HB 4589 Summary

• Appropriates $5,000,100 total for fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, with $5,000,000 designated for the Department of Attorney General's prosecuting attorneys coordinating council.

• Directs the prosecuting attorneys coordinating council to create and operate a grant program providing up to $500,000 per county prosecutor's office to investigate COVID-19 incidents and deaths at long-term care facilities and nursing homes.

• Grant funds may be used to investigate accuracy of COVID-19 data reporting, compliance with CDC guidelines, and potential violations of law related to coronavirus spread in these facilities.

• Requires county prosecutors receiving grants to submit reports by June 1 detailing investigation findings and expenditures, and requires the coordinating council to submit annual reports to legislative appropriations committees by September 1.

• Designates unencumbered funds as a work project appropriation that will not lapse at fiscal year end, with estimated project completion date of September 30, 2023.