Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 491 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Eliason, Steve

Final action

House/ to Governor 3/17/2025

Outcome

House/ to Governor

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• requires a behavioral health receiving center to comply with licensing requirements from the Department of Health and Human Services;
• grants the Department of Health and Human Services authority to enact rules and assess and collect fees in relation to the licensing of behavioral health receiving centers;
• addresses Medicaid directed payments for the Utah State Hospital and the Huntsman Mental Health Institute;
• requires the Department of Public Safety to:
• survey all law enforcement agencies in the state and publish a publicly searchable registry that will allow the public to see whether each law enforcement agency is or is not available to receive a voluntarily committed firearm in accordance with safe harbor provisions; and
• subject to available funding, create and implement a marketing plan to educate law enforcement agencies and the public about safe harbor options for firearms; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

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Bill text

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26B-2-101
26B-5-383
53-5c-201
Behavioral Health Modifications
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Steve Eliason
Senate Sponsor: Evan J. Vickers
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions relating to behavioral health.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
defines terms;
requires a behavioral health receiving center to comply with licensing requirements from 
the Department of Health and Human Services;
addresses Medicaid directed payments for the Utah State Hospital and the Huntsman 
Mental Health Institute;
requires the Department of Public Safety to:
survey all law enforcement agencies in the state and publish a publicly searchable 
registry that will allow the public to see whether each law enforcement agency is or is 
not available to receive a voluntarily committed firearm in accordance with safe 
harbor provisions; and
subject to available funding, create and implement a marketing plan to educate law 
enforcement agencies and the public about safe harbor options for firearms; and
makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
This bill appropriates 
$125,428,400
 in operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2026, 
including:
$107,471,800
 from General Fund; and
$17,956,600
 from various sources as detailed in this bill.
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
26B-2-101
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapters 240, 267, 307, and 438
53-5c-201
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapters 138, 448
ENACTS:
26B-5-383
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
26B-2-101
 is amended to read:
26B-2-101. Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1)
"Adoption services" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
80-2-801
.
(2)
"Adult day care" means nonresidential care and supervision:
(a)
for three or more adults for at least four but less than 24 hours a day; and
(b)
that meets the needs of functionally impaired adults through a comprehensive 
program that provides a variety of health, social, recreational, and related support 
services in a protective setting.
(3)
"Applicant" means a person that applies for an initial license or a license renewal under 
this part.
(4)
(a)
"Associated with the licensee" means that an individual is:
(i)
affiliated with a licensee as an owner, director, member of the governing body, 
employee, agent, provider of care, department contractor, or volunteer; or
(ii)
applying to become affiliated with a licensee in a capacity described in 
Subsection (4)(a)(i).
(b)
"Associated with the licensee" does not include:
(i)
service on the following bodies, unless that service includes direct access to a 
child or a vulnerable adult:
(A)
a local mental health authority described in Section 
17-43-301
;
(B)
a local substance abuse authority described in Section 
17-43-201
; or
(C)
a board of an organization operating under a contract to provide mental health 
or substance use programs, or services for the local mental health authority or 
substance abuse authority; or
(ii)
a guest or visitor whose access to a child or a vulnerable adult is directly 
supervised at all times.
(5)
"Behavioral health receiving center" means a 23-hour non-secure program or facility 
that is responsible for, and provides mental health crisis services to, an individual 
experiencing a mental health crisis.
(5)
(6)
(a)
"Boarding school" means a private school that:
(i)
uses a regionally accredited education program;
(ii)
provides a residence to the school's students:
(A)
for the purpose of enabling the school's students to attend classes at the 
school; and
(B)
as an ancillary service to educating the students at the school;
(iii)
has the primary purpose of providing the school's students with an education, as 
defined in Subsection 
(5)(b)(i)
(6)(b)(i)
; and
(iv)
(A)
does not provide the treatment or services described in Subsection 
(40)(a)
(41)(a)
; or
(B)
provides the treatment or services described in Subsection 
(40)(a)
(41)(a)
 on 
a limited basis, as described in Subsection 
(5)(b)(ii)
(6)(b)(ii)
.
(b)
(i)
For purposes of Subsection 
(5)(a)(iii)
(6)(a)(iii)
, "education" means a course 
of study for one or more grades from kindergarten through grade 12.
