Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 174 (2019GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Eliason, S.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/28/2019

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• requires the University of Utah Health Sciences to select additional psychiatry residents; and
• enacts provisions related to money used for psychiatry residents.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

PSYCHIATRY MEDICAL RESIDENTS AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Steve Eliason
Senate Sponsor: 
Ralph Okerlund
Cosponsors:
Craig Hall
Brian S. King
Carol Spackman Moss
Mike Winder
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill requires the University of Utah Health Sciences to select additional psychiatry
residents.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms;
▸ requires the University of Utah Health Sciences to select additional psychiatry
residents; and
▸ enacts provisions related to money used for psychiatry residents.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
53B-17-902
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53B-17-902
 is enacted to read:
Part 9. Health Sciences and School of Medicine
 53B-17-902.
Health Sciences -- Psychiatry medical residents selection.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Psychiatry resident" means a medical resident practicing in any type of psychiatry
specialty or subspecialty, as determined by the university.
(b) "University" means the University of Utah Health Sciences.
(2) (a) Subject to legislative appropriations, beginning with the 2020-21 academic year,
the university shall annually select up to four more first-year psychiatry residents than the
number of first-year psychiatry residents the university selected for the 2018-19 academic year.
(b) Nothing in this section prohibits the university from using money from a source
other than legislative appropriations to select more than the total number of psychiatry
residents described in Subsection (2)(a).
(3) The university may not use money appropriated for the purposes described in this
section to supplant existing money used for psychiatry residents.