Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 242 Second Substitute (2023GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Ward, R.

Final action

House/ filed 3/3/2023

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• at certain times, requires the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, and the Division of Services for People with Disabilities (division) to estimate, for the next fiscal year:
• the number of high-priority individuals who will be on the division's waiting list for services; and
• the amount that would be required to provide services to the lesser of all high-priority individuals on the waiting list or 200 high-priority individuals; and
• at certain times, requires the base budget to include an appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Services equal to the amount estimated to provide services to certain high-priority individuals.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Raymond P. Ward
Senate Sponsor: 
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LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill creates a consensus process related to the funding of services for persons with
disabilities.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms;
▸ at certain times, requires the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, the Office
of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, and the Division of Services for People with
Disabilities (division) to estimate, for the next fiscal year:
• the number of high-priority individuals who will be on the division's waiting list
for services; and
• the amount that would be required to provide services to the lesser of all
high-priority individuals on the waiting list or 200 high-priority individuals; and
▸ at certain times, requires the base budget to include an appropriation to the
Department of Health and Human Services equal to the amount estimated to
provide services to certain high-priority individuals.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
62A-5-112
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
62A-5-112
 is enacted to read:
 62A-5-112.
Consensus estimate -- Base budget appropriation.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Base budget" means the same as that term is defined in legislative rule.
(b) "Committee" means the Executive Appropriations Committee.
(c) "General Fund growth factor" means the same as that term is defined in Section
26-18-405.5
.
(d) "High-priority individual" means an eligible individual waiting for services from
the division:
(i) who does not have a family caregiver to help take care of them;
(ii) who has been the victim of a documented incident of abuse, neglect, or
exploitation; or
(iii) whose family is at immediate risk because any of the following documented
behavioral issues occur weekly or more frequently:
(A) severe physical assaults;
(B) sexually inappropriate behavior; or
(C) sexually aggressive behavior.
(2) In a year in which the General Fund growth factor is greater than 100%:
(a) the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, in cooperation with the Office of the
Legislative Fiscal Analyst and the division, shall:
(i) estimate, for the next fiscal year, the number of high-priority individuals to whom
the division will be unable to provide services using attrition funding described in Subsection
62A-5-102
(7)(b); and
(ii) estimate the amount that would be required to provide division services to the
lesser of:
(A) the total number of high-priority individuals estimated under Subsection (2)(a); or
(B) 200 high-priority individuals; and
(b) the next fiscal year base budget shall include an appropriation to the Department of
Health and Human Services in an amount equal to the estimate made under Subsection
(2)(a)(ii).
(3) The Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall provide estimates required under
Subsection (2)(a) to the committee before the committee's December meeting.