OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sHB-6738
AN ACT CONCERNING COMPASSIONATE OR MEDICAL PAROLE
AND CREDITS AWARDED FOR RELEASE DURING AN
EMERGENCY DECLARATION.
As Amended by House "A" (LCO 8492)
House Calendar No.: 329
Primary Analyst: ME 5/25/23
Contributing Analyst(s):
Reviewer: RP
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 24 $ FY 25 $
Correction, Dept. GF - Potential
Savings
See Below See Below
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill expands the circumstances under which compassionate
parole can be granted, creates a public health release credit
1
, and
establishes a process for commutations resulting in a potential marginal
savings to the Department of Correction to the extent these situations
occur and inmates are granted parole or have their sentences reduced.
On average, the annual marginal savings to the state for releasing an
offender is $2,500.
2
House "A" strikes the underlying bill and its associated fiscal impact
resulting in the impact described above.
1
Public health release credits reduce an inmate's sentence during a declared major
disaster or emergency.
2
Inmate marginal savings is based on decreased consumables (e.g. food, clothing,
water, sewage, living supplies, etc.). This does not include a change in staffing costs or
utility expenses because these would only be realized if a unit or facility closed. 2023HB-06738-R01-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject the extent additional inmates receive
compassionate parole, commutations, or receive public health release
credits.