(ii)
For purposes of Subsection 
(5)(a)(iv)(B)
(6)(a)(iv)(B)
, a private school provides 
the treatment or services described in Subsection 
(40)(a)
(41)(a)
 on a limited 
basis if:
(A)
the treatment or services described in Subsection 
(40)(a)
(41)(a)
 are provided 
only as an incidental service to a student; and
(B)
the school does not:
(I)
specifically solicit a student for the purpose of providing the treatment or 
services described in Subsection 
(40)(a)
(41)(a)
; or
(II)
have a primary purpose of providing the treatment or services described in 
Subsection 
(40)(a)
(41)(a)
.
(c)
"Boarding school" does not include a therapeutic school.
(6)
(7)
"Certification" means a less restrictive level of licensure issued by the department.
(7)
(8)
"Child" means an individual under 18 years old.
(8)
(9)
"Child placing" means receiving, accepting, or providing custody or care for any 
child, temporarily or permanently, for the purpose of:
(a)
finding a person to adopt the child;
(b)
placing the child in a home for adoption; or
(c)
foster home placement.
(9)
(10)
"Child-placing agency" means a person that engages in child placing.
(10)
(11)
"Client" means an individual who receives or has received services from a 
licensee.
(11)
(12)
(a)
"Congregate care program" means any of the following that provide 
services to a child:
(i)
an outdoor youth program;
(ii)
a residential support program;
(iii)
a residential treatment program; or
(iv)
a therapeutic school.
(b)
"Congregate care program" does not include a human services program that:
(i)
is licensed to serve adults; and
(ii)
is approved by the office to service a child for a limited time.
(12)
(13)
"Day treatment" means specialized treatment that is provided to:
(a)
a client less than 24 hours a day; and
(b)
four or more persons who:
(i)
are unrelated to the owner or provider; and
(ii)
have emotional, psychological, developmental, physical, or behavioral 
dysfunctions, impairments, or chemical dependencies.
(13)
(14)
"Department contractor" means an individual who:
(a)
provides services under a contract with the department; and
(b)
due to the contract with the department, has or will likely have direct access to a 
child or vulnerable adult.
(14)
(15)
"Direct access" means that an individual has, or likely will have:
(a)
contact with or access to a child or vulnerable adult that provides the individual with 
an opportunity for personal communication or touch; or
(b)
an opportunity to view medical, financial, or other confidential personal identifying 
information of the child, the child's parents or legal guardians, or the vulnerable adult.
(15)
(16)
"Directly supervised" means that an individual is being supervised under the 
uninterrupted visual and auditory surveillance of another individual who has a current 
background check approval issued by the office.
(16)
(17)
"Director" means the director of the office.
(17)
(18)
"Domestic violence" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
77-36-1
.
(18)
(19)
"Domestic violence treatment program" means a nonresidential program 
designed to provide psychological treatment and educational services to perpetrators and 
victims of domestic violence.
(19)
(20)
"Elder adult" means a person 65 years old or older.
(20)
(21)
"Emergency safety intervention" means a tactic used to protect staff or a client 
from being physically injured, utilized by an appropriately trained direct care staff and 
only performed in accordance with a nationally or regionally recognized curriculum in 
the least restrictive manner to restore staff or client safety.
(21)
(22)
"Foster home" means a residence that is licensed or certified by the office for the 
full-time substitute care of a child.
(22)
(23)
"Health benefit plan" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
31A-22-634
.
(23)
(24)
"Health care provider" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
78B-3-403
.
(24)
(25)
"Health insurer" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
31A-22-615.5
.
(25)
(26)
(a)
"Human services program" means:
(i)
a foster home;
(ii)
a therapeutic school;
(iii)
a youth program;
(iv)
an outdoor youth program;
(v)
a residential treatment program;
(vi)
a residential support program;
(vii)
a resource family home;
(viii)
a recovery residence;
 or
(ix)
a behavioral health receiving center; or
(ix)
(x)
a facility or program that provides:
(A)
adult day care;
(B)
day treatment;
(C)
outpatient treatment;
(D)
domestic violence treatment;
(E)
child-placing services;
(F)
social detoxification; or
(G)
any other human services that are required by contract with the department to 
be licensed with the department.
