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Utah Code § 26B-6-902

State protection and advocacy agency

Enacted by Chapter 103, 2026 General Session

(1) The state protection and advocacy agency should:

(a) represent and advocate for the interests of all disabled individuals in the state;

(b) annually hold at least three meetings with the public throughout the state to:

(i) understand the needs in the local community; and

(ii) provide education, advocacy, and resources to disabled individuals in the local community; and

(c) provide a written report annually to the Judiciary Interim Committee and Health and Human Services Interim Committee on or before August 31.

(2) The report described in Subsection (1)(c) may include:

(a) the number and location of public meetings;

(b) the number and description of the types of services and advocacy provided, including the number and description of advocacy incidents that:

(i) advocated for a more-integrated or less-integrated setting or care, according to the appropriate need of the individual;

(ii) advocated for a greater level or lesser level of treatment, including medication treatment, according to the appropriate need of the individual; and

(iii) advocated for a deviation from a treatment provider recommendation and the reason;

(c) a list of the government entities that the state protection and advocacy agency worked with;

(d) the number of individuals served that:

(i) are not capable of living independently;

(ii) can live somewhat independently, with formal supports;

(iii) live independently; and

(iv) are a family member of a disabled individual;

(e) the number of individuals that the state protection and advocacy agency:

(i) referred to and received voluntary treatment;

(ii) petitioned for and were ordered into involuntary treatment;

(iii) exited from homelessness into a residential or clinical setting;

(iv) was able to advocate for assisted outpatient treatment or assertive community treatment that resulted in placement or acquisition of supportive housing; and

(v) advocated for with the goal of discontinuing any aspect of services or treatment deemed to be appropriate for the need of the individual; and

(f) policy recommendations, if any.

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