All Roll Calls
Yes: 202 • No: 2
UtahH.B. 5902026 General SessionHouseWALLET
Child Therapy Amendments
Sponsored By: Jennifer Dailey-Provost (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
Health InsuranceHealth and Human ServicesHealth CareDivision of Child and Family ServicesMental HealthDepartment of Health and Human Services
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Children get therapy support during custody
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's Division of Child and Family Services must check for an existing therapist when children enter custody and help preserve that care. Steps can include contacting the therapist, helping with Medicaid enrollment, or arranging care through a contract. Contracted therapists must join Medicaid or agree to join, and payment cannot exceed the Medicaid rate. When children leave custody, the division must help continue care, including sharing therapist contact details with parents or guardians with the therapist's consent. It must coordinate with the health department when the child, parent, or guardian qualifies for Medicaid, and with local mental health authorities when appropriate. These duties exclude residential treatment, day treatment, partial hospitalization, and other higher-level facilities with integrated mental health care; the division must adopt rules to carry them out.
Children leaving custody can keep therapists
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah insurers covering mental health care must offer an agreement to continue covered care with a child's former custody therapist, even outside the plan's network. The child must request it before receiving services and within 90 days after leaving custody, with proof of prior treatment and the departure date. The therapist must agree, follow network provider terms, and receive in-network payment; families pay the usual in-network copays, deductibles, and coinsurance. The agreement must state how long care lasts and which services it covers; it does not add coverage for services the plan excludes. This option excludes custody-period care through residential treatment, day treatment, partial hospitalization, or other higher-level facility programs.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jennifer Dailey-Provost
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Luz Escamilla
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/5/2026
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 67 • No: 1
Senate vote • 3/4/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/4/2026
Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/4/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 26 • No: 0
House vote • 3/3/2026
House/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/3/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 71 • No: 1
House vote • 2/27/2026
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 12 • No: 0
House vote • 2/27/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 12 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/19/2026House/ to Governor
3/17/2026HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/17/2026HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/12/2026HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/12/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/10/2026Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/10/2026House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/5/2026HouseSenate/ to House
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/5/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/5/2026HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ amended
3/4/2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
3/4/2026Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
3/4/2026
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/12/2026
Amended 3/4/2026 18:03:622
3/4/2026
Amended 3/3/2026 11:03:30
3/3/2026
Substitute #1
2/27/2026
Introduced
2/20/2026