(b)
"Human services program" does not include:
(i)
a boarding school;
(ii)
a residential, vocational and life skills program, as defined in Section 
13-53-102
; 
or
(iii)
a short-term relief care provider.
(26)
(27)
"Indian child" means the same as that term is defined in 25 U.S.C. Sec. 1903.
(27)
(28)
"Indian country" means the same as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1151.
(28)
(29)
"Indian tribe" means the same as that term is defined in 25 U.S.C. Sec. 1903.
(29)
(30)
"Intermediate secure treatment" means 24-hour specialized residential treatment 
or care for an individual who:
(a)
cannot live independently or in a less restrictive environment; and
(b)
requires, without the individual's consent or control, the use of locked doors to care 
for the individual.
(30)
(31)
"Licensee" means an individual or a human services program licensed by the 
office.
(31)
(32)
"Local government" means a city, town, or county.
(32)
(33)
"Minor" means child.
(33)
(34)
"Office" means the Office of Licensing within the department.
(34)
(35)
"Outdoor youth program" means a program that provides:
(a)
services to a child that has:
(i)
a chemical dependency; or
(ii)
a dysfunction or impairment that is emotional, psychological, developmental, 
physical, or behavioral;
(b)
a 24-hour outdoor group living environment; and
(c)
(i)
regular therapy, including group, individual, or supportive family therapy; or
(ii)
informal therapy or similar services, including wilderness therapy, adventure 
therapy, or outdoor behavioral healthcare.
(35)
(36)
"Outpatient treatment" means individual, family, or group therapy or counseling 
designed to improve and enhance social or psychological functioning for those whose 
physical and emotional status allows them to continue functioning in their usual living 
environment.
(36)
(37)
"Practice group" or "group practice" means two or more health care providers 
legally organized as a partnership, professional corporation, or similar association, for 
which:
(a)
substantially all of the services of the health care providers who are members of the 
group are provided through the group and are billed in the name of the group and 
amounts received are treated as receipts of the group; and
(b)
the overhead expenses of and the income from the practice are distributed in 
accordance with methods previously determined by members of the group.
(37)
(38)
"Private-placement child" means a child whose parent or guardian enters into a 
contract with a congregate care program for the child to receive services.
(38)
(39)
(a)
"Recovery residence" means a home, residence, or facility that meets at 
least two of the following requirements:
(i)
provides a supervised living environment for individuals recovering from a 
substance use disorder;
(ii)
provides a living environment in which more than half of the individuals in the 
residence are recovering from a substance use disorder;
(iii)
provides or arranges for residents to receive services related to the resident's 
recovery from a substance use disorder, either on or off site;
(iv)
is held out as a living environment in which individuals recovering from 
substance abuse disorders live together to encourage continued sobriety; or
(v)
(A)
receives public funding; or
(B)
is run as a business venture, either for-profit or not-for-profit.
(b)
"Recovery residence" does not mean:
(i)
a residential treatment program;
(ii)
residential support program; or
(iii)
a home, residence, or facility, in which:
(A)
residents, by a majority vote of the residents, establish, implement, and 
enforce policies governing the living environment, including the manner in 
which applications for residence are approved and the manner in which 
residents are expelled;
(B)
residents equitably share rent and housing-related expenses; and
(C)
a landlord, owner, or operator does not receive compensation, other than fair 
market rental income, for establishing, implementing, or enforcing policies 
governing the living environment.
(39)
(40)
"Regular business hours" means:
(a)
the hours during which services of any kind are provided to a client; or
(b)
the hours during which a client is present at the facility of a licensee.
(40)
(41)
(a)
"Residential support program" means a program that arranges for or 
provides the necessities of life as a protective service to individuals or families who 
have a disability or who are experiencing a dislocation or emergency that prevents 
them from providing these services for themselves or their families.
(b)
"Residential support program" includes a program that provides a supervised living 
environment for individuals with dysfunctions or impairments that are:
(i)
emotional;
(ii)
psychological;
(iii)
developmental; or
(iv)
behavioral.
(c)
Treatment is not a necessary component of a residential support program.
(d)
"Residential support program" does not include:
(i)
a recovery residence; or
(ii)
a program that provides residential services that are performed:
(A)
exclusively under contract with the department and provided to individuals 
through the Division of Services for People with Disabilities; or
(B)
in a facility that serves fewer than four individuals.
