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Utah Code § 17-77-101

Definitions

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 14, 2025 Special Session 1

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Assisted outpatient treatment" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-5-301.

(2) "Crisis worker" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-5-610.

(3) "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201.

(4) "Division" means the Division of Integrated Healthcare within the department.

(5) "First responder" means:

(a) a law enforcement officer, as that term is defined in Section 53-13-103;

(b) emergency medical service personnel, as that term is defined in Section 53-2d-101;

(c) an emergency medical technician, as that term is defined in Section 53-2e-101;

(d) an advanced emergency medical technician, as that term is defined in Section 53-2e-101;

(e) a firefighter, as that term is defined in Section 53H-11-306;

(f) a dispatcher, as that term is defined in Section 53-6-102; or

(g) a mobile outreach social worker.

(6) "Local mental health crisis line" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-5-610.

(7) "Mental health therapist" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102.

(8) "Public funds":

(a) means:

(i) federal money received from the department;

(ii) state money appropriated by the Legislature to the department, a county governing body, or a local substance abuse authority for the purposes of providing substance abuse programs or services; and

(iii) state money appropriated by the Legislature to the department, a county governing body, or a local mental health authority for the purposes of providing mental health programs or services; and

(b) includes federal and state money described in Subsection (8)(a):

(i) even after the money has been transferred by:

(A) a local substance abuse authority to a private provider under an annual or otherwise ongoing contract to provide comprehensive substance abuse programs or services for the local substance abuse authority; or

(B) a local mental health authority to a private provider under an annual or otherwise ongoing contract to provide comprehensive mental health programs or services for the local mental health authority; and

(ii) while in the possession of the private provider.

(9) "Statewide mental health crisis line" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-5-610.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.