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UTAH STATE SENATE
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * WEST OFFICE BUILDING, SUITE W115

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035

February 15, 2007

Mr. President:

    The Health and Human Services Committee recommends H.B. 252, UTAH SUICIDE PREVENTION ACT, by Representative W. Harper, be replaced and favorably recommends 1st Sub. H.B. 252, UTAH SUICIDE PREVENTION ACT with the following amendments:

1.    Page 6, Lines 167 through 168 :    

             167          (b)

  in accordance with Subsection (3),       determine whether it would be beneficial to develop a statewide suicide prevention

             168      plan
  , or to modify or adopt an existing or proposed prevention plan,       to reduce the number of suicides in the state;


2.    Page 7, Lines 188 through 193 :    

             188          (f) receive input from:
             189          (i) stakeholders, professional associations, and other public, private, faith-based, or
             190      charitable organizations that provide services relating to suicide prevention or remediation;
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  (ii)    the Utah Suicide Prevention Council regarding its proposed 2007 Utah Suicide Prevention Plan, and other studies and recommendations relating to suicide and suicide prevention; and      

             191          
{   (ii)   }        (iii)       other groups that are considering plans, methods, or programs for preventing

             192      suicide in the state, including the Department of Health's Prescription Drug Abuse

Working
             193      Group.

3.    Page 7, Line 196 :    

             196          (b) may meet up to ten times during the 2007 interim.
    

  (3)    In making the determination described in Subsection (1)(b), the task force shall consider whether such a suicide prevention plan should include all or part of a proposed or existing suicide prevention plan.      


        Respectfully,

        D. Chris Buttars
        Committee Chair

Voting: 3-0-2
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