Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 83 (2019GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Millner, A.

Final action

Senate/ filed 3/14/2019

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• creates the Partnerships for Healthy Communities Grant Program (program); and
• provides requirements for the program.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

PARTNERSHIPS FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Ann Millner
House Sponsor: 
 Paul Ray
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill creates the Partnerships for Healthy Communities Grant Program.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ creates the Partnerships for Healthy Communities Grant Program (program); and
▸ provides requirements for the program.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
This bill appropriates:
▸ to the Division of Workforce Services -- Contracts and Grants -- Partnerships for
Healthy Communities, as an ongoing appropriation:
• from the General Fund, $2,000,000.
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides revisor instructions.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
63M-13-301
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
63M-13-302
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
63M-13-303
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
63M-13-304
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
63M-13-305
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
63M-13-301
 is enacted to read:
Part 3. Partnerships for Healthy Communities
 63M-13-301.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Anchor institution" means a physical entity that:
(a) plays a vital role in the local community and economy; and
(b) is likely to remain in the same geographical setting, even as surrounding conditions
may change.
(2) "Commission" means the Governor's Early Childhood Commission created in
Section 
63M-13-201
.
(3) "Health Improvement Index" means a composite measure of health equity
indicators developed by the Department of Health.
(4) "Small area" means a geographical area, designated by the Department of Health,
with a population size ranging from approximately 8,000 to 86,000 individuals.
(5) "Social determinants of health" means conditions in the environments in which
individuals are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health,
functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.
Section 2. Section 
63M-13-302
 is enacted to read:
 63M-13-302.
Partnerships for Healthy Communities Grant Program -- Purpose --
Application.
(1) There is created the Partnerships for Healthy Communities Grant Program to
improve long-term health outcomes for children through the formation of public-private
partnerships that address the social determinants of health and use existing data to align and
improve efforts focused on early childhood benchmarks for success.
(2) To apply for a grant under the Partnerships for Healthy Communities Grant
Program, an applicant partnership shall be composed of the following partners:
(a) a local health care provider;
(b) a local community-based organization that facilitates access to housing, food,
transportation, or other relevant services;
(c) the Department of Health or a local health department;
(d) a community-based early childhood organization;
(e) two parent or legal guardian representatives from the target community; and
(f) any other partner, including a mental health organization, if the partnership
determines that the partner is integral to accomplishing the objectives described in Subsection
(1).
(3) Subject to legislative appropriations, the commission shall award matching grants
to applicant partnerships that enter into a memorandum of understanding to implement a
partnership that:
(a) engages an anchor institution;
(b) develops a sustainable plan;
(c) reduces long-term health care costs;
(d) improves an identified health disparity; and
(e) improves outcomes for children from age zero to six.
(4) To be eligible for a grant award under this section, a partnership applicant shall:
(a) demonstrate to the commission the availability of one-to-one matching funds, in
cash or in-kind, to carry out the objectives expressed in the partnership applicant's grant
application; and
(b) commit to providing those matching funds to carry out the objectives expressed in
the partnership applicant's grant application.
(5) The commission shall prioritize the award of grants to partnership applicants who:
(a) address one or more social determinants of health outcomes;
(b) target a community need:
(i) in a small area; and
(ii) in an area categorized as very high need or high need by the Health Improvement
Index;
(c) demonstrate that the partnership will align with community state-supported
partnerships, including the Intergenerational Poverty Interventions Grant Program or the
Partnerships for Student Success Grant Program, where they exist; and
(d) provide data that explains the children's health needs in the target community.
(6) In awarding grants under this part, the commission:
(a) shall distribute funds to the lead partner designated by the partnership;
(b) may not award more than $500,000 per fiscal year to a partnership;
(c) may not award the same partnership a grant for a total of more than five years;
(d) shall limit the use of grant funds for a partnership to review services, coordinate
services, collect data, or align with existing services; and
(e) may allow a partnership to use the partnership's matching funds to be in-kind,
including the direct provision of services.
Section 3. Section 
63M-13-303
 is enacted to read:
 63M-13-303.
Partnerships for Healthy Communities Grant recipient.
A grant recipient partnership shall:
(1) share data to monitor and evaluate shared goals and outcomes, in accordance with
state and federal law;
(2) mutually hold one another accountable for shared goals and outcomes;
(3) continually assess progress toward reaching shared goals and outcomes;
(4) annually publish the results of the continual assessment described in Subsection (3),
and provide the publication to the commission;
(5) as requested, share information and data with the independent evaluator, described
in Section 
35A-15-105
, in accordance with state and federal law; and
(6) measure and report the measurement of data from at least two of the following
categories:
(a) premature births;
(b) frequency of and quality of well-child doctor visits for children under age six;
(c) frequency and quality, which includes the provision of appropriate interventions, of
standard health screenings, including hearing and vision, for children under age six;
(d) frequency, results, and quality, which includes the provision of appropriate
interventions, of a validated developmental screening tool that:
(i) includes a social and emotional component;
(ii) is designed to be completed by a child's caregiver; and
(iii) is approved by the commission;
(e) rate of children under age six who are covered by a public or private health
insurance plan;
(f) number of emergency room visits for children under age six;
(g) adherence to the state-approved immunization schedule; or
(h) kindergarten readiness.
Section 4. Section 
63M-13-304
 is enacted to read:
 63M-13-304.
Independent evaluator.
(1) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, the commission
shall contract with an independent evaluator to annually evaluate a partnership that receives a
grant under this part.
(2) The evaluation described in Subsection (1) shall:
(a) assess implementation of a partnership, including the extent to which members of a
partnership:
(i) share data to align and improve health outcomes for children ages zero to six; and
(ii) meet regularly and communicate authentically; and
(b) assess the impact of a partnership on early childhood health outcomes, using
defined metrics based on the categories selected under Subsection 
63M-13-303
(6).
(3) In identifying an independent evaluator under Subsection (1), the commission shall
identify an evaluator that:
(a) has a credible track record of conducting evaluations as described in Subsection (2);
and
(b) is independent of any member of a recipient partnership and does not otherwise
have a vested interest in the outcome of the evaluation.
(4) The commission shall ensure that the independent evaluator prepares an annual
written report of an evaluation conducted under this section.
Section 5. Section 
63M-13-305
 is enacted to read:
 63M-13-305.
Rules.
In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
Department of Workforce Services shall make rules for the commission to administer the
Partnerships for Healthy Communities Grant Program in accordance with this part.
Section 6. 
Appropriation.
The following sums of money are appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2019, and ending June 30, 2020. These are additions to amounts previously appropriated for
fiscal year 2020. 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 the Division of Workforce Services --
From General Fund
$2,000,000
Schedule of Programs:
Contracts and Grants --
Partnerships for Healthy Communities
$2,000,000
The Legislature intends that:
(1) under Section 
63J-1-603
, appropriations provided under this section not lapse at the
close of fiscal year 2020; and
(2) the commission may use up to $80,000 of the appropriation under this section for
administration of the Partnerships for Healthy Communities Grant Program.
Section 7. 
Revisor instructions.
The Legislature intends that the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, in
preparing the Utah Code database for publication, not enroll this bill if H.B. 47, Early
Childhood Coordination Amendments, does not pass.