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H.B. 186 Enrolled

                 

EVALUATION AND COUNSELING PRIOR TO
                  TERMINATION PROCEEDINGS
                  2004 GENERAL SESSION
                  STATE OF UTAH
                  Sponsor: Mike Thompson
                 
                  LONG TITLE
                  General Description:
                      This bill modifies sections of the Judicial Code dealing with Juvenile Court proceedings.
                  Highlighted Provisions:
                      This bill:
                      .    allows the juvenile court to appoint any qualified mental health therapist; and
                      .    prohibits the juvenile court from excluding a mental health therapist because they
                  have not followed the recommendations of the Division of Child and Family Services
                  in another case.
                  Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
                      None
                  Other Special Clauses:
                      None
                  Utah Code Sections Affected:
                  ENACTS:
                      78-3a-321, Utah Code Annotated 1953
                 
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. Section 78-3a-321 is enacted to read:
                      78-3a-321. Mental health therapists.
                      (1) When a mental health practitioner is appointed in any juvenile court proceeding to
                  evaluate the mental health of a parent or a minor, or to provide mental health services to a
                  parent or minor, the court:

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                      (a) may appoint any mental health therapist, as defined in Section 58-60-102 , which the
                  court finds to be qualified; and
                      (b) may not refuse to appoint a mental health therapist for the reason that the therapist's
                  recommendations in another case have not followed the recommendations of the Division of Child
                  and Family Services.
                      (2) This section applies to all juvenile court proceedings involving:
                      (a) parents and minor children; or
                      (b) the Division of Child and Family Services.

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