(41)
(42)
(a)
"Residential treatment" means a 24-hour group living environment for four 
or more individuals unrelated to the owner or provider that offers room or board and 
specialized treatment, behavior modification, rehabilitation, discipline, emotional 
growth, or habilitation services for persons with emotional, psychological, 
developmental, or behavioral dysfunctions, impairments, or chemical dependencies.
(b)
"Residential treatment" does not include a:
(i)
boarding school;
(ii)
foster home; or
(iii)
recovery residence.
(42)
(43)
"Residential treatment program" means a program or facility that provides:
(a)
residential treatment; or
(b)
intermediate secure treatment.
(43)
(44)
"Seclusion" means the involuntary confinement of an individual in a room or an 
area:
(a)
away from the individual's peers; and
(b)
in a manner that physically prevents the individual from leaving the room or area.
(44)
(45)
"Short-term relief care provider" means an individual who:
(a)
provides short-term and temporary relief care to a foster parent:
(i)
for less than six consecutive nights; and
(ii)
in the short-term relief care provider's home;
(b)
is an immediate family member or relative, as those terms are defined in Section 
80-3-102
, of the foster parent;
(c)
is direct access qualified, as that term is defined in Section 
26B-2-120
;
(d)
has been approved to provide short-term relief care by the department;
(e)
is not reimbursed by the department for the temporary relief care provided; and
(f)
is not an immediate family member or relative, as those terms are defined in Section 
80-3-102
, of the foster child.
(45)
(46)
"Social detoxification" means short-term residential services for persons who are 
experiencing or have recently experienced drug or alcohol intoxication, that are provided 
outside of a health care facility licensed under Part 2, Health Care Facility Licensing and 
Inspection, and that include:
(a)
room and board for persons who are unrelated to the owner or manager of the facility;
(b)
specialized rehabilitation to acquire sobriety; and
(c)
aftercare services.
(46)
(47)
"Substance abuse disorder" or "substance use disorder" mean the same as 
"substance use disorder" is defined in Section 
26B-5-501
.
(47)
(48)
"Substance abuse treatment program" or "substance use disorder treatment 
program" means a program:
(a)
designed to provide:
(i)
specialized drug or alcohol treatment;
(ii)
rehabilitation; or
(iii)
habilitation services; and
(b)
that provides the treatment or services described in Subsection 
(47)(a)
(48)(a)
 to 
persons with:
(i)
a diagnosed substance use disorder; or
(ii)
chemical dependency disorder.
(48)
(49)
"Therapeutic school" means a residential group living facility:
(a)
for four or more individuals that are not related to:
(i)
the owner of the facility; or
(ii)
the primary service provider of the facility;
(b)
that serves students who have a history of failing to function:
(i)
at home;
(ii)
in a public school; or
(iii)
in a nonresidential private school; and
(c)
that offers:
(i)
room and board; and
(ii)
an academic education integrated with:
(A)
specialized structure and supervision; or
(B)
services or treatment related to:
(I)
a disability;
(II)
emotional development;
(III)
behavioral development;
(IV)
familial development; or
(V)
social development.
(49)
(50)
"Unrelated persons" means persons other than parents, legal guardians, 
grandparents, brothers, sisters, uncles, or aunts.
(50)
(51)
"Vulnerable adult" means an elder adult or an adult who has a temporary or 
permanent mental or physical impairment that substantially affects the person's ability to:
(a)
provide personal protection;
(b)
provide necessities such as food, shelter, clothing, or mental or other health care;
(c)
obtain services necessary for health, safety, or welfare;
(d)
carry out the activities of daily living;
(e)
manage the adult's own resources; or
(f)
comprehend the nature and consequences of remaining in a situation of abuse, 
neglect, or exploitation.
(51)
(52)
(a)
"Youth program" means a program designed to provide behavioral, 
substance use, or mental health services to minors that:
(i)
serves adjudicated or nonadjudicated youth;
(ii)
charges a fee for the program's services;
(iii)
may provide host homes or other arrangements for overnight accommodation of 
the youth;
(iv)
may provide all or part of the program's services in the outdoors;
(v)
may limit or censor access to parents or guardians; and
(vi)
prohibits or restricts a minor's ability to leave the program at any time of the 
minor's own free will.
