Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 110 (2022GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Stenquist, J.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/23/2022

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• moves responsibility for expending funds from the Drinking While Pregnant Prevention Media and Education Campaign Restricted Account (restricted account) from the Department of Health to the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (division);
• requires the Utah Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory Council (advisory council) to approve and oversee any drinking while pregnant prevention media and education campaign;
• requires the division to provide an annual report to the advisory council regarding the use of funds from the restricted account; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

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Bill text

ALCOHOL EDUCATION AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Jeffrey D. Stenquist
Senate Sponsor: 
Chris H. Wilson
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill modifies provisions related to the use and oversight of the Drinking While
Pregnant Prevention Media and Education Campaign Restricted Account.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ moves responsibility for expending funds from the Drinking While Pregnant
Prevention Media and Education Campaign Restricted Account (restricted account)
from the Department of Health to the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental
Health (division);
▸ requires the Utah Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory Council (advisory
council) to approve and oversee any drinking while pregnant prevention media and
education campaign;
▸ requires the division to provide an annual report to the advisory council regarding
the use of funds from the restricted account; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
63M-7-303
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 260
RENUMBERS AND AMENDS:
62A-15-403
, (Renumbered from 26-7-12, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter
186)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
62A-15-403
, which is renumbered from Section 26-7-12 is
renumbered and amended to read:
[
26-7-12
].
 62A-15-403.
Drinking while pregnant prevention media and
education campaign.
(1) As used in this section[
, "restricted account"
]
:
(a) "Advisory council" means the Utah Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory
Council created in Section 
63M-7-301
.
(b) "Restricted account"
 means the Drinking While Pregnant Prevention Media and
Education Campaign Restricted Account created in Section 
32B-2-308
.
[
(2) The department shall:
]
[
(a) create guidelines for how money in the restricted account for a media and
education campaign can be used;
]
[
(b) include in the guidelines established under this Subsection (2) that a media and
education campaign is:
]
[
(i) carefully researched and developed; and
]
[
(ii) appropriate for target groups.
]
(2) The advisory council shall:
(a) provide ongoing oversight of each media and education campaign funded through
the restricted account;
(b) create a drinking while pregnant prevention workgroup consistent with guidelines
the advisory council proposes related to the workgroup's membership and duties;
(c) create guidelines for how money appropriated for a media and education campaign
can be used;
(d) include in the guidelines created under this Subsection (2) that a media and
education campaign funded through the restricted account shall be:
(i) carefully researched;
(ii) developed for target groups; and
(iii) appropriate for target groups; and
(e) approve or deny each plan the division submits in accordance with Subsection (3).
(3) (a) Subject to appropriation from the Legislature[
, the department
] 
and in
accordance with this section, the division
 shall expend money from the restricted account to
direct and fund one or more media and education campaigns designed to reduce the
consumption of alcohol while pregnant.
[
(b) The department shall:
]
(b) Before the division expends money from the restricted account for a media and
education campaign, the division shall, in cooperation with the drinking while pregnant
prevention workgroup created in accordance with Subsection (2), prepare and submit a plan to
the advisory council that:
(i) describes the media and education campaign; and
(ii) details how the division intends to use money from the restricted account to fund
the media and education campaign.
[
(i)
] 
(c) If the advisory council approves the plan described in Subsection (3)(b), the
division shall
 conduct the media and education campaign in accordance with the guidelines
[
established under
] 
described in
 Subsection (2)[
; and
]
.
[
(ii)
] 
(4) The division shall
 submit to the Health and Human Services Interim
Committee 
and the advisory council
 annually by no later than October 1, a written report
detailing:
[
(A)
] 
(a)
 the use of the money for the media and education campaigns conducted
[
under this
] 
in accordance with
 Subsection (3); and
[
(B)
] 
(b)
 the impact and result of the use of the money during the previous fiscal year
ending June 30.
Section 2. Section 
63M-7-303
 is amended to read:
63M-7-303.
Duties of council.
(1) The Utah Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory Council shall:
(a) provide leadership and generate unity for Utah's ongoing efforts to reduce and
eliminate the impact of substance use and mental health disorders in Utah through a
comprehensive and evidence-based prevention, treatment, and justice strategy;
(b) recommend and coordinate the creation, dissemination, and implementation of
statewide policies to address substance use and mental health disorders;
(c) facilitate planning for a balanced continuum of substance use and mental health
disorder prevention, treatment, and justice services;
(d) promote collaboration and mutually beneficial public and private partnerships;
(e) coordinate recommendations made by any committee created under Section
63M-7-302
;
(f) analyze and provide an objective assessment of all proposed legislation concerning
substance use, mental health, and related issues;
(g) coordinate the implementation of Section 
77-18-104
 and related provisions in
Subsections 
77-18-103
(2)(c) and (d), as provided in Section 
63M-7-305
;
(h) comply with [
Section
] 
Sections
32B-2-306
and 
62A-15-403
; and
(i) oversee coordination for the funding, implementation, and evaluation of suicide
prevention efforts described in Section 
62A-15-1101
.
(2) The council shall meet quarterly or more frequently as determined necessary by the
chair.
(3) The council shall report the council's recommendations annually to the
commission, governor, the Legislature, and the Judicial Council.