relative to removing an obsolete annual reporting requirement by municipal overseers of public welfare to the department of health and human services and repealing the department of health and human services reporting requirement on 10-year demographic cost projections.

SB 401 removes two outdated reporting requirements. It ends the annual requirement for municipal overseers of public welfare to report to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) on the number of people assisted and support costs. It also repeals DHHS’s requirement to submit 10-year demographic cost projections to the legislature. These changes simplify administrative tasks for local officials and DHHS, with minimal fiscal impact (under $10,000 annually). The bill was requested by DHHS as the requirements were deemed obsolete.