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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill creates the position of medical director within the Department of Health and
10 Human Services, with a focus on children, youth, and families.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ creates the position of medical director within the Department of Health and Human
14 Services, with a focus on children, youth, and families;
15 ▸ establishes certain qualifications for the medical director position; and
16 ▸ defines the duty and authority of the medical director position.
17 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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19 Other Special Clauses:
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21 Utah Code Sections Affected:
22 ENACTS:
23 26B-1-214, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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25 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26 Section 1. Section 26B-1-214 is enacted to read:
27 26B-1-214. Medical director.
28 (1) There is created the position of medical director within the department.
29 (2) The position of medical director is one full-time equivalent position.
30 (3) The medical director shall:
31 (a) be licensed to practice as a physician or osteopath under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah
32 Medical Practice Act, or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act;
33 (b) be board certified in pediatrics or family medicine;
34 (c) have at least seven years of experience in direct patient care, or equivalent
35 experience; and
36 (d) have significant training and experience in evaluating children and youth who may
37 be victims of abuse or neglect.
38 (4) Under the direction of the executive director or the executive director's designee,
39 the medical director shall:
40 (a) support the divisions relating to community health and well-being, as described in
41 Subsection 26B-1-204(3)(c), with a focus on the health and well-being of children, youth, and
42 families served by the department; and
43 (b) participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs to
44 improve the physical and mental health and well-being of children, youth, and families, with an
45 emphasis on those children and youth who are involved with the state's child welfare agencies.
46 (5) Under the direction of the executive director or the executive director's designee,
47 the medical director may do one or more of the following:
48 (a) support the delivery of comprehensive medical and mental health care services for
49 children and youth in state care, in collaboration with other department programs that address
50 the wellbeing of children, youth, and families in the state;
51 (b) provide non-binding consultation regarding the adoption of evidence-based
52 evaluation and treatment programs for child, youth, and family well-being across the
53 department; or
54 (c) perform other similar duties.
55 (6) The medical director may serve as a consultant on complex medical issues, but may
56 not make a determination in a specific case on behalf of the department or any division within
57 the department.