                                                                    
his spouse did not propose to be part of the adoption.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wielechowski relayed that  he drafted Amendment 1 in                                                                    
response to  the email. The  amendment was simple  and would                                                                    
allow an adult person to  be adopted if the adopters  spouse                                                                    
consented to the adoption.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Bishop  WITHDREW  his OBJECTION.  There  being  NO                                                                    
further  OBJECTION,  it  was so  ordered.  Amendment  1  was                                                                    
ADOPTED.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wielechowski  discussed a zero fiscal  note from the                                                                    
Department of Health, OMB Component 3234.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Wielechowski  discussed  a  fiscal  note  from  the                                                                    
Department of Health, OMB 245,  with $119,000 cost projected                                                                    
for FY 23,  composed of: $95,000 in personal  services for a                                                                    
range 16 Community Care licensing  Specialist I, $10,000 for                                                                    
travel, $10,000  for services,  and $4,000  for commodities.                                                                    
The note dropped  to $116,000 in FY 24 through  FY 28 due to                                                                    
a decrease in commodities.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Wielechowski  discussed  a  fiscal  note  from  the                                                                    
Department of  Health, Senior  and Disability  Services, OMB                                                                    
Component 2663, which  showed zero fiscal impact  for FY 23.                                                                    
There was  a projected  fiscal impact of  $127,000 in  FY 24                                                                    
through  FY 28  composed of  $117,000 in  personal services,                                                                    
$2,300  for  travel, $4,700  for  services,  and $3,000  for                                                                    
commodities. The funding source for  the note was $63,500 in                                                                    
federal receipts and $63,500 from  a General Fund match from                                                                    
FY 24 through FY 28.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Wielechowski MOVED  to report  CSSB 98(FIN)  out of                                                                    
Committee  as amended  with  individual recommendations  and                                                                    
the accompanying fiscal notes.  There being NO OBJECTION, it                                                                    
was so ordered.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 98(FIN) was  REPORTED out of committee  as amended with                                                                    
four  "do pass"  recommendations  and with  one zero  fiscal                                                                    
note from the  Department of Health and  Social Services and                                                                    
two fiscal  impact notes from  the Department of  Health and                                                                    
Social Services.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
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