Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 308 First Substitute (2018GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Ivory, K.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/15/2018

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• requires the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to create a telehealth mental health pilot project grant program;
• creates a reporting requirement; and
• repeals the provisions of this bill on December 31, 2021.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

TELEHEALTH MENTAL HEALTH PILOT PROGRAM
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Ken Ivory
Senate Sponsor: 
J. Stuart Adams
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill creates a telehealth mental health pilot project grant program.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms;
▸ requires the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to create a telehealth
mental health pilot project grant program;
▸ creates a reporting requirement; and
▸ repeals the provisions of this bill on December 31, 2021.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2019:
▸ to the Department of Human Services - Division of Substance Abuse and Mental
Health, as a one-time appropriation:
• from the General Fund, One-time, $590,000.
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
63I-1-262
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 459
ENACTS:
62A-15-114
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
62A-15-114
 is enacted to read:
 62A-15-114.
Telehealth Mental Health Pilot Program.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Grant" means a grant awarded by the division under this section to a person to
develop and implement a project.
(b) "Project" means a telehealth mental health pilot project for which the division
awards a grant.
(c) "Public school" means:
(i) a school district;
(ii) a school under the control of a school district;
(iii) a charter school; or
(iv) the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
(d) "Telehealth mental health services" means mental health services provided
remotely through the use of telecommunications technology.
(e) "Utah State Hospital" means the Utah State Hospital established in Section
62A-15-601.
(2) (a) On or before July 1, 2018, the division shall issue a project proposal request in
accordance with this section to award a grant to:
(i) one or more local authorities to develop and implement one or more projects in one
or more public schools in the state; or
(ii) the Utah State Hospital.
(b) An application for a project described in Subsection (2)(a) shall be submitted
jointly by:
(i) a public school or the Utah State Hospital; and
(ii) a provider of telehealth mental health services.
(c) The division shall award all grants under this section before December 31, 2018.
(d) A project shall run for two years.
(3) The purpose of the telehealth mental health pilot program is to:
(a) determine how telehealth mental health services can best be used in the state to:
(i) increase access to mental health services by public school students;
(ii) increase the timeliness and effectiveness of mental health crisis intervention
services for public school students;
(iii) reduce the cost associated with providing mental health services to public school
students; and
(iv) increase access to mental health services by public school students in underserved
areas of the state;
(b) identify best practices for providing telehealth mental health services to public
school students in the state; and
(c) identify the best methods of using telecommunications technology to provide
mental health services to public school students remotely.
(4) Persons who apply for a grant under this section shall:
(a) identify the population to which the proposed project will provide telehealth mental
health services;
(b) explain how the population described in Subsection (4)(a):
(i) is currently underserved; and
(ii) will benefit from the provision of telehealth mental health services;
(c) provide details regarding:
(i) how the proposed project will provide the telehealth mental health services;
(ii) the projected costs of providing the telehealth mental health services;
(iii) the sustainability of the proposed project; and
(iv) the methods that the proposed project will use to:
(A) protect the privacy of students and patients;
(B) collect nonidentifying data relating to the proposed project; and
(C) provide transparency on the costs and operation of the proposed project; and
(d) provide other information requested by the division to ensure that the proposed
project satisfies the criteria described in Subsection (5).
(5) In evaluating a proposal for a grant, the division shall consider:
(a) the extent to which the proposed project will fulfill the purposes described in
Subsection (3);
(b) the extent to which the population that will be served by the proposed project is:
(i) currently underserved; and
(ii) likely to benefit from the proposed project;
(c) the cost of the proposed project;
(d) the viability and innovation of the proposed project; and
(e) the extent to which the proposed project will yield useful data to evaluate the
effectiveness of the proposed project.
(6) (a) Within six months after the day on which the division awards a grant, the
division shall report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee regarding:
(i) each person who received a grant; and
(ii) the details of each project.
(b) Within six months after the day on which a project concludes, the division shall
report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee regarding:
(i) the success of each project;
(ii) data gathered in relation to each project;
(iii) knowledge gained from each project relating to the provision of telehealth mental
health services;
(iv) proposals for the future use of telehealth mental health services in the state;
(v) obstacles encountered in the provision of telehealth mental health services; and
(vi) changes needed in the law to overcome obstacles to providing telehealth mental
health services.
Section 2. Section 
63I-1-262
 is amended to read:
63I-1-262.
Repeal dates, Title 62A.
[
(1) Section 
62A-4a-213
 is repealed July 1, 2019.
]
[
(2) Section 
62A-4a-202.9
 is repealed December 31, 2019.
]
(1) Section 
62A-4a-202.9
 is repealed December 31, 2019.
(2) Section 
62A-4a-213
 is repealed July 1, 2019.
(3) Section 
62A-15-114
 is repealed December 31, 2021.
[
(3)
] 
(4)
 Subsection 
62A-15-1101
(5) is repealed July 1, 2018.
Section 3. 
Appropriation.
The following sums of money are appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2018, and ending June 30, 2019. These are additions to amounts previously appropriated for
fiscal year 2019. Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures
Act, the Legislature appropriates the following sums of money from the funds or accounts
indicated for the use and support of the government of the state of Utah.
ITEM 1
To Department of Human Services -- Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
 From General Fund, One-time
$590,000
Schedule of Programs:
Community Mental Health Services
$590,000
The Legislature intends that:
(1) the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health expend appropriations
provided under this item for the Telehealth Mental Health Pilot Program described in Section
62A-15-114
;
(2) the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health expend the appropriations
provided under this item in fiscal years 2019 and 2020, in an amount not to exceed $310,000 in
fiscal year 2019, and the remainder in fiscal year 2020; and
(3) under Section 
63J-1-603
, appropriations provided under this item not lapse at the
close of fiscal year 2019.