Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 390 First Substitute (2015GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Ray, P.

Final action

LFA/ fiscal note publicly available 4/3/2015

Outcome

LFA/ fiscal note publicly available

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• allows a local health department to determine whether an event is considered a local health emergency.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS EMERGENCY FUNDING
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Paul Ray
Senate Sponsor: 
 Evan J. Vickers
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions related to local health department funding for a local health
emergency.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ allows a local health department to determine whether an event is considered a local
health emergency.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
26-1-38
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 167
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
26-1-38
 is amended to read:
26-1-38.
Local health emergency assistance program.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Local health department" [
has the same meaning as
] 
means the same as that term
is
 defined in Section 
26A-1-102
.
(b) "Local health emergency" means an unusual event or series of events causing or
resulting in a substantial risk or substantial potential risk to the health of a significant portion
of the population within the boundary of a local health department
, as determined by the local
health department
.
(c) "Program" means the local health emergency assistance program that the
department is required to establish under this section.
(d) "Program fund" means money that the Legislature appropriates to the department
for use in the program and other money otherwise made available for use in the program.
(2) The department shall establish, to the extent of funds appropriated by the
Legislature or otherwise made available to the program fund, a local health emergency
assistance program.
(3) Under the program, the department shall:
(a) provide a method for a local health department to seek reimbursement from the
program fund for local health department expenses incurred in responding to a local health
emergency;
(b) require matching funds from any local health department seeking reimbursement
from the program fund;
(c) establish a method for apportioning money in the program fund to multiple local
health departments when the total amount of concurrent requests for reimbursement by
multiple local health departments exceeds the balance in the program fund; and
(d) establish by rule other provisions that the department considers necessary or
advisable to implement the program.
(4) (a) (i) Subject to Subsection (4)(a)(ii), the department shall use money in the
program fund exclusively for purposes of the program.
(ii) The department may use money in the program fund to cover its costs of
administering the program.
(b) Money that the Legislature appropriates to the program fund is nonlapsing.
(c) Any interest earned on money in the program fund shall be deposited to the General
Fund.
Legislative Review Note
 as of 2-19-15 9:30 AM
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel