2025 bills / H.B. 434
H.B. 434 Health and Human Services Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill makes many technical changes to Utah health and human services law. It lets the state health department audit how local health departments spend state money, allows committees within the department, gives it access to some licensing records, and shifts some emergency medical services duties to the Department of Public Safety.
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Official description
- defines terms
- repeals outdated language
- updates code references
- provides that the Department of Health and Human Services (department) may examine and audit the expenditures of public funds provided to a local health department
- addresses the required qualifications for the department's executive director and deputy directors
- updates the name of a division and an office within the department
- provides that the executive director of the department may create committees within the department, subject to certain conditions and requirements
- authorizes the department to access certain records of individuals licensed or certified by the Division of Professional Licensing for specific purposes
- adds additional items to the list of duties of the department
- updates language to be consistent with the transfer of certain emergency medical services responsibilities from the department to the Department of Public Safety
- addresses the administration of stock albuterol by a qualified adult
- updates references from "targeted case management" to "case managers"
- allows the Office of Public Guardian to have access to certain documents and information, including private, controlled, or protected information, when reasonably necessary to fulfill the office's duties and responsibilities
- provides that the Division of Services for People with Disabilities must determine the most appropriate, least restrictive setting for an individual with an intellectual disability within the division's system
- amends provisions regarding fetal death certificates and certificates of early term stillbirth
- updates code references to reflect the current name of the Office of Substance Use and Mental Health within the department
- requires the Office of Recovery Services to review child support guidelines and submit a summary of the review to the Judiciary Interim Committee
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/13/2025 3:25 PMWho voted how
- 11 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: Amendment Recommendation · 2/13/2025 3:26 PMWho voted how
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · 2/13/2025 3:26 PMWho voted how
- 69 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal House vote · 2/21/2025 3:33 PMWho voted how
- 3 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · 2/26/2025 4:37 PMWho voted how
- 28 yes, 0 no, 1 absentFinal Senate vote · 3/7/2025 11:54 PM