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Utah Code § 78A-6-208

Mental health evaluations -- Duty of administrator

Amended by Chapter 330, 2023 General Session

(1) The chief administrative officer of the juvenile court, with the approval of the board, and the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services, and director of the Office of Substance Use and Mental Health shall from time to time agree upon an appropriate plan:

(a) for obtaining mental health services and health services for the juvenile court from the state and local health departments and programs of mental health; and

(b) for assistance by the Department of Health and Human Services or the Office of Substance Use and Mental Health in securing for the juvenile court special health, mental health, juvenile competency evaluations, and related services including community mental health services not already available from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Substance Use and Mental Health.

(2) The Legislature may provide an appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Substance Use and Mental Health for the services under Subsection (1).

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