H.B. 251

1

FUNDING OF STATE AND COUNTY HEALTH
2 AND HUMAN SERVICES LEGISLATIVE TASK
3 FORCE
4 2002 GENERAL SESSION
5 STATE OF UTAH
6 Sponsor: Jack A. Seitz
7 This act creates the Funding of State and County Health and Human Services Legislative
8 Task Force. The act designates membership and duties for the task force. The act
9 appropriates $24,500 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2002-03 to fund the task force
10 and repeals the task force on November 30, 2002.
11 This act enacts uncodified material.
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
13 Section 1. Funding of State and County Health and Human Services Task Force --
14 Creation -- Membership -- Interim rules followed -- Compensation -- Staff.
15 (1) There is created the Funding of State and County Health and Human Services Task
16 Force consisting of the following eight members:
17 (a) three members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than
18 two of whom may be from the same political party; and
19 (b) five members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House
20 of Representatives, no more than three of whom may be from the same political party.
21 (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed under
22 Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the committee.
23 (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House
24 of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(b) as a cochair of the committee.
25 (3) In conducting its business, the committee shall comply with the rules of legislative
26 interim committees.
27 (4) Salaries and expenses of the members of the committee shall be paid in accordance

28 with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.
29 (5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support to
30 the committee.
31 Section 2. Duties -- Interim report.
32 (1) The committee shall review and make recommendations on the following issues:
33 (a) the role and responsibility of state government and local governments for funding and
34 operating health and human services programs within the state; and
35 (b) the allocation of funding for health and human services programs to local governments.
36 (2) A final report, including any proposed legislation shall be presented to the Health and
37 Human Services Interim Committee before November 30, 2002.
38 Section 3. Appropriation.
39 There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 2002-03, a one-time
40 appropriation of:
41 (1) $3,500 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the
42 committee;
43 (2) $6,000 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses of
44 representatives on the committee; and
45 (3) $15,000 to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to pay for staffing
46 the committee.
47 Section 4. Repeal date.
48 This act is repealed November 30, 2002.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-10-02 1:13 PM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel