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The bill’s sponsor said the measure clarifies intake and information-sharing rules for providers, so that taxpayers’ funds are not a “safe harbor for criminals,” and empowers elected local officials to participate more directly in winter-response and governance decisions. \"We wanna make sure that elected officials feel like they are empowered in these decision making efforts,\" Clancy said.

Clancy described several main components in the first substitute: safety and screening protocols for shelters (including bag checks and metal-detector-style searches as used by some providers), requirements for client agreements that allow information-sharing with law enforcement in certain circumstances, expanded board appointment authorities to include public-safety perspectives and people with lived experience, and a limited use of a restricted account in the Office of Homeless Services to support family reunification travel for clients with out-of-state support networks.

The bill also draws a line around programs that choose to operate outside the state’s regulatory framework. Clancy said licensed residential vocational programs such as the Other Side Village could operate without ongoing state funding, but if they accept continuing state operational funds they must follow the statutory rules the bill establishes. \"If you do want to operate outside, then you're not gonna receive any sort of ongoing funding at all from the state of Utah,\" he said.

Representatives of business and service organizations largely supported the bill at the committee hearing. Mary Catherine Perry, vice president for public policy at the Salt Lake Chamber, urged support for linking public-safety and homelessness work: \"A strong and thriving business community depends on safe streets, secure workplaces, and vibrant neighborhoods,\" she said. Tiffany Price of Solutions Utah said a drug-free policy at resource centers is important to prevent a surrounding culture of dealing and disorder. Service providers such as The Road Home told the committee they already comply with many of the safety elements and supported the bill’s focus on data and outcomes.

Representatives of programs that use stricter, nonmedical residential models also testified. Preston Cochran, CEO of the Other Side Village, and Dave Deroscher of the Other Side Academy supported the bill’s accountability and outcome focus. Deroscher—who spoke about decades of personal experience with substance use—argued for rules that hold residents accountable in order to achieve measurable results: \"Without accountability, we aren't gonna solve the problem,\" he said.

Committee members asked about specific policy effects. Representative Parul questioned how the programs treat individuals on medication-assisted treatment; Deroscher said the Other Side Academy does not accept clients who remain on certain medications and will assist them in accessing detox or other treatment options. Representative Ward pushed back on the idea of prohibiting psychiatric medications at some facilities, saying such rules could be unreasonable if the state were to prioritize programs that disallow psychiatric medicines. Clancy and other witnesses clarified that the bill allows such programs to exist, but bars ongoing state operational funding to programs that operate completely outside the regulatory framework.

The bill also adds a licensing- or funding-compliance mechanism: a service provider that receives state or federal funding and fails to meet the safety requirements could be assessed penalties, including suspension of funding or fines, according to the substitute. Clancy said the intent is to pressure compliance for state-funded facilities rather than to interfere with private donations or unrelated private funding.

Public comment included statements from homelessness-intervention groups and residents who described both systemic gaps and personal harms. Michael Parker of the Utah Impact Partnership described efforts to use a know-by-name approach to track outcomes through the system. Stephanie and Kenneth Curtis gave emotional testimony about the family consequences of mental illness and substance use.

After discussion, Representative Ward moved to adopt the first substitute and then moved the bill out of committee with a favorable recommendation. Both motions passed on voice votes in committee.

The bill will proceed to the House floor, with the sponsor and several committee members saying they expect technical changes before final passage and that they are willing to continue stakeholder work.

Ending: The committee advanced HB 3 29 with a substitute to the House floor; sponsors and stakeholders plan further technical refinements as the bill moves forward.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Health and Human Services Committee - February 18, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","House Bill 3 29, a broad rewrite of state policy for homeless services, advanced from committee after extended testimony and public comment. Representative Tyler Clancy, the bill sponsor, told the committee the bill “creates drug free homeless services” and aims to translate existing best practices into state law.","taxTitle","2025 Utah Legislature, Utah Legislature, Utah Legislative Branch, Utah","taxId",78171,"location","Utah","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6325607,"Committee approves substitute for HB 3 57 to ease provider rules and change product warnings",560,3571240,4132000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2333099-9e156fdf1931f93dcd49965f81b2ee96&start=3571&end=4132","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2333099-9e156fdf1931f93dcd49965f81b2ee96/thumbnail_3571240.jpg","/articles/6325607/Utah/Committee-approves-substitute-for-HB-3-57-to-ease-provider-rules-and-change-product-warnings","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6325607-1612c81166f0b571a81690d373a1d4fd/orig.mp4?Expires=1771149089&Signature=de6TzY5fbhRAVIBVdxQPfJEsnmJFdlLGrpGhoeMKkPIVIbJaomtdgrrJzn2lNM-OdGgwDrhXr4mA1Wnz0CuFYKkbGP8e7A5EFKRezIpRr18EpGazouBtUEbgC8P3zmetUd6kNeI9r9LIqGQEFKIic-dCNIe7m8j3-xob7Mmn22kOOKrPyQf5OwiorNk~tPKZE88VNF6ICUiGsX7ybFHg1ww6BW9i-qygxui5YYToo67BAiVwtuIZgFvzs9Lz06YoWf5qyUaM~vGEWNt2Hurm1eKxWeWiRbNZrzAHQMai1g8e8Cy5fG6W5XTy5USIavJDrj4fKtadVMVF4OfBUAzkNA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The committee approved a substitute to House Bill 3 57, a measure that would modify technical requirements in Utah's medical cannabis program. Representative Ward, the bill sponsor, said the bill's aim is modest: align administrative requirements for cannabis recommendations with those for other controlled substances and refine product-label language.

\"The intention and our hope is that these discussions would take place in the normal medical office where a patient receives their normal medical care,\" Ward said, arguing that many recommendations now come from short-transaction “card mills.” To that end, the substitute would consolidate two provider categories (qualified and limited medical providers) into a single recommending-provider category and accept the standard controlled-substance continuing medical education (CME) as sufficient for practitioners who already meet CME requirements for other controlled substances.

Ward also said the bill preserves an initial in-person visit requirement for patients being evaluated for medical-cannabis recommendations but would permit telehealth follow-up if a legal, established provider–patient relationship already exists. \"If the medical provider does already have a personal relationship with that patient, they have seen them face to face ... then at the discretion of that provider, they could choose to have a visit that was a telehealth visit to provide the recommendation,\" Ward told committee members.

The bill's amendment updated product-label language to add a clear warning about risks to a fetus or nursing infant if cannabis is used during pregnancy or breastfeeding. Ward said the change is intended to keep label text concise while adding that specific health warning.

The Utah Medical Association expressed concern about removing a separate required training for high-volume cannabis recommenders, saying the current statute’s specific education requirement helps ensure providers have expertise. \"Our concern is doing away with the education that is a requirement in the statute right now,\" said Michelle Macomber of the association. Macomber asked that any statutory change preserve a requirement that high-volume recommending providers take a substantive course.

Committee members discussed continuing-education burdens and whether the proposed changes would lower provider-quality safeguards. Ward and other supporters said the reform accepts standard controlled-substance CME already required for prescribing other medications but does not expand the list of provider types that may recommend cannabis.

The committee adopted the substitute, approved an amendment to the substitute dealing with label language, and then passed the substitute with a favorable recommendation; votes were taken by voice and no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.","The committee approved a substitute to House Bill 3 57, which sponsors said aligns education requirements for cannabis recommenders with other controlled substances and adds pregnancy/breastfeeding language to product labels.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6325592,"Committee adopts second substitute to refine medical-cannabis program operations and licensing",506,5855000,6361000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2333099-9e156fdf1931f93dcd49965f81b2ee96&start=5855&end=6361","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2333099-9e156fdf1931f93dcd49965f81b2ee96/thumbnail_5855000.jpg","/articles/6325592/Utah/Committee-adopts-second-substitute-to-refine-medical-cannabis-program-operations-and-licensing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6325592-df0716981f01ae87d5060b6765f05a7e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771149089&Signature=ElQ6JKT111ACW0p4kU6XqoG2vL4AMS3JPoee1lQB8oM40Ks9nruqK5eECSI2qjzouVVO2wrj4Q1uBb3n0rMLoBLcWy19Dq5EQd4QrF6ZetWgVbRIiCZ70LG9hWioJ5OqsLlVZGV3Vzl1gf0Dv3kCuhHSrW4OVxsT4flFz2sB34DkC~ylO6ZuPJC3YrziB-MSjbMYlKpYYKNdNjCEgoxz829k0n-OKp-fgebTh5L-5pex33UFFbOolVnSgpCFxYtMeV~U3Z4I56dcPS7ObQpPmHfqr1r3Cf3hKib9R097H8mGnr3gePV0KcvI905q13NH~~x4NfW5Ml2l2Ng8eGWzfA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The committee adopted the second substitute for SB 64, a technical bill that proposes multiple administrative changes to Utah’s medical-cannabis regulatory framework.

Senator Vickers, appearing for the sponsor, said the second substitute rescues several technical provisions that had been tied to another bill and moves them into this measure. Key features described by the sponsor included replacing public warnings with an earlier-stage letter-of-concern that does not immediately create a public record if a problem is remedied, adding courier licensing and integrating it with the advisory board, removing a mandatory December board meeting so license renewals can be staggered, requiring HIPAA training for facility employees, and establishing a cap of 18 licenses for medical-cannabis processing facilities.

The sponsor said the letter-of-concern approach mirrors an administrative practice used elsewhere in state regulation and prevents permanently public warnings for remediated administrative issues. The cap on processing licenses is intended to give the state regulatory control over the market as the program expands.

Committee members briefly questioned portability of employee pharmacy/courier cards and the change to background-check timing for owner changes; the sponsor clarified that card portability remains in-state only and timelines were lengthened to allow the department time for background checks.

The committee adopted the second substitute and then voted to pass the measure with a favorable recommendation. Votes were taken by voice; the motion to adopt the second substitute and the motion to pass were approved without recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.","Committee members adopted the second substitute to SB 64, a largely technical package that adjusts licensing processes, adds a courier-license provision, aligns administrative enforcement (letter-of-concern process), and sets a cap on processing facility licenses.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6325596,"Committee backs stipend for kinship caregivers in HB 4 31 to ease foster-to-kin transitions",399,5441280,5841000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2333099-9e156fdf1931f93dcd49965f81b2ee96&start=5441&end=5841","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2333099-9e156fdf1931f93dcd49965f81b2ee96/thumbnail_5441280.jpg","/articles/6325596/Utah/Committee-backs-stipend-for-kinship-caregivers-in-HB-4-31-to-ease-foster-to-kin-transitions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6325596-5359cbf0269c433d3d6bd3201f3584ff/orig.mp4?Expires=1771149089&Signature=fBSWiO2xbth2ALgEgOaom3pnSw29ci6AHREoHvf4Gbr01Cg-PdRocncFciaoF8i7UOWSd~UXKqrei4HLEIM0QtOgIqULXTlo7LYHdgzY~BrCdv1j-lz71JdQsGyOp5Oqkotzir3nprPkxFySEgZssGaIRsaK5KAIDLLxJAGsOfk3wONcpK0C01XLQJ1pXYUmwYe1JEOg6RT8tv5sAQjX0ibqj8PIbmqdy2Vpl7-Siw9AiQ0SM9ci2VaHmraCiBGKuz4k~-W7Gxwlaa6-f1JMvvAhXCGdzQhj21CMbM6KkRoV3ij3nsdzoNW-GSgDGmNsqttbIW01Wwl~E~f3V2i12w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The committee advanced HB 4 31, a bill to authorize one-time transition stipends for kinship caregivers who accept children into their homes. Representative Acton, the bill sponsor, described situations where grandparents or other relatives were unable to accept all children because of one-time costs such as clothing, beds, diapers and short-term childcare.

\"This stipend is optional,\" Acton said, describing the payment as a tool to allow families to provide stable, kinship placements. \"Some kinship families may not need it or want it and of course would not have to accept it. For others, it could be a deciding factor in whether or not they can accept the child.\"

Representative Gracious, who moved the bill, asked the sponsor and DCFS staff to make clear that the stipend would be optional and not automatically paid in all cases. She also asked about an upper limit for large sibling groups; the sponsor agreed to discuss a limit and to work with DCFS on the logistics. Committee members emphasized the bill is intended to reduce family separations when relatives are willing to assume care but lack the immediate resources to do so.

The committee adopted the first substitute and passed the bill with a favorable recommendation. Supporters said administrative rules could be used to set payment amounts and procedural details, and the sponsor indicated willingness to refine limits and procurement/administration language.

Ending: HB 4 31 passed out of committee with a favorable recommendation; sponsor and committee members asked DCFS to help define operational details and potential limits on total payments per household.","Lawmakers advanced HB 4 31, which would require the Division of Child and Family Services to offer a one-time optional stipend to kinship caregivers to help with initial costs when a child is placed with relatives. Sponsors said the stipend could allow more children to remain with family and avoid placement separation.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6325601,"Committee sends bill funding a study on barriers to youth mental-health care to the floor",796,4600580,5397000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2333099-9e156fdf1931f93dcd49965f81b2ee96&start=4600&end=5397","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2333099-9e156fdf1931f93dcd49965f81b2ee96/thumbnail_4600580.jpg","/articles/6325601/Utah/Committee-sends-bill-funding-a-study-on-barriers-to-youth-mental-health-care-to-the-floor","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6325601-351c42c5df86a2f05bf31c7983fd5015/orig.mp4?Expires=1771149089&Signature=ke2MAf9yq2YsgqBXIb4mUBo3flXFRTyGggkdEPJKUPB~6zWCszcTEf-lCvYtxYXr~-PHbATS0ecXHRBhQaLdY4-7p5qHaTt~VfNsPtBGvOubQnH8Rn-zuYfHv7bA2ANZwIEP2N0Uofk72a~m3FHFAzaWk663PXZDJyTOx82hweXhrroOSJSa0FkO6LzMdq7QRrhqQnB79N5iwxicpmTrH2ttDgluXIBVQxUu3L~fHfCk40sG57zAM2ZfZ~6annQi8o27NOkToLOtHiPjs1vHQe8aGQ7mPXsOiATQDLJ3QiHNRe6Xzj~~enQF8s-uuz6YBoTMutYCiOz9K6u0TfNKuw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The committee approved a bill to fund research into barriers preventing children from accessing mental-health care in Utah. Representative Barlow outlined the proposal as a study grant to identify factors causing the gap between diagnosis and receipt of treatment for children ages roughly 3 to 17.

Barlow cited state research showing a substantial share of children with clinically diagnosed conditions do not receive treatment: \"58 percent of the Utah children ages 3 to 17 with a clinically diagnosed mental or behavioral health condition did not receive treatment or counseling despite being diagnosed,\" he said.

Committee members pressed for clarity about who would do the research and why the University of Utah was named in the bill’s initial draft. Representative Abbott noted that the university already conducts substantial research and asked why the bill would route funding to a single institution rather than opening an RFP to multiple research groups. Supporters and the sponsor said the intent is to obtain usable data quickly and that the state is open to broad participation; Representative Lisonbee said she would entertain a floor motion to open an RFP for the work.

Representative Eliasson and others stressed urgency: suicide is a leading cause of death for Utah children, and long waits and limited provider capacity make community access difficult. Committee members noted past county-level work by other policy institutes and said statewide, comparable data would help target interventions.

The motion to pass the bill out of committee carried on a recorded vote reported in committee: 10 in favor, 2 opposed; the transcript records Representatives Hall and Abbott as voting “no.” Supporters said an RFP-style approach could be considered on the floor and emphasized the need for objective, statewide data on pediatric mental-health access.

Ending: The committee approved funding for a youth mental-health access study and sent the measure forward with a favorable recommendation; members asked the sponsor to consider opening procurement to multiple research entities.","Lawmakers approved a bill creating a grant to study factors preventing Utah children and youth from accessing mental-health care. Sponsors said the work will identify barriers for ages roughly 3–17 and guide future policy; committee members asked that an open RFP process be considered.","actionData","errors"]

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