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8 General Description:
9 This bill establishes a grant award for a violence data study.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ requires the state suicide prevention coordinator to award a grant to conduct a
13 comprehensive violence data study;
14 ▸ sets a sunset date; and
15 ▸ makes technical changes.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17 This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2020:
18 ▸ to the Department of Human Services, the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental
19 Health -- Community Mental Health Services as a one-time appropriation:
20 • from the General Fund, One-time, $100,000.
21 Other Special Clauses:
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23 Utah Code Sections Affected:
24 AMENDS:
25 63I-2-262, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 38
26 ENACTS:
27 62A-15-1104, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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29 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
30 Section 1. Section 62A-15-1104 is enacted to read:
31 62A-15-1104. Violence study.
32 (1) To inform policymakers regarding the nature, prevalence, and impact of violence in
33 Utah, the coordinator shall award a grant to a person affiliated with an institution of higher
34 education to complete a statewide violence data study, which shall:
35 (a) consider all forms of violence, including domestic violence, violence in schools,
36 suicide, and rampage violence;
37 (b) collect available information on violence data; and
38 (c) conduct original research to obtain data not currently available.
39 (2) Grant applicants shall submit:
40 (a) a plan regarding how the study will be conducted;
41 (b) a timeline for the study's completion;
42 (c) the applicant's credentials that make the applicant qualified to conduct the study;
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44 (d) a budget.
45 (3) When awarding a grant under this section, the coordinator shall consider:
46 (a) the qualifications of the applicant;
47 (b) the likelihood of completion by the reporting date described in Subsection (4); and
48 (c) the comprehensiveness of the proposed study.
49 (4) (a) The coordinator and the recipient of the grant award shall submit a report,
50 including proposed legislation and recommendations, to the Health and Human Services
51 Interim Committee before October 1, 2021.
52 (b) The report shall include references to all sources of information and data used in
53 the report and study.
54 Section 2. Section 63I-2-262 is amended to read:
55 63I-2-262. Repeal dates -- Title 62A.
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60 (3) Section 62A-15-1104 is repealed January 1, 2022.
61 Section 3. Appropriation.
62 The following sums of money are appropriated for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019,
63 and ending June 30, 2020. These are additions to amounts previously appropriated for fiscal
64 year 2020. The Legislature authorizes the State Division of Finance to transfer the following
65 amounts between the following funds or accounts as indicated. Expenditures and outlays from
66 the funds to which the money is transferred must be authorized by an appropriation.
67 ITEM 1
68 To Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
69 From General Fund, One-time
$100,000
70 Schedule of Programs:
71 Community Mental Health Services $100,000
72 The Legislature intends that the amount provided by this item be used for the award of
73 a grant under Section 62A-15-1104.