Title 26B, Title 26B: Utah Health and Human Services Code

26B-5-505. Proceeding for essential treatment -- Duties of court -- Disposition. (1) A court shall review the assertions contained in the verified petition described in Section. 26B-5-503 (2) If the court determines that the assertions, if true, are sufficient to order the respon…

26B-5-506. Failure to comply with court order. (1) The provisions of this section apply after a respondent has been afforded full due process rights, as provided in this Essential Treatment and Intervention Act, including notice, an opportunity to respond and appear at a hearing,…

26B-5-507. Periodic review -- Discharge. A local substance abuse authority or an approved treatment facility or program that provides essential treatment shall: (1) at least every 90 days after the day on which a patient is admitted, unless a court orders otherwise, examine or ca…

26B-5-508. Seventy-two-hour emergency treatment pending a final court order. (1) A court may order a respondent to be hospitalized for up to 72 hours if: an essential treatment examiner has examined the respondent and certified that the respondent meets the criteria described in …

26B-5-509. Emergency, life saving treatment -- Temporary personal representative. (1) When an individual receives emergency, life saving treatment: a licensed health care professional, at the health care facility where the emergency, life saving treatment is provided, may ask the…

26B-5-510. Confidentiality. (1) The purpose of this part is to provide a process for essential treatment and intervention to save lives, preserve families, and reduce substance use disorder, including opioid addiction. (2) An essential treatment petition and any other document fi…

26B-5-511. Essential treatment for substance use disorder -- Rights of patient. All applicable rights guaranteed to a patient by Sectionsandshall be guaranteed to an individual who is ordered to undergo essential treatment for a substance use disorder.

26B-5-601. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "211" means the abbreviated dialing code assigned by the Federal Communications Commission for consumer access to community information and referral services. (2) "ACT team personnel" means a licensed psychiatrist or mental health…

26B-5-602. Designated approved 211 service provider -- Department responsibilities. (1) The department shall designate an approved 211 service provider to provide information to Utah citizens about health and human services available in the citizen's community. (2) Only a service…

26B-5-603. Utah 211 created -- Responsibilities. (1) The designated 211 service provider described in Sectionshall be known as Utah 211. 26B-5-601 (2) Utah 211 shall, as appropriations allow: by 2014: provide the services described in this Subsection24 hours a day, seven days a w…

26B-5-604. Other state agencies and local governments. (1) A state agency or local government institution that provides health and human services, or a public or private entity receiving state-appropriated funds to provide health and human services, shall provide Utah 211 with in…

26B-5-605. Immunity from liability. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, Utah 211, its employees, directors, officers, and information specialists are not liable to any person in a civil action for injury or loss as a result of an act or omission of Utah 211, its employees, dire…

26B-5-606. Division duties -- ACT team license creation. (1) To promote the availability of assertive community treatment, the division shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that create a certificate for ACT team personnel …

26B-5-607. Grants for development of an ACT team. (1) The division shall award grants for the development of one or more ACT teams to provide assertive community treatment to individuals in the state. (2) The division shall prioritize the award of a grant described in Subsectiont…

26B-5-608. Housing assistance program for individuals discharged from the Utah State Hospital and receiving assertive community treatment. (1) The division shall, within funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, implement and manage the operation of a housing assist…

26B-5-609. Department and division duties -- MCOT license creation. (1) As used in this section: "Committee" means the Behavioral Health Crisis Response Committee created in Section. 63C-18-202 "Emergency medical service personnel" means the same as that term is defined in Sectio…

26B-5-610. Contracts for statewide mental health crisis line and statewide warm line -- Crisis worker and certified peer support specialist qualification or certification -- Operational standards. (1) As used in this section: "Certified peer support specialist" means an individua…

26B-5-611. Suicide prevention -- Reporting requirements. (1) As used in this section: "Bureau" means the Bureau of Criminal Identification created in Sectionwithin the Department of Public Safety. 53-10-201 "Coalition" means the Statewide Suicide Prevention Committee created unde…

26B-5-613. Mental health access study. (1) The department shall issue a request for proposals for a person to conduct a comprehensive study of wait times and barriers to accessing pediatric mental health care in Utah, which shall: measure and analyze the average time between a ch…

26B-5-701. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Commission" means the Utah Behavioral Health Commission created in Section. 26B-5-702 (2) "Master plan" means the Utah Behavioral Health Assessment and Master Plan. (3) "Mental disorder" means the same as that term is defined in …

26B-5-702. Utah Behavioral Health Commission -- Creation -- Members -- Chair. (1) There is created within the department the Utah Behavioral Health Commission. (2) The commission is composed of the following 11 members: one individual who has lived experience with a substance use…

26B-5-703. Purpose -- Duties -- Reporting. (1) The purpose of the commission is to be the central authority for coordinating behavioral health initiatives between state and local governments, health systems, and other interested persons, to ensure that Utah's behavioral health sy…

26B-5-704. Committees -- Creation -- Duties. (1) Each committee created under this part or formed by the commission in accordance with this section serves under the direction of the commission. (2) In addition to the committees created under this part or formed by the commission,…

26B-5-705. Legislative Policy Committee -- Creation -- Duties -- Staff. (1) As used in this section, "committee" means the Legislative Policy Committee created in Subsection. (2) (2) Under the commission, there is created the Legislative Policy Committee. (3) The committee is com…

26B-5-706. Staff. (1) The Office of Substance Use and Mental Health within the Department of Health and Human Services shall provide staff support to the commission and, unless otherwise specified by statute, to each of the commission's committees. (2) The Office of Legislative R…

26B-5-801. Definitions -- Creation of committee -- Membership. (1) As used in this part, "committee" means the Utah Behavioral Health Policy Review Committee created in this section. There is created within the department the Utah Behavioral Health Policy Review Committee, which …

26B-5-802. Chair -- Vacancies -- Quorum -- Expenses. (1) The Utah Behavioral Health Policy Review Committee shall annually select one of the committee's members to serve as chair and two of the committee's members to serve as vice chairs. (2) When a vacancy occurs in the membersh…

26B-5-803. Duties of committee. (1) Under the direction of the Utah Behavioral Health Commission created in Section, the Utah Behavioral Health Policy Review Committee shall: 26B-5-702 coordinate recommendations made by any subcommittee created under Section; 26B-5-802 analyze an…

26B-5-804. Chair -- Vacancies -- Quorum -- Expenses. (1) The members of each subcommittee established by the committee shall annually select a chair or co-chairs from among the members of the subcommittee. (2) When a vacancy occurs in the membership for any reason, the replacemen…