SB 5638 - DIGEST

Requires fiscal notes dealing with corrections, child welfare, and mental health issues to include an estimate of the fiscal impact of expenditure reductions or increases on other state or local program expenditures as well as any return on investment as a result of the legislation.

Requires the office of financial management and the state institute for public policy to: (1) In consultation with university-based research institutions, work together to implement the change in fiscal notes; and

(2) Convene a work group to explore the establishment of a nonpartisan agency to conduct objective, impartial fiscal analysis on behalf of the legislature.