(b)
"Youth program" does not include recreational programs such as Boy Scouts, Girl 
Scouts, 4-H, and other such organizations.
(52)
(53)
(a)
"Youth transportation company" means any person that transports a child 
for payment to or from a congregate care program in Utah.
(b)
"Youth transportation company" does not include:
(i)
a relative of the child;
(ii)
a state agency; or
(iii)
a congregate care program's employee who transports the child from the 
congregate care program that employs the employee and returns the child to the 
same congregate care program.
Section 2, Section 
26B-5-383
 is enacted to read:
26B-5-383. Directed payments.
(1)
To preserve and improve access to behavioral health hospital services, the department 
shall incorporate into the local mental health authorities' Medicaid prepaid mental health 
plan contract rate structure calculation, consistent with the certified actuarial rate range, 
an amount equal to the difference between payments made by local mental health 
authorities for the Medicaid eligibility categories for Medicaid-eligible services covered 
in Utah based on submitted encounter data and the maximum amount that could be paid 
for those services to be used for directed payments to the Utah State Hospital and the 
Huntsman Mental Health Institute within the University of Utah for inpatient and 
outpatient behavioral health services.
(2)
By June 30, 2025, the department shall submit to the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services the necessary request and supporting documentation to seek approval 
to make the Medicaid directed payments described in Subsection (1) with an effective 
date of July 1, 2025.
(3)
The department may implement directed payments for the Utah State Hospital when 
operationally feasible.
Section 3, Section 
53-5c-201
 is amended to read:
53-5c-201. Voluntary commitment of a firearm by cohabitant -- Law 
enforcement to hold firearm.
(1)
(a)
A cohabitant or owner cohabitant may voluntarily commit a firearm to a law 
enforcement agency or request that a law enforcement officer receive a firearm for 
safekeeping if the owner cohabitant or cohabitant believes that the owner cohabitant 
or another cohabitant with access to the firearm is an immediate threat to:
(i)
a cohabitant;
(ii)
the owner cohabitant; or
(iii)
another individual.
(b)
Except as provided in Subsection 
(2)
, if the owner of a firearm requests return of the 
firearm in person at the law enforcement agency's office, the law enforcement agency:
(i)
may not hold the firearm under this section; and
(ii)
shall return the firearm to the owner.
(2)
A law enforcement agency may not return a firearm to an owner under Subsection 
(1)(b)
if the owner of the firearm:
(a)
is a restricted person under Section 
76-10-503
; or
(b)
(i)
has been arrested and booked into a county jail on a class A misdemeanor or 
felony domestic violence offense;
(ii)
has had a court:
(A)
review the probable cause statement detailing the incident leading to the 
owner's arrest; and
(B)
determine that probable cause existed for the arrest; and
(iii)
is subject to a jail release agreement or a jail release court order arising out of the 
domestic violence offense.
(3)
Unless a firearm is an illegal firearm subject to Section 
53-5c-202
, a law enforcement 
agency that receives a firearm in accordance with this chapter shall:
(a)
record:
(i)
the owner cohabitant's name, address, and phone number;
(ii)
the firearm serial number and the make and model of each firearm committed; and
(iii)
the date that the firearm was voluntarily committed;
(b)
require the cohabitant to sign a document attesting that the cohabitant resides in the 
home;
(c)
hold the firearm in safe custody:
(i)
for 60 days after the day on which the firearm is voluntarily committed; or
(ii)
(A)
for an owner described in Subsection 
(2)(b)
, during the time the jail release 
agreement or jail release court order is in effect; and
(B)
for 60 days after the day on which the jail release agreement or jail release 
court order expires; and
(d)
upon proof of identification, return the firearm to:
(i)
(A)
the owner cohabitant after the expiration of the 60-day period; or
(B)
if the owner cohabitant requests return of the firearm before the expiration of 
the 60-day period, at the time of the request; or
(ii)
an owner other than the owner cohabitant in accordance with Section 
53-5c-202
.
(4)
The law enforcement agency shall hold the firearm for an additional 60 days:
(a)
if the initial 60-day period expires; and
(b)
the cohabitant or owner cohabitant requests that the law enforcement agency hold the 
firearm for an additional 60 days.
