Minnesota Legislature
Guardianship program statutory repeal passed by House; goes to governor
A statutory reference to a program the state no longer oversees could be erased.
Sponsored by Rep. Jerry Newton (DFL-Coon Rapids) and Sen. Tom Saxhaug (DFL-Grand Rapids), HF1673/SF1455* would remove from state statute a provision that authorizes a district court to appoint the veterans affairs commissioner as guardian of the estate of a veteran or dependent when the court finds appointment of a guardian to be necessary.
Passed 125-0 by the House Friday, the bill now awaits gubernatorial action. The bill was passed 66-0 by the Senate April 21.
The program began in 1976, but once the Department of Veterans Affairs could no longer charge a small fee to provide fiduciaries under the program for incapacitated or incompetent veterans the program became unsustainable and was shuttered in 2006. The bill would provide no cost savings.
Since then, some of those veterans for whom the department had fiduciary responsibility moved onto a federally provided program. Many private sector fiduciaries also provide the service.
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