(5)
A law enforcement agency may not request or require that the owner cohabitant provide 
the name or other information of the cohabitant who poses an immediate threat or any 
other cohabitant.
(6)
Notwithstanding an ordinance or policy to the contrary adopted in accordance with 
Section 
63G-2-701
, a law enforcement agency shall destroy a record created under 
Subsection 
(3)
, Subsection 
53-5c-202(3)(b)(iii)
, or any other record created in the 
application of this chapter immediately, if practicable, but no later than five days after 
immediately upon the:
(a)
return of a firearm in accordance with Subsection 
(3)(d)
; or
(b)
disposal of the firearm in accordance with Section 
53-5c-202
.
(7)
Unless otherwise provided, the provisions of 
Title 77, Chapter 11d, Lost or Mislaid 
Property
, do not apply to a firearm received by a law enforcement agency in accordance 
with this chapter.
(8)
A law enforcement agency shall adopt a policy for the safekeeping of a firearm held in 
accordance with this chapter.
(9)
The department shall
:
(a)
create a pamphlet to be distributed by a law enforcement officer under Section 
77-36-2.1
 that includes information about a cohabitant's or owner cohabitant's ability 
to have the owner cohabitant's firearm committed to a law enforcement agency for 
safekeeping in accordance with this section
.
;
(b)
survey all law enforcement agencies in the state and publish a publicly searchable 
registry that will allow the public to see whether each law enforcement agency is or is 
not available to receive a voluntarily committed firearm in accordance with this 
section; and
(c)
subject to available funding, create and implement a marketing plan to educate law 
enforcement agencies and the public regarding the options available under this 
chapter.
Section 4. 
FY 2026 Appropriations.
The following sums of money are appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 
2025, and ending June 30, 2026. These are additions to amounts previously appropriated for 
fiscal year 2026. 
Subsection 4(a).
Operating and Capital Budgets
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.
Social Services
Department of Health and Human Services
ITEM 1
Department of Health and Human Services - Integrated Health Care Services
From General Fund
8,204,300
From General Fund, One-time
5,495,800
Non-Medicaid Behavioral Health Treatment and 
Crisis Response
8,900,100
State Hospital
4,800,000
The Legislature intends that the Department of 
Health and Human Services use:
(1) $3,060,000 one-time appropriation, and 
$2,244,000 ongoing appropriation for one new rural 
behavioral health receiving center.
(2) $1,035,800 one-time appropriation, and 
$1,010,300 ongoing appropriation for one new Mobile 
Crisis Outreach Team.
(3) $1,000,000 ongoing appropriation for Utah's 
statewide Live On suicide prevention campaign.
(4) $400,000 one-time appropriation for up to 
five pilot projects in rural areas to fund innovative and 
more humane ways to transport people experiencing a 
behavioral health crisis between medical settings.
(5) $150,000 ongoing appropriation for 
community and clinical suicide prevention trainings, 
community and continuum of care resources, and 
educational materials. 
(6) $1,000,000 one-time appropriation, and 
$3,800,000 ongoing appropriation for operational cost 
increases at the Utah State Hospital. 
ITEM 2
Department of Health and Human Services - Clinical Services
From General Fund
299,700
Medical Examiner
299,700
The Legislature intends that the Department of 
Health and Human Services use the appropriation in Item 
2 to fund family outreach specialists at the Office of the 
Medical Examiner. 
ITEM 3
Department of Health and Human Services - Integrated Health Care Services
From General Fund
4,674,200
From General Fund, One-time
88,797,800
From Federal Funds
17,956,600
Medicaid Behavioral Health Services
21,399,100
State Hospital
90,029,500
The Legislature intends that the Department of 
Health and Human Services use:
(1) $24,000 ongoing appropriation to increase 
Medicaid rates for peer support specialist services. 
(2) $3,412,000 ongoing appropriation to 
continue a 5% increased rate for behavioral health 
services. 
(3) $6,500 ongoing appropriation to increase 
Medicaid rates for mobile crisis outreach teams. 
(4) $88,797,800 one-time appropriation, and 
$1,231,700 ongoing appropriation to expand the 
availability of long-term care beds at the Utah State 
Hospital and other residential facilities as needed. 
Section 5. 
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on 
May 7, 2025
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